Is married and has two children?

TALGAT MUSABAYEV (2)

Talgat Amangeldievich Musabaev - the 79th cosmonaut of the USSR and Russia, was born on the 7th of January in 1951. He is a master of sport in aerial aerobatics, gymnastics and sport aircraft. His education began in the secondary school in Almaty, and then Talgat graduated from Engineering Institute of Civil Aviation in Riga in 1974. After that in 1983 he graduated from Higher Military Aviation School in Akhtubinsk with an engineering diploma. Talgat Musabaev is known to work as an engineer, a test pilot, an instructor of civil aviation.

His first spaceflight began from the 1st of July to the 4th of November as a flight engineer. He took part in the second flight as the Commander of this expedition in 1998. The third flight was from the 28th of April to the 6th of May in 2001. His total duration in space is 341 days 9 hours 48 minutes 41 seconds. Talgat’s first two spaceflights were long-duration stays aboard the Russian space station “MIR”. His third spaceflight was a short duration visiting mission to the International Space Station, which also carried the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito.

Talgat Musabayev has a lot of awards and titles such as “The Hero of Russian Federation”, “The National Hero of the Republic of Kazakhstan”. Since 2007 he has been head of Kazakhstan’s National Space Agency, KazCosmos. After flights he joined the party “Nur Otan” and worked with our President together. Nowadays he is the Lieutenant-General of Aviation and the chairman of the National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He is married and has two

children.

Ø Match parts A and B:

Ø Find the sentences where the author speaks about:

1. … Talgat Musabaev’s awards

2. … the date of his first flight

3. … his family

4. … the total number of days in space

5. … his education

6. … his work after the flights

7. … The number of his shortest flight

Ø Find the equivalents:

1. Talgat Musabaev spent three hundred and forty five days in space orbit.

2. He has a wife and two kids.

3. He lived in Almaty when he was a boy.

4. He has two diplomas proving his higher education.

5. He was a partner of the head of our country.

6. He was interested in sports when he was young.

7. He has civil and military education.

Ø Arrange the sentences in the correct order:

1. Talgat Musabaev was in space three times.

2. He is married and has two children.

3. He spent in space a lot of time.

4. Talgat was a good sportsman.

5. After flights he joined the party “Nur Otan” and worked with our President together.

6. Talgat Amangeldievich Musabaev is the seventy-ninth cosmonaut of Russia and the second cosmonaut of our country.

7. He was a member of the International Space Station.

KANYSH SATPAYEV (2)

Ø Pre-reading task

Discuss the questions in pairs:

1. What outstanding people of Kazakhstan do you know?

2. What are they famous for?

3. Are we proud of them? Why?

4. What can a person do to fame his\her country?

Ø Read the text to prove that Kanysh Satpayev made a great contribution to the development of the country.

On April 12, 1999 the 100th anniversary of Kanysh Imantayevitch Satpayev (1899-1964) was celebrated. He was the prominent Kazakh geologist, a founder and the first President of the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, Professor, Doctor of Geology and Mineralogy.

The great learning, the important contribution to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, remarkable geological, scientific and industrial achievements together with social and political activities made Kanysh Satpayev as famous as Abai Kunanbayev, Chokan Valikhanov and Mukhtar Auezov - great sons of the Kazakh people.

The scientist devoted himself to the study, exploration and development of the world largest copper deposit in Zhezkazgan; he also made a great contribution to the establishment of exploratory and research institutions in Kazakhstan. The scientist devoted much effort to the creation and development of mining, metallurgy, nuclear physics, chemistry, astrophysics, biology, mathematics, history and literature in Kazakhstan. His encyclopedic knowledge, modesty, charm, humaneness and tactful attitude towards people won him great respect, immense prestige, and fame.

Kanysh Satpayev was born on April 12, 1899 in the family of noble people in aul No.4, Akkelinskaya volost, Pavlodar district of Semipalatinsk oblast (nowadays the area of K.I.Satpayev Settlement, Bayanaul district, Pavlodar oblast). The Father of the future scientist Imantai Satpayev (1848-1928) was an educated man, had unextensive knowledge of the country's literature and history, spoke fluently Russian, Persian and Arabian languages. Imantai Satpayev respected Chokan Valikhanov, was acquainted with his father Chingiz Valikhanov and the Russian ethnographer G.N.Potanin, Chokan Valikhanov's associate. K.I. Satpayev's mother Alima (1862-1904) died when Kanysh was five years old. When the future scientist was six he began to attend mullah's lessons at a Moslem school. When he was ten he was sent to two-year Russian-Kazakh school to get primary education. He continued his studied at Pavlodar two-year Russian-Kazakh College (finished in 1914). The same year he entered and in 1918 graduated from the Semipalatinsk Teacher's Seminary. In 1918-1919 he worked as a teacher of natural sciences at Teacher Training Courses in Semipalatinsk, and in 1920-1921 as people judge in Bayanaul.

The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev characterized Kanysh Imantayevich in greeting on creation of International K.I.Satpayev's Foundation. He wrote: "The name of the prominent scientist, the first academician, founder and the first President of the Kazakhstan's Academy of sciences, the great thinker and political figure is famous and generally recognized. K.I.Satpayev disseminated progressive ideas, introduced strong impulse of talent and energy, spirituality and orderliness into all his activities".

Ø Classify the words according to the parts of speech: geologist, founder, contribution, remarkable, geological, scientific, industrial, achievement, social, political, exploration, development, establishment, institution, scientist, creation, encyclopedic, humaneness, tactful.

Ø Find synonyms in the text: outstanding, organization, study, information, well-read, easily, goes on, design, known, and religion.

Ø Name sciences Kanysh Satpayev developed.

Ø Characterize him as a personality.

Ø Speak about his biography based on dates:

April 12, 1999; 1899-1964; April 12, 1899; 1848-1928; 1862-1904; 1918-1919; 1920-1921.

Ø Ask your deskmate questions, beginning with:

a) Why did….?

b) Why was…?

c) When was…?

d) When did …?

e) What did …?

Ø Discuss: What role did the family (education) play in Kanysh’s life?

Project: Places in your city named after Kanysh Satpayev.

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