[Friends Global] Giải tiếng anh 10 unit 8: Science - 8F. Reading

1. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. What do you think these inventions were for?

Answer:

A. Gears in the Antikythera Machanism

B. The Telharmonium - the world's first electronic musical instrument.

C. The Writing Ball - a machine for tying on paper.

2. Read the texts. Check your answers in exercise 1. Were any of your guesses correct?

Answer:

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3. In pairs, decide which of the inventions is the most impressive and/or interesting, in your opinion. Give reasons.

Answer:

C: people can use machine to write on paper instead of writing by hand.

4. Number the pictures (A-C) in the order in which they were invented.

Answer:

A - 3 (1901)          B - 2 (1897)          C - 1 (1865)

5. Match the texts (1-3) with questions A-E below. Some questions match with more than one text.

Which invention(s)

A was / were lost and then found again?

B was /were popular for a time but then disappeared?

C used electricity?

D was / were designed by an unknown inventor?

E was / were first designed in the 19th century?

Answer:

1 - B, E

2 - C, E

3 - A, D

6. Decide if the sentences below are true (T), false (F) or 'does not say' (DNS).

1 The Telharmonium was invented before the radio.

2 Thaddeus Cahill destroyed the final model of his invention before he died.

3 The Writing Ball was the first machine that used electricity for typing.

4 Other typing machines were cheaper to make because they were not made by hand.

5 The Antikythera Mechanism was at the bottom of the sea for nearly 2,000 years.

6 For about 70 years after it was found, the purpose of the mechanism was not known.

Answer:

1. T          2. F          3. DNS          4. T          5. DNS          6. F

7. VOCABULARY Find nouns in the text related to these verbs.

Answer:

a. inventions              c. movements                   e. discovery

b. recording               d. arrangement                 f. reconstructions

8. SPEAKING Work in groups. Decide which three inventions and discoveries from history are the most important. Use the ideas below or think of your own. Give reasons.

Answer:

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