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UNIT 4. GREAT IDEAS
I. Lead-in
List as many inventions as you can think of from the last 150 years.
Guess Game. One person thinks of an invention. The others ask questions to guess what the invention is. The table 2 below can help you. You can only ask yes/no questions. For example:
Was it invented in the 19th century? Yes.
Is it made of metal? Partly.
Does it work with electricity? No.
Table 2
Thermometer 1591 | Piano 1709 | Steam engine 1712 | Vaccination 1796 |
Typewriter 1829 | Aspirin 1882 | Postage stamp 1842 | Matches 1827 |
Refrigerator 1851 | Dynamite 1866 | Telephone 1876 | Motor car 1884 |
X-rays 1895 | Radio 1900 | Television 1925 | Aerosol spray 1941 |
Automated digital computer 1946 | Microwave oven 1947 | Soft contact lens 1965 | Compact disk 1979 |
II. Study the vocabulary
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to take to a meeting
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to prevent from
computing
corporate venturing
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to encourage ,
entrepreneur ,
entrepreneurial
to stifle [΄staifl] ,
skunk works (. " ") , - , ,
to hamper , ,
bureaucracy
in-fighting ,
to persuade to
breakthrough
continuous improvement
market response
to eliminate ,
irritation
initial
beta version ( ) ,
beta-test
trial ,
enormous ,
niche ;
to exploit
to extend
to enhance , ,
to meet a need
to fill a gap
mail order
to buy in bulk
capacity
top up card -
Post-it Notes
to overlap ,
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