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Reading
Read the text. Circle the correct option (a–d).
TV opportunity!
Great Inventions is a new TV show and we are looking for young people to take part.
Interested? We invite you to make a two-minute video that shows your idea for a new invention.
Make sure you include:
• personal details: name, age, and address.
• the name of your invention, how you got the idea and how it works.
You can email us your video or send it to the address shown on our website. We'll choose the ones we think are most interesting. Your prize? The chance to appear on our TV show!
1. What do the programme makers want?
a. new inventors
b. experienced film makers
c. young TV presenters
d. young actors
20th-century inventions
The most important modern invention has to be the mobile phone. It was only invented in the 1970s, but look at it now! Everyone has a phone. Originally, of course, phones were large and were only used to make phone calls. Now those phones are in museums! Modern mobile phones are mini-computers - you can do so much with them. You can buy very expensive phones, but you can also buy cheap models. That's why, in my view, it's the best 20th-century invention.
2. What is the purposes of the text?
a. to advertise mobile phones
b. to invite people to a museum exhibition
c. to give an opinion about an invention
d. to advise people to avoid cheap phones
3D printers
3D printers are a new kind of machine that can make everyday objects. They're amazing because they can produce different things in different materials, from cups and plates to plastic toys and even chocolate cakes! So how do they work?
First you design a 3D object on your computer, then you connect it to a 3D printer. Press "print" and watch it work. The printer makes the object in very thin layers, like the pages of a book - one on top of the other until you have a complete object.
3. What is the writer of the text doing?
a. giving an idea about the future of printers
b. describing an invention
c. giving a short history of an object
d. explaining different inventions
Listening
☊3.23 Listen to the text. Are the sentences true or false? Write T or F.
1. Galileo invented the telescope.
2. Galileo immediately used the telescope to study space.
3. The United States sent the first person into space.
4. There was an astronaut in Vostok 1.
5. The speaker thinks it’s useful to land on Mars.
6. The speaker is mainly describing the advantages of space exhibition.
Speaking
Work in pairs and do the task below.
You are returning a mobile phone to a shop because something has gone wrong with it.
Discuss these four issues with the shop assistant:
• when you bought it
• what the problem is
• what you want to happen next
• what you will do if that isn't possible
Writing
Read the task below and write the letter.
You ordered a tablet online 3 weeks ago and it arrived yesterday. Unfortunately, you were not satisfied with the product. Write a letter of complaint (120–150 words).
