COMMUNICATION | Tiếng Anh 8 - Tập 2 | Unit 11. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Lớp 8 - Giáo Dục Việt Nam

Quiz: Who invented what?

1. Match the inventors in A with their inventions in B.

2. Work in groups. Discuss the question: Which invention is more useful?

Example:

A: The invention of the airplane is very important because it has changed the way people travel and transport goods around the world.

B: You are right. But I think the invention of penicillin is more useful because it has saved lots of lives.

C: .....

3a. Ha had an interesting dream last night in which she met and interviewed Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.

Ha: When and where were you born? 

Bell: I was born in 1847 in Scotland. 

Ha: And did you go to school in Scotland? 

Bell: Yes, I went to the Royal High School. 

Ha: What subject did you like best? 

Bell: I always liked sciences, especially biology. 

Ha: Did you go to university? 

Bell: Yes, I went to Edinburgh University, and then to the University of London. 

Ha: And what did you do after that? 

Bell: I taught the deaf-mute in Boston, USA. 

Ha: When did you invent the telephone? 

Bell: Well, I invented the telephone quite by chance in 1876 when I made a mistake while doing an experiment … 

Ha: How interesting! 

b. Two days later, Ha told her friend what Alexander Bell said. Now report what Ha told her friend, using reported speech.

Example: Alexander Bell said that he had gone to the Royal High School.

1._______________________________________________________________

2._______________________________________________________________

3._______________________________________________________________

4. Work in pairs. One of you is a reporter, and the other is Tim Berners-Lee. Role-play, using the information given.

Tim Berners-Lee: British scientist, inventor of the Internet

• born 8 June 1955 - London

• 1973 - 1976: Oxford University

• 1978: joined company called D. G. Nash

• 1990: built first Web browser

• 6 August 1991: first website put online