Modern invention

1. Modern Invention

2. Speaking

What are these invention? Look at this pictures
and identify the objects.
Then talk about:
What each object is.
Use the phrases to talk as in the example.
• I think • I‘ m not sure • Perhaps • It could be • I may
be wrong • I think it was • I think so• I can‘ t remember

3.

How you use these objects.
Use the phrases to talk as in the example.
• I think • I‘ m not sure • Perhaps • It could be • I may be wrong • I think it was • I think
so• I can‘ t remember

4.

How these objects have changed our lives.
Use the phrases to talk as in the example.
• I think • I‘ m not sure • Perhaps • It could be • I
may be wrong • I think it was • I think so• I can‘
t remember

5.

Which objects you couldn’t do without.
Use the phrases to talk as in the example.
• I think • I‘ m not sure • Perhaps • It could be • I may
be wrong • I think it was • I think so• I can‘ t
remember

6.

Which of this you consider to be the most important invention? Why?
Use the phrases to talk as in the example.
• I think • I‘ m not sure • Perhaps • It could be • I may be
wrong • I think it was • I think so• I can‘ t remember

7.

Invention which changed the WORLD
A: Who was the telephone invented by?
B: I think it was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
Alexander Graham Bell
John Logie Baird
microscope
Charles Ginesburg
Charles Babbage
James T. Russel
Fax machine
Alexander Bain
Rene Laënnec
computer
stethoscope
Thomas Alva Edison
Anton van Leevwenhoek
Charles Babbege
Light bulb
William Mogrege
camcorder
telephone
TV
CD
laptop
printer

8.

The air conditioner was invented by Willis Carrier in 1902.
In pairs, match the columns. Then, make sentences as in the example.
Invention
air conditioner
sewing machine
microwave oven
hairdryer
answering machine
Inventor
Percy Spencer
Willy Muller
Elias Howe
Alexander Godefoy
Willis Carrier
Year
1902
1935
1890
1946
1844
Which of the inventions do you consider the most important? Why?

9. Inventors and inventions

Fill in: invented, discovered, changed, improved, developed.
1.
The Wright brothers changed the world when they flew
the first plane in 1903.
2.
The invention of a radar
has……………………………………………………………...navigation
and safety at sea.
3.
Alexander Fleming…………………………………………..penicillin
by accident.
4.
In 1838, Louis Daguerre…………………………………….. The first
practical process of photography.
5.
The TV was……………………………….. By John Logie Baird in
1926.
Which other inventors have you heard of? What are
they famous for?

10. Match column A to column B, then make sentences about satellites.

A
B
receive
send
forecast
connect
the weather every day
TV pictures in our houses
international phone calls
messages around the world
aeroplanes and ships find their
way
the earth and other planets
weather pattern
to the Internet
map
study
make
help
If we didn‘t have satellites, we couldn't/ wouldn‘t be able to receive
TV pictures in our houses.
Talk about other inventions that help us
communicate, as above.

11. Look at the pictures, then put the words in the text.

Satellite dishes
antenna
telescope
Hundreds of satellite orbit the earth a transmit
information that makes our lives better. There are special instruments on all satellites, which
help
them to work properly. All satellites have a(n) 1)……
………which receives signals and sends them back
2)……………….. on earth. Satellites all have a 3)………………..
that collect energy from the sun as well
as 4)………………
to everything. Satellites which study
the planets have a
5)………………… and weather satellites
have cameras. Some satellites are
launched into space by rockets and other
Space shuttle
are carried by the 6)………………………….
Replace the words in bold with their synonyms
• sent off • go around • tools • power • send
Solar cells
computer

12. Which of the following do you have in your home? At home, we‘ve got mobile telephone.

1 thermostat
2 mobile phone
4 garage
door
opener
3 vacuum
cleaner
5 smoke alarm
6 electric fan
7 instamatic
camera

13. Match the prompts to the pictures. Discuss how the items make your life easier.

A: You can turn a thermostat to a
regular setting to heat your house.
B:That’s true and it automatically
regulates the temperature.
A turn to regular setting/ automatically regulate temperature
B clean quickly/ easy to use
C keep room cool/ not feel hot on warm summer days
D open door – without leaving car/ good in cold wet weather
E warn of smoke or fire/ wake you up at night if fire breaks out
F develop photographs immediately/ save on cost of film processing
G take it almost everywhere/ not miss important calls

14.

Pre-Reading task.
Look at the picture. Who is/ are famous for:
revolutionising personal computers;
the theory of relativity; scientific research and experiments;
developing atomic energy;
Founding Apple;
Being a strong believer in world peace;
Surviving lift-out, re-entry and weightlessness in space?
How do you think these people changed the world?

