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Inventions Section Task : Get Ready Preparing cue cards for a game In this section , you will find out about different inventions and how they have made their mark on our lives . You will then prepare cue cards for a game based on inventions . 1 Read the dictionary definitions of "invention" and "discovery . " a How would you translate these two words into your own language ? $ In what ways are the two conce P ts s 1 m 11 ar ? In what ways are they different ? 3 Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions : a Which of the items is an invention ? Which of the items is a discovery ? & How has each invention / discovery changed the way people live ? 3 Read each of the following sentences and decide what the highlighted words or phrases mean . Copy the sentence with the correct word or phrase into your notebook . a The Greeks and Romans changed and improved this paste . If we improve something , we make it better / make it worse . Example : a . If we Improve eomethmq ' , we make it better . $ Josephine Cochrane began to manufacture and sell dishwashers . To manufacture means to make something in afactory / buy something froma factory . c In 1775 , Alexander Cummings , an Englishman , redesigned the toilet . When something is redesigned , it is used in a different way / changed in some way . < 3 These fax machines were big , expensive and difficult to operate . To operate a machine means to use / find it . 0 By the early 1 980 s , easy to use fax machines became available to the public and more people began to use them . Something which is available is difficult to get / easy to get . 4 How could each of the highlighted words be related to inventions ? Discuss invention n . something that is created or designed that did not ex e discovery n . something that is found that has always existed but was not known about .
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