From about 500 BC, pens __________ for writing. The feathers of large birds ___________ and dried. The point of each feather was sharpened. Then people used them to write with ink. Many famous works, such as Shakespeare’s plays, ___________ with these pens. Then in the 18th century, A pen with a steel writing point ____________ Only a few words could __________, however, before the writer had to fill the pen with ink again. Many years later, the fountain pen ____________ from these early pens. In 1950, a European called Laszlo Biro invented the ballpoint pen. The popularity of writing _________quickly with the ___________ of the ballpoint pen. Even today, ballpoint pen, or Biros, as they _____________, are much less expensive, compared with the fountain pens.
6--7 Listening Practice
8. Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box.
by hand, for ages , from now on, I wonder, rather than
1. Could you imagine a digital image of Yao Ming on the wall _____________ a poster?
2. Things made _____________ are usually more expensive than those produced in factories.
3. ____________ how old books are actually downloaded onto computers…
4. I haven’t seen my best friend________________!
5. We’re using too much paper. ____________, I’m going to read all my magazines online.
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Module task
Discuss how to improve inventions
Homework:
Finish off the workbook exercises
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