Necessity Is the Mother of Invention

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Unit 7

• Necessity Isthe Mother of Invention

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There are many kinds of inventions with many
kinds of uses.

• with ? ??
• use n. ??

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Some may be games and fun to play with, while
others can save lives.

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• while ? ?? (???????)

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The following stories will show how some
inventors got their ideas.

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• how ?????

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The Invention of Monopoly

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By 1930, the American economy had collapsed.

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Millions of people were out of work.One of them
was Charles Darrow.

• millions of
• out of work/employment ??

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The times were hard and he had a wife and son to
support.

• times n. ??
• support v. ??

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It was hard to make ends meet.

• hard adv. ???
• make ends meet

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Darrow and his wife often remembered the times
when he had a job.

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In those days, they had money and could go on
vacation to Atlantic City, their favorite town.

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• go on vacation (to ??) ??
• ???

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If only we could go there again, sighed
Darrows wife.

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• sign v. ??

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If I were rich, said Darrow, Id take you to
the best hotel in Atlantic City, and Id buy it
for you.

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Id buy all the hotels, and all the houses and
streets, and even the railroad.

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In fact Id buy the whole place. An idea began
to grow in Darrows mind.

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• in ones mind ???,???

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One evening he sat down in the kitchen and wrote
down some of the street names of Atlantic City.

• one day/morning/evening/night

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He included the railway stations and also the
water and electricity companies.

• include v. ??
• electricity n. ?

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Ive invented a game, he told his wife.

• invent vs. find

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If we cant be rich in real life, we can be rich
when playing it.

• in real life ?????
• when Ving/p.p.

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He cut houses and hotels for his little city from
wood.

• cut, cut, cut v.
• wood, woods n. ??,??

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He made cards with names of places on them.

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Then he found some colored buttons for tokens, a
pair of dice and lots of play money.

• colored vs. colorful
• for sth ??
• play money

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He called the game Monopoly.

• call sb/sth ?? ??

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The Invention of Cats-eye Reflectors

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Percy Shaw was driving his car along a winding
road in Yorkshire one night in 1933.

• along vs. alone
• wind, winded, winded

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The road ran along the side of a steep hill. Shaw
knew the road well.

• run v.

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But suddenly, just before a turn, he ran into
thick fog.

• suddenly / all of a sudden ??
• run into sb/sth ??,????
• ? fog ???

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He could not see the road and he could not tell
how far he was from the edge.

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• be far from ??

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At that very moment, two small points of light
shone through the fog.

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• shine, shone, shone

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The car lights had been reflected in the eyes of
a cat.

• reflect v. ??,??

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Shaw then knew where the side of the road was.

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What I need is hundreds of cats sitting along
the road, thought Shaw as he drove slowly on
through the fog.

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• N Ving/p.p. ????????
• Vi on ??

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When finally he reached the main road, his lights
shone on some streetcar rails that ran along the
center of the road.

• reach ?? ??,??

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Shaw remembered the cats eyes as he looked at
the long lines.

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He began to think Why not invent reflectors that
shine like cats eyes? And why not set them in
the middle of the road?

• Why not V? ????

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His inventionthe cats-eye reflectorhas made
roads and highways safer and easier to drive
along after dark.

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• make O OC (????????)
• after dark

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So be creative. Maybe you can be the next Darrow
or Shaw.

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• the next N ???

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Any Question?