Lesson 1. Inventions and Discoveries » 12

Стор.55 12. Match the names of the scientists (1—7) with their inventions (A—G) and make up sentences. B – 1) Alexander Graham Bell – the telephone, 1876 D – 2) John Boyd Dunlop – rubber tyres with air inside, 1887 A – 3) Alexander Fleming – the first antibiotic, penicillin, 1928 C – 4) John Logie Baird – the first working television system, 1926 G – 5) Marie Curie – radioactivity, the end of the 19th century E – 6) Thomas Edison – the motion–picture camera, 1888 F – 7) Nikola Tesla – an electrical generator, 1890s 1) The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. 2) Rubber tyres with air inside were invented by J.B. Dunlop in 1887. 3) The first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered by A. Fleming in 1928. 4) The first working television system was invented by J. L. Baird in 1926. 5) Radioactivity was discovered by Marie Curie at the end of the 19th cent. 6) The motion–picture camera was invented by T. Edison in 1888. 7) An electrical generator was invented by N.Tesla in 1890s.