Try to guess the year when the following things were invented. Choose the year under each invention.
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- Učenik nakon slušanja zvučnog zapisa o izumima pokazuje razumijevanje rješavanjem zadataka višestrukog odabira te zadataka odabira točnog odgovora.
- Učenik nakon slušanja zvučnog zapisa o korištenju računala pokazuje razumijevanje rješavanjem zadataka višestrukog odabira kolokacija i fraznih glagola.
1 Guess the year
2 What do you think?
Write 50 to 70 words and explain which invention from exercise 1, mobile phone, refrigerator, TV, credit card, washing machine, or antibiotics you couldn't live without and one you could.
Explain your answer.
3 Match the inventions with the years
Match the years from the box about digital inventions below.
Write the names of the inventions below the photos.
Then watch the video and check your answers.
Welcome to Inventions where we are talking about some of the biggest digital inventions of the 20th and 21st century.
Although a lot of people think that YouTube has been a part of our lives for a long time and we can't really remember living without it, it is not really that old. A first YouTube video appeared in April 2005 and it was a short film Me at the zoo. Millions of people still watch it every day, although it is not very interesting when compared to the modern videos.
In 1984 Apple released the first Macintosh desktop computer which was the first affordable computer with a graphic interface. And in 1991, Tim Berners, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web. He was then working at the CERN research center in Switzerland so the first website was the CERN address. It was in August 1991 that the website went online.
We know how it would be difficult to find anything on the Internet without a good search engine so we all use it on a daily basis and Google is the most popular one today. But the first search engine was created in 1990 and its name was Archie.
Last but not least, email is a very important part of our private and business life. It is the oldest invention and the first email was sent in 1971. The person who sent it was a computer engineer Ray Tomlinson who is also the first person to use @ symbol because he needed something to separate his user name from the name of the Internet server.
4 Watch again
Watch the video one more time. Choose True or False next to each sentence. Correct the False sentences.
Lots of people today watch the first YouTube video.
It is indeed true.
The video is called We at the zoo.
The first laptop computer was created in 1984.
You could visit various websites before August 1991.
Archie was the first search engine which you could use to find information online.
It is indeed true.
Ray Tomlinson used the @ symbol to separate the username from the name of the Internet server in his email address.
It is indeed true.
5 Complete the sentences
Complete the sentences with the compound nouns.
1 I don't own a laptop. I have a
.
2 Gmail is the most popular
today.
3 A
like Google helps you to browse the Internet.
4 Your
is usually your name and surname.
5 I have my own
where I sell my jewellery.
6 Listening
Listen to a short conversation and then choose the correct option from the drop-down menu to complete the collocations connected to using the computer.
GRANDSON: Grandad, I am going to explain how to use Skype. Ready?
GRANDFATHER: Yes, I think so.
GRANDSON: Is your computer on?
GRANDFATHER: No, but I will switch it on. Do I have to log on to Instagram or download anything?
GRANDSON: No, you don't have to log on to anything, just click on the icon Skype. Use your mouse.
GRANDFATHER: Ok, I did it. I see a lot of names. What do I do next?
GRANDSON: Scroll down the page until you can see my name.
GRANDFATHER: What now?
GRANDSON: Click on my name and there is a green phone icon. Click on it.
GRANDFATHER: It's ringing!
GRANDSON: I know, you are calling me.
GRANDFATHER: Hi, I can see you now!
GRANDSON: And I can see you too. Now hang up the phone so we can chat here.
GRANDFATHER: Great!
7 Phrasal verbs
Choose the correct preposition from the drop-down menu next to each verb to make phrasal verbs connected to technology.
8 Choose the correct answer
Choose the correct answer for each sentence.