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Skills

Reading

1 Look at titles 1–3 and match them to paragraphs A–C.

1 The Robot Boat
2 The Earthquake Machine
3 The Lightning Ball

Nikola Tesla

There are many great inventors in it in his office, it started to shake. C ...............................
history. For example, Alexander It shook harder and harder. Some
Graham Bell, who invented the people say that it nearly destroyed
telephone in 1876. Or Thomas the room. Tesla thought his
Edison who invented the invention was too dangerous, so he
lightbulb, or Enrico Fermi who destroyed it.
invented the nuclear reactor. But
B ...............................
have you heard of Nikola Tesla?
He was born in Serbia in 1856, but
lived in New York. Here are some
of his incredible inventions.
A ...............................

When was the first robot invented?
Many people think it was in 1898,

when Tesla created the robot boat.
Tesla discovered that electricity
It was like a small toy, and it was
could be sent between two objects,
controlled by radio. A very simple
without using wires. Some people
battery was used. People were
said that he also invented a ‘death
amazed at how Tesla could stop
ray’ which could be used to hit
and start the boat, and make it go
planes in the sky. However, no
up and down without touching it.
plans for this were ever found.
Some people thought it was magic,
Nowadays, many companies are or that a monkey was inside the
This machine was created in 1898. thinking about how Tesla’s ideas boat, controlling everything. Tesla
It was only 178 mm long and it can be used to make energy travel imagined a future world of robots,
could be put in your pocket. But between two machines, so there intelligent cars, smart machines
it was very powerful and it was will be no need to recharge your and remote controls that could
powered by steam. When Tesla put laptop or for a phone with wires! make our lives easier.

2 Read the article. Circle T (true) or F (false).

1 The Earthquake machine was large and powerful. T / F
2 Tesla wanted to make money from his Earthquake machine. T / F
3 In the future, we may not need wires to power our machines. T / F
4 It is possible that Tesla did not create a ‘death ray’. T / F
5 Tesla could control how the robot boat moved. T / F
6 Animals could travel in the robot boat. T / F

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