Reading the text and retelling it. And now you are going to read about the outstanding Kazakh scientist Kanysh Satbaev (1899-1964)

And now you are going to read about the outstanding Kazakh scientist Kanysh Satbaev (1899-1964). Underline the verbs in passives.

Kanysh Imantayevich Satbaev was born on 12 April 1899 in Akkelinsk volost (small rural district, now it is Bayanaul district) Pavlodar region.

Kanysh's father, Imantay, was a biy, his grandfather was a Kazhy (Khodja - means "man who has been to Mecca") His mother, Salima, was in poor health and died when Kanysh was one year old. He was taught a love of literature and music by his father. Kanysh knew poems of Rumi, Khafiz, Djami, Navoyi by heart at an early age, read poems about Hila and Medynun, "Zhussup - Zlikha". He liked to listen to fairy tales and eposes. He was a gifted boy and studied at local Kazakh- Russian school, in Russian - Kyrgyz college in Pavlodar and in Semey teachers' college. He got high grades everywhere.

At the age of 19 he had already been teaching at Teachers' courses. When he was 20 he entered Tomsk technology Institute, department of Geology. In 1926 he graduated from the Institute.

Copper deposits in Karsakbay and Zheskazgan, deposits of coal in Ekibastuz were discovered by him. Then the cities with large plants and groups of enterprises were built. The map of minerals’ deposits in Kazakhstan was made by Satbaev.

Kanysh Imantayevich found the stone with inscriptions made by Emir Timur in Ulytau which is stored in the Hermitage now.

He was an initiator of construction of Kazakh Academy of sciences and set the first brick in the foundation of the Academy building; in 1946 he became its first president and academician. World famous academician Kanysh Satbaev made such a valuable contribution to science that a planet - asteroid between Mars and Jupiter (black - brown colour, diameter 11 km, no 2402 on the Star map) was named in his honour. The name of a great man is given to cities, streets, schools and institutes. Memories and monuments have been erected to immortalize the memory about him.

The world organization UNESCO in connection with the 100th anniversary of Great Academician declared year 1999 as "A year of Satbaev", Kanysh Satbaev died on 31 January 1964, but he is still in our hearts, because he left a rich legacy to us. Besides he was a hard working, honest and modest man.