Lesson 1. Inventions and Discoveries » 14

Стор.56 14. Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box using the passive form. SOME TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS AND ENTERPRISES 1) In 1788 the first diving suit for underwater use was made. 2) In 1788 the first issue of «The Times» was printed. 3) In 1792 central heating was hunched in the Bank of England in London. 4) In 1799 domestic gas lighting was to people. 5) In 1804 the steam locomotive was used to pull wagons in coal mines in South Wales. 6) In 1805 the stethoscope was invented by French doctor R. Laennec. 7) In 1849 the safety pin was re–invented by Walter Hunt to pay back a debt. His design was based on the one the Greeks and Romans used. 8) In 1889 the Eiffel Tower was built in Paris. 9) In 1906 disc brakes for cars were installed. 10) In July, 1945 the first atomic bomb was tested in the New Mexico desert. 11) In 1957 the first man–made satellite, the Sputnik, was designed in the USSR. 12) In 1969 the first men was to the moon. 13) In 1971 the microprocessor was nicknamed the «miracle chip». It is used in pocket calculators, computers, video games and industrial machinery. 14) In 1978 the first test–tube baby was born in England.