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2. 1) Genius is one per cent inspiration and…
(T. Edison)
2) You cannot teach a man anything; you
can…(Galileo)
3) It is better to understand a little, than…
(A. Pope)
4) Wonders are many and nothing is
more…(Sophocles)
5) We know what we are but we know
not…(Shakespeare)
6) As for me, all I know…
7) Men learn while…
8) Train hard…

8. The most important invention of all times is the
automobile.
By 1860, the gasoline engine had been invented in
Europe in 1885, Karl Benz introduced the first
automobile.

9. His car ran on three wheels, had no pedals and
could hold two people. It was the great progress.

10. The first revolver was designed in 1835 by Samuel
Colt. The Colt Single Action Army has been offered in
over 30 different calibers and various barrel lengths.
Its overall appearance has remained consistent since
1873.

11. The first telephone was made by the American A. G.
Bell. It was a wonderful invention which changed
the way of people’s communication.

13. Mobile phone, using now by millions of
people, appeared in 1973. An American
Martin Cooper invented the first mobile
phone-Motorola.

14. It weighted a kilo. But it took five years to
draw in a commercial contract with the
operator from Bahrain.

15. Now mobile phones have made a massive impact on
social and working activities and changed the way we
communicate.

17. The first computers were huge. They were
used for scientific purposes.

18. Now computers have changed the way we
live. We can use a computer to write a
letter, to design a house, to draw a picture
or to ex change messages with someone
around the world.

19. Computers in the world use software invented
by Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft Inc. of
Redmond, Washington. Software is a set of
programs that makes computers perform
serious task. Thanks to Microsoft, Gates is now
one of the richest men in America.

21. A Russian engineer Vladimir Zvorykin
emigrated to the USA and there in 1931
produced an apparatus that later became
known as a television set.

22. The first TV station was located on the Empire
State Building in New York City. The programs
could be watched only by those who lived not
farther than 60 miles from the station.

23. Now modern television offers to the viewers a
wide choice of programs on different channels.

25. Nolan Bushnell is the father of home video
games. He built Pong in 1972, which led to
today’s powerful super systems." I built it with
my two own hands and a soldering iron”, said
Bushnell about his creation.

26. The first hit was a simple game called Pong.
Two players sat in front of a TV screen where a
“ball”- a point of light – bounced back and
forth.

27. Nolan Bushnell grew up near Salt Lake City,
Utah. He loved to tinker machines and became
an electrical engineer. He played primitive
computer games that were even older than
Pong.

28. computers,
microscopes,
telescopes,
space stations
planes, cars,
bikes, mobile
phones, TV
sets, trains,
helicopters
vacuum cleaners,
microwave ovens,
CD players, music
systems,
dishwashers
chemicals,
hydrogen
bombs,
dynamite, and
nuclear
weapons