Unit 7: Discovery and Invention

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Watch and listen: Watch and understand a video about a ski resort in the desert
Listening skills: Understand lecture organization
Speaking skills: Outline a topic; explain how something is used
Speaking task: Give a presentation about an invention or discovery that has changed our lives

UNLOCK YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Work with a partner and discuss the questions below.

1. The photograph shows a very early computer. When do you think it was invented?
2. There is a saying that ‘necessity is the mother of invention’. What do you think this means?
3. What famous inventions or discoveries come from your country?
4. What do you think is the most important invention or discovery in the last 20 years? Why is it important?