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human beings in general

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something important or successful that you have done

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something that is shown, especially in a museum

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amazing, worth remembering

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to make something fixed

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The structure of _________ was deciphered in 1953, by Francis Crick and James Watson. In 1992, the first map of the human genome was produced in France, which would help scientists to treat some diseases that we inherit from our parents and grandparents.

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_________ was invented by a Scottish inventor John Logie Baird in 1926, and it was first demonstrated in Selfridges, a department store in London. It was built of old cans, bicycle parts, lenses, string and sealing wax.

The television set was first shown in a bookshop.

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The first _________ that was made for individual use was called Apple II, and it was launched in 1977 by Apple Computers. It was sealed in a plastic case: it had a keyboard, a video unit and removable fl oppy discs. It was sold for € 3800 in today’s money.

The first personal computer was launched by Microsoft.

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The world’s first practical four-wheeled _________ that was powered by a gasoline engine was designed and built in 1885 by Karl Benz. But the fi rst cars were mass-produced by Henry Ford in the USA, after he introduced his Model T in 1910, which was the first affordable car.

The first affordable cars were produced in the USA.