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  1. Learn the idiom, make sentences with it:

To turn the clock back=to go back in time.

  1. Read the story of the ‘First phone call’. Fill in the prepositions where it is necessary:

The first phone call was ________ March 10 1875, when Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor ______ the telephone, called his assistant. His first words were, ‘Mr. Watson, come here, I want you’

Bell and Watson realized that their phone was a fantastic business idea. They showed it _______ some American businessman and asked________- 100 000$. But the businessman laughed. ‘it’s just an electrical toy’. So Bell started is own company and soon, with the name American Telephone and Telegraph. It was the top company ______ the USA.

  1. Read the story of the first e-mail. Match the columns. Find the sentences with got expressions in the text.

  1. Computer A. computers

  2. Two B. keyboard

  3. Same C. scientist

  4. Computer’s D. room

The American, Ray Tomlinson, was the first person to send an e-mail. T was some time in 1971, but he can’t remember exactly when. It wasn’t big news at the time because the two computers were in the same room. And his message wasn’t very interesting-it was just: ‘Owertyuiop’. Why? Was this a new computer language? No, they were the letters at the top of his computer’s keyboard!

  1. Read the story of the first passenger flight. Open the brackets and write the verb in the correct form:

The first passenger flight (to leave) from St Petersburg, Florida on 1 January 1914 and (to go) to Tampa Bay, less than 40 kilometers away. It (to be) a very small plane and it only (to have) space for the pilot and one passenger.

For the next four months, the plane (to fly) between St Petersburg and Tampa Bay two times a day, and a return ticket cost 10$. This first airplane company only (to make) a very small profit, but it (to be) the start of a very big industry.

  1. Read the story of the first tourist in space. Choose the right answer which you think fits best according to the text:

For many years Dennis Tito was _______ (a; an; the) top American businessman. During his career, he ________ (did; made; said) million of dollars. But he always had a dream –to be an astronaut. So, one day, he asked the American space _______(group; agency; form) NASA, ‘How much does it cost to go into space?’ the answer was: ‘Sorry. Space is not for tourist’.

So, Tito went to the Russians and asked them the ________(such; this; same) question. The Russians and asked them the ________(such; this; same) question. The Russians weren’t sure. ‘How about $20 million?’ asked Tito. This time, the answer was ‘Yes’.

And so in April 2001, Tito left from Baikonur, _____(Ukraine; Kasakhstan; Poland) in Russian Souz- TM rocket and flew to the International Space Station. While he was in space, Tito had a fantastic time, just like a normal tourist.