7.3
IDEAS AND INNOVATIONS
TASK
MAKING YOUR CASE
7
a
Choose three or four inventions and/or discoveries
that you think are very important and make notes
about them. Think about these questions.
•
What are your reasons for choosing the inventions
or discoveries?
•
What do the inventions or discoveries mean we
can/could do?
•
What did they lead to? What is connected to them?
7
b
Work in small groups. Use the Key language from
Exercise 4 and the Useful phrases below to explain and
compare your choices. Agree on the top two.
USEFUL PHRASES
The main reason I’ve chosen this is because …
One reason it’s important is that …
Another thing is that …
I completely agree with you.
I don’t agree with that point.
Which shall we choose?
7
c
Tell the class about your two most
important inventions and discoveries.
Does the class agree?
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4
b
Look at Audio script 7.4 on page 155 and find more
examples of this language.
5
Complete these sentences with your own ideas.
Then compare with a partner.
1
The car means that …
2
The discovery of DNA led to …
3
Rapid global warming is connected to …
4
Television means people stay at home more,
and so …
5
The discovery of electricity caused …
6
The invention of the refrigerator meant that …
PRONUNCIATION
6
a
7.6
Word stress and the schwa
Mark the key
word stress on these phrases. Then listen and check.
the aeroplane
the telephone
the television
the internet
6
b
In each phrase, which vowels have the weak
sound
/ə/
(the schwa)? Listen again and check.
6
c
Answer these questions.
1
Does the stressed syllable ever have the schwa
sound?
2
When does
the
not have the schwa sound?
6
d
7.7
Mark the key word stress on these phrases.
Which syllables have the schwa sound? Compare with
a partner, then listen and check.
the computer the fridge the discovery of electricity
the refrigerator the car the discovery of DNA
the clock the radio the discovery of nuclear energy
6
e
Practise saying the phrases in Exercises 6a
and 6d with your partner. Does your partner
use word stress and the schwa well?
