Упр.1 Юнит 7 Урок 3 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10-11 класс

It’s Difficult to Imagine It as an Invention

Nowadays most of the inventions made in the past seem to be commonplace (обычным явлением). It is difficult to imagine them as inventions. Have a look at the pictures and captions and say what inventions were made in the 19th and 20th centuries. Who were they made by? When were they made? What countries were the inventions made in?

Here are some inventions made in the 19th and 20th centuries:

• The telephone was made by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 in the USA.
• The light bulb was made by Thomas Edison in 1879 in the USA.
• The radio was made by Guglielmo Marconi in 1895 in Italy.
• The airplane was made by the Wright brothers in 1903 in the USA.
• The television was made by John Logie Baird in 1926 in Great Britain.
• The computer was made by Charles Babbage in the 19th century in Great Britain.