15. People who changed the World

A
Yuri Gagarin
“I see Earth. It’s so beautiful!”
These are the first
words ever spoken by a human in
space. The speaker was 27-year-old Soviet cosmonaut Yuri
Gagarin.
Yuri Gagarin was born on 9 March 1934, in
Smolensk, Russia. When he left school, Yuri decided to train as
an engineer, so he enrolled at a technical college on the
outskirts of Moscow. While he was a student, he became
interested in aircraft and took lessons at a local flying school.
Soon it became obvious he was talented pilot, so when he
finished his studies in 1955, he joined the Soviet Air Force.
This proved to be a turning point in his life. He was chosen
to be a test- pilot, flying new and experimental aircraft. Yuri
was selected to join a special group of the country’s best test
pilots and went on to further training to be a cosmonaut. His
instructors described him as very calm and confident with
very quick reactions.
Yuri’s epic one-hundred-and-eight-minute flight
into space on 12 April 1961, made headline news all over the
world. It was man’s first venture into space and the beginning
of his journey to the stars. As the pilot of the spaceship,
Gagarin proved that a human could survive lift-out, re-entry
and weightlessness and return safely to Earth. What’s more,
he was able to record important data which future astronauts
would use.
Yuri Gagarin became a national hero. Unfortunately, he
was tragically killed seven years later in a plane crash. He was
thirty-four years old.

16.

B
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein is one of the most gifted scientists of all
time. He is best known for his theory of relativity, which he
developed when he was only twenty-six and which changed the
way scientists looked at space and time.
Einstein was born on 14 March 1874, in Ulm, Württemberg,
Germany. He studied Mathematics and Physics at Zurich.
University and continued to live in Switzerland after finishing his
studies. He worked in an office, but spent his spare time doing
scientific research and experiments.
He became professor at Zurich University in 1909, but even
before that his research had made him an important force in the
world of physics. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Einstein’s genius changed the course of history, since it
was central to the development of atomic energy. Einstein was an
outspoken believer in world peace, however, and he was deeply
saddened when he realised the outcome of his research would be
an atom bomb. He said at the time, “If only I had known, I’d have
become a watchmaker.”
In 1933, Einstein accepted a position for life as a professor
at Princeton University. He lived there, dedicated to the study of
physics, until his death in 1955.

17.

C
Steve Jobs
In 1975, Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer, a company
that revolutionised the personal computer.
Born in 1955, Steve grew up in Silicon Valley, California. He
dropped out of college after the first term and took a job as a
video game designer. Here he met up with an old friend, Steve
Woznaik, and together they founded Apple.
The pair built their first computer in Job’s parents’ garage.
A local electronics shop bought fifty of these computer and the
company was on its way to success. The company‘s second
model, Apple II, changed the computer industry forever by
making computers smaller and more user-friendly, so they
could be used by ordinary people. Both charming and
demanding, Jobs managed to push Apple Computer to the head
of the computer revolution.
Steve Jobs’ visionary designs changed people’s idea of
computers. “We started out to get a computer in the hands of
everyday people, and we succeeded beyond our wildest
dreams”, he once said. He now has plans to lead another
revolution, this time in software, by making it quicker and
cheaper to develop.

18. Comprehension check.

Write G(Gagarin), E(Einstein) or J(Jobs) next to the adjectives that
describe each person‘s character.
1
2
3
4
outspoken
calm
demanding
talented
5
6
7
8
confident
charming
gifted
visionary

19. Read the article and write G, E or J in the correct box.

Who…
1
2
was disappointed with how his work used?
made something that could be used
by the average person?
developed something new?
became famous overnight?
paved the way for others?
did something that could have been
dangerous for him?
received an important award?
achieved his dream?
3
5
6
8
9
10
4
7

20. Circle the correct meaning

1. experimental
a. new and being tested
b. used in a test
2. epic
a. dangerous
b. impressive
3. venture
a. sth done for the first time
b. sth new, exciting and difficult
4. data
a. collection
b. information
5. revolutionised
a. caused great changes
b. started something
6. lift-out
a. when a rocket leaves
the ground
b. when a rocket leaves
the atmosphere

21. Use the prompts below to make sentences, as in the example.

Yuri Gagarin/ not be/ talented pilot
he/ not become/
cosmonaut
Albert Einstein/ not be/ dedicated scientist
he/ not develop/
theory/ change the world
Steve Jobs/ not drop out/ college
he/ not become/
computer designer
If Yuri Gagarin hadn’t been a talented pilot, he would not have
become a cosmonaut.

22. Vocabulary Practice

Fill in the correct word,
then make sentences.
• scientific • weather • job
turning
• exploration • important
personal
• national • smart • ordinary
1…............................data
2…………………….problems
3 space……….....................
4 ….………………………hero
5 ……………………...patterns
6 ………………………….point
7 ……………………..research
8 ………………………..people
9 …………………......interview
10 …………………………card
Fill in: of, in, from,
with, over then make
sentences using the
completed phrases.
1 to be jealous………………….sb
2 wrong…………………………sth
3 …………………………the future
4 to work…………………….home
5 the pilot…………..the
spaceship
6 ………………………the Internet
7 to keep…………touch….…...sth
8 the invention…………………sth
9 the course……………………sth
10become interested………….sth

23. Think of a famous inventor from your country. Use an encyclopedia or the Internet to fill in information under the headings

below. Then
write about him/her and
what he/she invented.
inventor’s name
invention
year it was invented
importance