Unit 3. WHAT’S YOUR KNOWLEDGE? » Стр.170 (4b)

Look through the Word List and listen to the biography of Eugene Paton. Check your answers. a. Eugene Paton was born in Moscow in 1870. – False. b. His father was Russian Consul in Nice, France. – True. c. Paton graduated from Dresden Medical — Institute and later became a famous surgeon. – False. d. Eugene Paton graduated from St Petersburg University and then had a project of the Dresden railway station. – True. e. He got a degree of a railway engineer at Dresden Polytechnical Institute. – True. f. Paton was a founder of bridge-building. – True. g. At the age of 60 he took up the electric welding. – True. h. He headed the construction of the first wooden bridge in Kyiv. – False. i. The bridge is 2000 metres long. – False. j. The name of Paton has been given to the bridge and to the Research Institute in St Petersburg. – True.