Read and translate the following phrases. Who and in what situation do you think could say that? Why did they do it?

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A Beautiful Mind –pre-watching

Before you watch

a. What do you know about John Nash?

b. How is mathematics connected to economics?

c. Can crazy people be great scientists?

d. Do you think that science is something based on breakthroughs only?

e. Which is more important: a beautiful mind or beautiful heart?

1. Match the words and word combinations from the movie we are going to watch. Provide their Russian equivalents. What subjects do you think are going to be discussed in the movie?

Words and word combinations

Definitions

Russian equivalents

1. Einstein

a. Department of Defense

2. Seminal

b. Whole numbers

3. Integers

c. Famous physicist who worked at Princeton

4. Bombs away

a. Make smth shine, finish something

5. DOD

d. communicate

6. reverie

e. A new, basic idea that can result in other ideas

7. presumptions

f. Information that can be proved by another researcher

8. To interact

g. Daydreams, random thoughts

9. expedite

a. Basic thoughts that you use to build a theory

10. Big Brother

b. New idea that allows new applications

11. breakthrough

b. Make it easier to finish a project

12. Verifiable data

c. An all-seeing power that judges your actions, usually in government

13. Classified

a. Let’s begin.

14. MIT

b. Hydrogen bomb, a very powerful atomic weapon

15. Stress tests

c. Chief scientist on the development of the atomic bomb

16. Contrary to all probabilities

d. Official permission to have access to secret information

17. Oppenheimer

e. Massachusetts Institute of technology

18. H-bomb

f. Trials that engineers run on mechanical devices

19. Security clearance

g. Official secrets ( usually in the government)

20. polish

c. Unexpectedly ( very formal)

a. Mathematicians broke the Japanese code and built the A-bomb…

b. A thousand pardons. I simply assumed you were the waiter.

c. The pens is one of the oldest tribute at Prinston….

d. Luck gets you nowhere. I don’t believe in luck, but I do believe in assigning value to things.

e. -How big is the universe?

-Infinite.

-How do you know?

-I know because all the data indicate it.

-But it hasn’t been proven yet.

f. Nothing's ever for sure, John. That's the only sure thing I do know.

g. Mathematics... mathematics is never going to lead you to higher truth and you know why? Because it's boring!

h. You can’t come up with a formula to change the way you experience the world.

i. It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found. I am only here tonight because of you. You are the only reason I am. You are all my reasons.

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