Greek inventions mentioned in Wikipedia:
Light house
Alarm clock
Odometre
repeating crossbow
cannon
Fire hose
Water pumps
Cisterns
Water mill
Rail
Gears
Cranes, winches and levers
Lockable doors
Plumbing (double action principle)
Spiral staircase
Grid street plan
Showers
Central heating
Astrolabe
three-mast ship
Air pump
Surveying tools
Analog computers
Vending machines
Wind vane (weather cock)
Clock tower
automatic doors (steam-powered)
yo-yo
pinhole camera
mechanical theatres
hydraulic suspension
First try to guess what each invention is:
Which Greek inventions impress you more? - why?
Grammar:
try writing some sentences about these inventions using "used to" or "didn't use to" (or "no longer")
try writing some sentences about these inventions using "used to" or "didn't use to" (or "no longer")
E.g. Before central heating was invented, people used to sit by a fire to keep warm.
Or... After central heating was invented, people no longer needed to sit by the fir to keep warm.
Chinese
Paper
Printing
Movable type
Gunpowder / explosives
Compass
wooden coffin
earth / rock drill
nail polish
noodles
Combustion artillery
Bank notes
bellows
mechanised belt drive
Cast iron bomb
Spear gun
tooth brush
cast coinage
chopsticks
colour printing
repeating crossbow
football
dental fillings
yo-yo
forensic crime investigation
cluster bomb
gas lighting / gas piping
grid street planning
hand grenade
non-choking horse harness
innoculation
surveying tools
ship keel
land mine
kites
matches
autonomous vehicles
movable sails
rudders
gas as a fuel
underwater mine
oil refinery
parachute
pinhole camera
pipelines
mechanical theatres
raincoats
umbrellas
relief mapping
rotary fan air-conditioning
fingerprint authentication
seismometer
snap fastener
sunglasses
suspension bridge
tea bags
toilet paper
tuned bells
hot air baloons
wheel barrow
envelopes
zoetrope (cinematic visual animation)
Guess what these Chinese inventions are:
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Which Chinese inventions impress you more? - why?
Grammar:
try writing some sentences about these inventions using "used to" or "didn't use to" (or "no longer")
try writing some sentences about these inventions using "used to" or "didn't use to" (or "no longer")
E.g. Before matches were invented, people used to...
Or... After matches were invented, people no longer needed to...
Or... People didn't used to.... before
Listening:
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