SCIENCE. TECHNOLOGY. INVENTIONS and DISCOVERIES /р. 132-136/

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remarkable

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to fasten

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humanity

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an achievement

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an exhibit

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a theme park

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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.

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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 floppy discs. It was sold for € 3800 in today’s money.

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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 first cars were mass-produced by Henry Ford, after he introduced his Model T in 1910, which was the first affordable car.

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The structure of DNA was discovered in 1992.

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The television set was first shown in a bookshop.

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The first personal computer was launched by Microsoft.

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The first affordable cars were produced in the USA.

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The first TV remote controls … (use) in the 1950s in the USA. One of the early models … (develop) in 1952, and it … (call) ‘Lazy Bones’.

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In 1996 a sheep called ‘Dolly’ … (clone) by British scientists from a single cell that … (take) from a six-year-old female sheep.

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Clothes … (hand-wash) by rubbing the clothing with rocks in ariver, or by using a wash board before the invention of the washing machine.

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The first affordable cars … (produce) by Henry Ford.

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Text messages … (use) in Asia and Europe before they became popular in the USA in the mid 2000s.

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The Internet began in 1969 as The Arpanet data network, which … (establish) by the US Department of Defense and … (suppose) to link computer networks at several universities and research laboratories in the United States.

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using of scientific knowledge and discoveries to develop new machines and systems

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the activity of designing and building roads, bridges, machines, etc.

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knowledge and theories about the world which are based on facts, experiments and research

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a new product, machine, system, etc., which someone has thought of for the first time

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a fact or thing that someone has found out about, which was not known about before

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Medical … help people to live much longer.

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The … of the computer has revolutionized the business world.

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Many scientists don’t consider that … can give absolutely reliable knowledge.

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The telescope has allowed astronomers to make … about the Galaxy.

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He must study … if he wants to be involved in designing new bridges and machines.