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D. Add the inventions and discoveries to the timeline. Match the letters (A-H) with the pictures on the left.

Big Bang theory cookies electricity fingerprints paper money printing press smartphone vaccines
2020 2025

past future

E. Cover the text and work with a partner. Why are these names and dates important?

Student A Student B

• Johannes Gutenberg • 1796
• 9 -century China • 3,600 • Jan Evangelista Purkinje
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• Edward Jenner • 1860 • Jack the Ripper
• Georges Lemaître • 13.8 billion years ago
• Ruth Graves Wakefield • 1994 • 7 century • Simon
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It’s hard to believe that nobody noticed how F. Work in a group of four. Choose one invention
different they were until 1823 when they were initially each and prepare arguments as to why it’s
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researched by Czech scientist Jan Evangelista the best invention of the 20 century. Debate
Purkinje. It’s also unfortunate that they weren’t used which is the best and why.
to catch criminals until much later – if officers had helicopter vacuum cleaner
realised how to identify this unique physical quality,
murderers such as Jack the Ripper might have been microwave oven escalator
caught.
G. Complete the questions with the words from
This disturbed some religious people at first, despite exercise B on page 149 and discuss them with
being proposed by a Catholic priest, Georges a partner.
Lemaître, who was also a professor of physics. The
Belgian first came up with the idea in 1927, and 1. What characteristics of other people do you
scientists who have continued his research believe find ?
the event which created our universe happened 2. How do you relax if you’re feeling
around 13.8 billion years ago. ?

These delicious snacks first appeared in Persia in the 3. What’s the most situation
7 century, but the chocolate chips were added by you’ve ever been in?
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accident in 1938. An American baker, Ruth Graves 4. Do you think it’s that
Wakefield, was making some when she realised she young people can’t vote?
had run out of cocoa powder and used a chocolate 5. Have you ever seen a film which
bar broken up into pieces instead. you?

Does the thought of living without your mobile 6. What would have happened if you hadn’t
device leave you feeling tense? This wonderful to come to class today?
piece of tech you can hold in your hand was first 7. Have you ever broken something very
introduced in 1994. It was called Simon, and you expensive ?
could use it to send and receive emails, as well as 8. When was the last time you got
call your friends – at the cost of £1,100!
? What had you done?

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