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INTERESTING IMPORTANT

USEFUL PRACTICAL

Great Minds

Inventors Discoverers Scientists Musicians Engineers

Artists Biologists …

Their creations have given a great impact on our life

Prominent People of the World

Famous People

Alexander Fleming

Alexander Bell

Leonardo da Vinci

Claude Monet

Pablo Picasso

Wolfgang Mozart

Marie Curie

James Watt

Isambard Brunel

Will and John Kellogg

Ivan Pavlov

Dmitry Mendeleev

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Michael Lomonosov

Orville and Wilbur Wright

Famous People

James Cook

George Stephenson

Ghristopher Columbus

Bill Gates

Henry Ford

Walt Disney

Steve Jobs

Winston Churchill

Albert Einstein

Margaret Thatcher

Isaac Newton

Charles Darwin

Frencis Drake

Christopher Columbus – an Italian explorer (discovered

America)

Leonardo da Vinci – an Italian architect, musician, inventor,

engineer, painter (painted“The Mona Lisa”)

Frencis Drake – a British explorer and sea captain

James Cook – a British explorer (made maps of

Australia and New Zealand)

Isaac Newton – an English mathematician

Michael Lomonosov – a great Russian scientist

(founded the Moscow State University)

Alexander Bell – a Scotish scientist (invented a

telephone)

George Stephenson – a British engineer (founded British steam Railways)

Alexander Fleming – a Scotish biologist (discovered

penicillin)

Ivan Pavlov – a Russian physiologist (studied

nervous system)

Albert Einstein – a German physicist (made scientific

laws)

Dmitry Mendeleev – a Russian chemist (created

the periodic table of chemical elements)

Charles Darwin – a British biologist (created the theory of evolution)

Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur – American aviation

pioneers (built the first airplane)

Henry Ford – an American engineer (founded a motor

company)

James Watt – a Scotish engineer (invented a steam

engine)

Winston Churchill – a British politician (a prime minister)

Margaret Thatcher – a British politician (a prime

minister)

Claude Monet – a French painter (created

impressionist paintings)

Wolfgang Mozart – an Austrian composer

Pablo Picasso – a Spanish artist (created famous

paintings)

Marie Curie – a Polish physicist and chemist (researched on

radioactivity, got 2 Nobel Prizes, discovered polonium)

Isambard Brunel – a British engineer (founded Great Western Railway,

built steam ships)

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky – a Russian rocket scientist

(started space exploration)

Walt Disney – an American film producer (founded

theme parks, a film company)

Will and John Kellogg – founders of an American

food company (Corn Flake cereal)

Bill Gates – an American inventor, co-founder of the

famous Microsoft corporation

Steve Jobs – an American inventor, the co-founder,

chairman of Apple corporation

Which People were…

1) explorers –

2) engineers –

3) scientists –

4) politicians –

5) painters –

6) businessmen –

7) inventors -

Great People of the World

• Explorers – F.Drake, C.Columbus, J.Cook• Engineers – I.Brunel, J.Watt, H.Ford• Scientists – A.Einstein, I.Pavlov,

M.Lomonosov, A.Fleming, M. Curie• Politicians – W.Churchill, M.Thatcher• Painters – L.da Vinci, C.Monet, P.Picasso• Businessmen – B.Gates, S.Jobs• Inventors – A. Bell, the Wright brothers

Which of these Prominent People were from …

1) America –

2) Great Britain –

3) Russia –

4) Germany –

5) France –

6) Italy -

Who was from…

• America – W. Disney, H. Ford, the Kellogg brothers, the Wright brothers, B. Gates, S. Jobs

• Great Britain – A. Fleming, A. Bell, J. Watt, I. Brunel, G. Stephenson, I. Newton, C. Darwin, F. Drake, J. Cook

• Russia – D. Mendeleev, M. Lomonosov, I. Pavlov, K. Tsiolkovsky

• Germany – A. Einstein, Austria – W. Mozart• France – C.Monet• Italy – L. da Vinci, C. Columbus• Poland – M. Curie• Spain – P. Picasso

Let’s Remember1. Who invented penicillin?2. Who made maps of far oversea lands?3. Who was a famous chemist?4. Who started space exploration?5. Who invented the airplane?6. Who painted great pictures?7. Who discovered America?8. Who founded a film company?9. Who composed music?10. Who got two Nobel Prizes?11. Who was a Prime minister?12. Who invented the telephone?

Who was this person?

In 1730 he went to Moscow on foot because he wanted to study. Then he studied at Slavic Greek Latin Academy and lived on three kopeks a day, but he did a lot of progress in studies. In 1739 he became a student of Saint Petersburg State University and then got a two-year grand to study in Marburg, Germany.

Who was this Person? He was born in Chicago

in1901. When he was four his family went to a farm in Missouri. There he developed his love for drawing. Then in Kansas he attended Grammar School and got interested in theatre and motion pictures. In 1919 he began his artistic career. Working for Kansas Ad Company he decided to become an animator and open his own business.

Who was this Person?

Being a child he had a taste for natural history, liked watching the nature. After graduating from Cambridge University he went on an expedition to investigate the sea life of South America. Then he developed and continued his scientific studies. Later he became famous for his theory of evolution and natural selection.

Inventions in our Everyday Life

• a camera• a microwave oven• a mobile telephone• a TV set• a vacuum cleaner• a sewing machine• a dishwasher• a talking alarm clock• a washing machine

• a computer• a TV remote control

unit• a mower • a cordless phone• a fax machine• an e-book• the Internet• an iron• a printer

Modern Inventions Which do you use?

How have the great men’s inventions, discoveries

and investigations influenced our modern lives? 1. We can easily and quickly get from one place to another.2. We can travel to different parts of the world.3. We spend less time doing housework.4. We have more time to spend on our hobbies.5. We can find information and communicate without

difficulties.6. We have a great choice of films and cartoons to see.7. We can discover the world without leaving our homes.8. There is a developed system of healthcare and medical

treatment.9. Technical progress is an important part of modern life.10. There are lots of beautiful paintings and music for us to

enjoy.