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

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remarkable

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humanity

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an achievement

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

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

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