SCIENCE
INVENTIONS
Express the ideas about inventions using the Passive Voice
Alexander Godfroy, 1890. France
Hair Dryer
Daniel Hess, 1860. The USA
Vacuum cleaner
Carl von Linden, 1876. Germany
Fridge
Colour television system
John Baird, 1923. England
Martin Cooper, 1973. The USA
Mobile phone
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To listen to the text let us learn the new vocabulary.
Deaf [def]– when a person is deaf, it means that this person doesn’t hear anything Eventually [ı'ventʃuəlı] = finally Wire [‘waıə] – телеграфный провод Amazement = surprise - удивление
Listen to the text and be ready to answer these questions .
Who is the text about?
When was the first phone call made?
1.Was Alexander Bell an American or English inventor?
2.Which of Bell’s relatives were deaf?
3.What was the problem with the telegraph?
4.How did Bell feel about his invention?
5.Who was the first to learn about the invention of the phone?
6.Was Alexander Bell famous and rich?
7.Was the invention of the phone important?
1.Alexander Bell was born in the USA.
2.Bell’s mother and wife were deaf.
3.Bell’s father was an actor and was interested in
helping people who had problems with speaking.
4.The inventor was interested in problems of
communication.
5.The only way people could communicate over
long distances in the middle of the nineteenth
century was by phone.
6.Alexander Bell was satisfied with the telegraphs.
He didn’t want people to communicate faster.
7.The first words ever spoken by phone were:
“ Watson, come here! I want to see you.”
8. Alexander Bell was proud of his achievement. Very soon he became rich and famous.
Use this plan to speak about Alexander Bell and his invention !
1. Childhood and youth (future genius, deaf, actor)
2.The interest of the inventor (telegraph, to invent, wire, to achieve, gradually)
3.The invention of the phone (opportunity, laboratory, telephone, amazement, invention, scientist)
4.Bell’s contribution to the world of modern technologies (to change the world, contribute to, beneficial)