Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks 1. Make sure you know the meanings of these terms and match them with their definitions telephone,dial,engineer, radio,headphones,emblem,television. 1. A person who studies, plans and builds machines, ships, roads, bridges and
etc.
2. Receivers fitting on to the head.
3. The system of broadcasting music, news, speeches, etc.
4. An instrument for transmitting the sound of the voice by electricity.
5. A symbol or representation.
6. The process by which scenes can be transmitted radio and reproduced on
receiving instruments.
7. The part of an automatic telephone used when calling people.
2. Discuss the following in pairs: 1. What machines are important in your life?
2. Put inventions in order. Which do you think is the most important? Which
has changed the world the most?
3. Mark the inventions mentioned below with 1 for the most important down
to 10 for the least important:
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the
telephone
the
atom
bomb
the
car
the
space
rocket
the
television
the
computer
the
plane
the
fax
machine
the space satellite
the washing machine
3. Try to persuade the others that your order is the right one. Work in groups of four. Talk together as a class. What other machines would you add to the list. Text 13. DESIGNING FOR BUSINESS Pre-reading Tasks 1. What kind of inventions are very important for business? What role do
