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UNIT #

7 EXTENSION Name: .........................................................

1 The words below appear in the text in Exercise 2. Write the words in your own language.
You can use a dictionary.
1 responsible .............................................. 3 deaf .............................................. 5 wire ..............................................
2 demonstrated .............................................. 4 appliance ..............................................

2 Read the text about Scottish inventors.

A LAND OF INVENTORS
Scotland is the northernmost country in the UK, and is famous for its beautiful landscapes. But its inhabitants make
it special as well. Although Scotland has only got a population of around 5.4 million people, it’s the birthplace of
some of history’s most important inventions.

The Fridge The Electric Bread Toaster


Scotsman William Cullen, born in 1710, was responsible Toast is one of the most popular breakfast foods, and
for the invention of refrigeration. The fridge is an the electric toaster is one of the most useful appliances
appliance which changed the way people around the in modern kitchens. You can thank Alan MacMasters
world stored and transported food. for that. MacMasters was born in Edinburgh in 1865.
He had the idea for a machine which could toast bread
The TV
using iron wires.
Scotsman John Logie Baird demonstrated the first
working television in January 1926. Two years later, The MRI Scanner
he succeeded in the first transatlantic television The invention of the MRI scanner allowed doctors to
transmission. Baird also invented the first colour clearly see people’s internal organs. It was developed
television. by a team that was working at the University of
Aberdeen, and in 1980, they took the first clear image
The Telephone
of a patient’s internal tissues. The scanner is safer than
The first telephone was invented by Scotsman
X-rays, building up a picture of the human body using
Alexander Graham Bell. Bell’s mother and wife were
high frequency radio signals.
both deaf, so he was interested in sound and wanted
to develop hearing devices. His experiments led to his
receiving the first patent for the telephone in 1876.

3 Choose the correct relative pronoun and complete the sentences according to the text.
1 Scotland is a country where / which only ................................................................. live, but it has produced many inventors.
2 William Cullen was the person when / that invented ................................................................. in the 18th century.
3 Alexander Graham Bell was married to someone who / which was ................................................................. .
4 Alan MacMasters invented a toaster who / which used ................................................................. .
5 The MRI scanner revealed internal organs which / who ................................................................. couldn’t see clearly before.

4 Which inventions are related to … ?


1 entertainment ..............................................
2 medicine ..............................................
3 food ..............................................
4 communication ..............................................

Teamwork ESO 4 Photocopiable © Burlington Books 1


EXTENSION # UNIT 7

5 Answer the questions.


1 What two things are mentioned about the geography of Scotland?

.............................................................................................................................................................................

2 What effect did the fridge have on people’s lives?

.............................................................................................................................................................................

3 What was significant about 1928 in the history of TV?

.............................................................................................................................................................................

4 What is the importance of the University of Aberdeen?

.............................................................................................................................................................................

6 Imagine you have invented something. Write an advert for your invention.
Include the following information:
• what it is
• how it works
• why you invented it

Teamwork ESO 4 Photocopiable © Burlington Books 2

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