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Vocabulary 2
Gadgets Reading 2

• I can talk about gadgets. • I can read for specific information.

1 Match the names of the gadgets 1-6 with the
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Read and listen.
words in the box below. Then listen and check. 1 2.23
Who invented the modern toothbrush?
MP3 player camera dishwasher fridge
microwave remote control telephone
laptop toothbrush washing machine Useful gadgetS
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the toothbrush
2 Complete the sentences using words
from Exercise 1. Toothbrushes existed thousands of years ago
1 A ... cleans clothes. in Egypt, but they were very different. There

2 You use a ... to change channels on the TV. wasn’t any plastic or nylon, so the ancient
3 A ... is a portable computer. Egyptians collected pieces of wood from trees
4 You use a ... to take photos. and used them to brush their teeth. The modern
5 You use a ... to heat or cook food.
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toothbrush appeared in the 15 century. First,
3 Look at the words in Exercise 1 again. the Chinese invented brushes with hair from pigs,
Which gadgets are the most useful? then Europeans copied this idea but with horse
hair. In 1935, the chemist Wallace Carothers
invented nylon, and the first nylon toothbrushes
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4 Work in pairs.
arrived in Europe from the USA in 1938.
Compare your lists of useful gadgets.
Switzerland produced an experimental electric
toothbrush in 1939, but there weren’t any electric
What do you think of the remote control?
toothbrushes in the shops until the 1960s. Modern
electric toothbrushes appeared in 1987. So, when
you brush your teeth, think about this question: do
I think it’s very useful!
you prefer your toothbrush, a piece of wood or
pig’s hair? A difficult question!
It isn’t a very useful gadget at all.

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