Agree or disagree with the statements using phrases

(I am afraid that’s wrong; you are quite right/ you are not right; that’s not quite so; I think you are mistaken; as far as I know; I don’t agree with you (I can’t agree with you), according to the text.)

1. The first artificial Earth satellites and spaceships were made under Lomonosov’s guidance.

2. S.P. Korolyov graduated from Samara State Aerospace University.

3. Korolyov devoted himself entirely to developing space-rocketry engineering.

4. S.P. Korolyov reared many leading scientists and engineers who we are proud of.

5. His rule was to interfere with his associates and subordinates when they were doing their job.

6. Korolyov tried to shield experimental workers from all the external difficulties.

7. He took the burden onto his own shoulders.

8. Our University was named after Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

Complete the following sentences without consulting the text.

1. Korolyov was born ….

2. From 1927 he worked ….

3. After acquaintance with Tsiolkovsky ….

4. Korolyov was a talented ….

5. His rule was not to interfere ….

6. He believed he should be on their side ….

7. Korolyov tried to shield experimental workers from ….

8. When mentioning the name of S.P. Korolyov we ….

Vocabulary Focus

A) Discuss with your classmates and check in the dictionary if all your translation guesses were correct.