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Answer the following questions in pairs.
a Did Caselli’s “fax machine” actually work?
b Who designed the first steam engine?
c Who built the first steam engine?
d Why does the story show that inventors need to be patient?
e Who invented the first telephone?
f What did the inventors of Velcro and of paper have in common?
g What was the purpose of the exhibition at the National Laboratory at
Upton in 1958?
h Did professor Higindotham understand the potential of his “computer
game”?
Discuss the following questions in pairs
● Which information in the article did you already know?
● Which information did you find the most surprising?
¨ Grammar snack: Remake the sentences using Passive Voice instead
of Active, for example: In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell, an American engineer,
invented telephone. – Telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham
Bell, an American engineer.
1. Akito Morita (Japan) developed the first personal stereo – Sony
Walkman.
2. In 1908 James M. Spangler from the USA built the first vacuum
cleaner.
3. In 1908 US automobile manufacturer Henry Ford created the world’s
first car assembly line.
4. John Logie Baird from Scotland invented television in 1926.
5. Nicephore Nience from France pioneered photography in 1829.
6. In 1981 Bill Gates (USA) created Microsoft-DOS (Disk Operating
System).
7. In 1895 the Lumier brothers patented their cinematography and opened
the world’s first cinema in Paris.
8. Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first airplane in 1903 (USA).
9. Scottish scientist Ian Wilmat developed the idea of cloning in 1997.
10. Karl Benz produced the world’s first petrol-driven motor-car in
Germany in 1885.
11. Sergey Korolyev (Russia) designed the first artificial satellite in 1957.
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              Answer the following questions in pairs.
              a Did Caselli’s “fax machine” actually work?
              b Who designed the first steam engine?
              c Who built the first steam engine?
              d Why does the story show that inventors need to be patient?
              e Who invented the first telephone?
              f What did the inventors of Velcro and of paper have in common?
              g What was the purpose of the exhibition at the National Laboratory at
         Upton in 1958?
              h Did professor Higindotham understand the potential of his “computer
         game”?
              Discuss the following questions in pairs
              ● Which information in the article did you already know?
              ● Which information did you find the most surprising?

                ¨ Grammar snack: Remake the sentences using Passive Voice instead
         of Active, for example: In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell, an American engineer,
         invented telephone. – Telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham
         Bell, an American engineer.
                 1. Akito Morita (Japan) developed the first personal stereo – Sony
         Walkman.
                 2. In 1908 James M. Spangler from the USA built the first vacuum
         cleaner.
                 3. In 1908 US automobile manufacturer Henry Ford created the world’s
         first car assembly line.
                 4. John Logie Baird from Scotland invented television in 1926.
                 5. Nicephore Nience from France pioneered photography in 1829.
                 6. In 1981 Bill Gates (USA) created Microsoft-DOS (Disk Operating
         System).
                 7. In 1895 the Lumier brothers patented their cinematography and opened
         the world’s first cinema in Paris.
                 8. Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first airplane in 1903 (USA).
                 9. Scottish scientist Ian Wilmat developed the idea of cloning in 1997.
                 10. Karl Benz produced the world’s first petrol-driven motor-car in
         Germany in 1885.
                 11. Sergey Korolyev (Russia) designed the first artificial satellite in 1957.

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