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Higinbotham, however, never made a cent from his invention:
he thought people were only interested in the game because the
other exhibits were so boring!
III. Answer the following questions in pairs.
1. Did Caselli's 'fax machine' actually work?
2. Who designed the first steam engine?
3. Who built the first steam engine?
4. Why does the story of the light bulb show that inventors need
to be patient?
5. Who invented the first telephone?
6. What did the inventors of Velcro and of paper have in
common?
7. What was the purpose of the exhibition at the National
Laboratory at Upton in 1958?
8. Did Professor Higinbotham understand the potential of his
computer game?
IV. Discuss the following with your partner.
1. What information in the article did you already know?
2. What facts (events, information) surprised you most?
Text 7
The World of Coca-Cola
I. Read the text to obtain information
Coca-Cola was born in Atlanta on May 8, 1886, when a
pharmacist, named Dr. John Styth Pemberton produced the syrup,
according to legend, in a brass pot in his backyard. When, by
accident or design, carbonated water was added to the syrup, it
produced a drink that was declared "delicious and refreshing".
The trademark "Coca-Cola" was registered in the U.S. Patent
Office on January 31, 1893. Through clever advertising, the
demand for the product grew by leaps and bounds. Today the
Coca-Cola bottling system is the largest, most widespread
production and distribution network in the world.
The international growth of Coca-Cola began in 1900,
when a son of the company's founder took a jug of syrup with
him on a vacation to England. The same year Coca-Cola
traveled to Cuba and Puerto Rico. The first bottling company
on the European continent began operation in France in 1920.
Many people outside the United States had their first taste
of Coca-Cola during World War II, when 64 bottling plants
were set up abroad to provide more that 5 billion bottles of
Coke for American service personnel in Europe and the
Pacific. In the next 20 years the number of countries with
bottling operations nearly doubled.
II. Choose the right answer based on the information
given in the text
1 . The trademark "Coca-Cola" came to existence in
A. 1886 C. 1920
B. 1900 D. 1893
2.The drink became popular because
A. it was the only drink C. it was very hot
B. its advertising was clever D. the price was cheap
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