A2 (Strong) - B1 Silly Inventions SV

Silly
Inventions
Let's talk!
1. What are the best and the most useful inventions of the
mankind?
2. What do you think is the worst invention of the
mankind? (weapon, atomic energy, cigarettes, television,
mobile phones, cars, genetically modified products etc)
3. Can you name some inventions are you looking forward
to? (human cloning, time traveling, eternal-life-pill,
cancer vaccine, teleportation)
4. Do you believe that one day people will live on the moon
and on other planets?
5. What would you invent if you were a scientist?
Silly Inventions
You are going to read about some of the silliest inventions.
Look at the pictures and try to predict what they are called.
Silly
Milk clothing
Inventions
Have you ever looked at a glass of milk and wondered how many T-shirts you could make from it?
German fashion designer Anke Domaske did. In 2011, she created a fabric called QMilch, which was
made from the protein found in milk. One dress used about six liters of milk. Start-up company Mi
Terro also started making milk clothing in 2019. What about you? Would you buy such a T-shirt?
The Ostrich Pillow

People spend so much time at work, in transport and just in places full of distractions and sounds. The
Ostrich Pillow was created to help the wearer escape the world by sticking their head into a fluffy hole.
It will help you disconnect from the surrounding world, nap and relax.
What do you thing of this invention? Would you like to have one?
The Selfie Toaster

Usual toast? Borrrrrring! To help make it more interesting, a toaster from the Vermont Novelty Toaster
Corporation was created in 2014. It customizes your toasts using a photo of your face. The result is
perfectly crisp toast that you can then use for your perfect breakfast sandwich.
Would you enjoy eating a toast with your selfie every day?
Fill in with your ideas:
Inventions that make our Inventions that entertain us:
lives easier:
Figure out the meanings of the highlighted words and
match them to the right variant.
1. Don't pull my sweater - you'll stretch it. a)to (cause something to) break suddenly
2. Rock is really solid, while chocolate is much softer. into very small pieces:
3. The sun soon melted the ice on the pond. b)to change from a solid into a liquid
4. Moments with my family are so precious for me, I because of heat;
love every second spent with them. c)a situation in which there is not enough
5. He was driving along the motorway when his tire of something
d)to become/to make sth longer or wider;
burst.
e)very important to you;
6. I am sorry, I deleted the file by accident. What f)the fact of someone or something not
should I do to restore it? succeeding;
7. The long hot summer is the reason of the serious g)hard or firm, keeping a clear shape;
water shortage here. h)a substance, such as water, that is not
8. The glass shattered into a thousand tiny pieces. solid or a gas
9. Water is liquid, but it turns into ice when it's really i)without intending to, or without being
cold. intended
10. He was really sad, cause the meeting was a total j)a thick rubber ring, that is used for the
failure. wheels;
You are going to watch a video about silly putty. Here are some actions
connected with it. Which other objects can this actions be used about?
soften
stretch shatter
SILLY
PUTTY
bounce melt
splat
You are going to watch a video about the way silly putty was created. Try
to remember as much as possible and answer the questions correctly.
1. Was the inventor of the silly

putty trying to create it or
something else?
2. Why was rubber a precious
resource at that period?
3. What was the problem with the
goo* he created?
4. How did this failure become a
success?
5. How did NASA astronauts use
it?
*Goo-a sticky or slimy substance.

How would you advertise Silly Putty?
Create a snappy* slogan and a few sentences for a commercial*.
*Snappy - immediately effective in getting people's attention or communicating an idea.
*Commercial - an advertisement that is broadcast on television or radio.
Look at these expressions with the word "way".
Can you figure out the difference in meaning?
The goo was way too stretchy.
He was way too tired to do anything else, so he decided to go to bed right
away.
There was no way this substance could be used for car tires.
- Watch out! There is a spider on your shoulder!
- No way! You are pranking me!
Now create 2 examples for each structure.
no way way too + adj

Agree or disagree and explain why
People have already invented everything possible and
no great new discoveries are awaiting us.
Teleport will be invented in the next 100 years.

Weapon should have never been invented.
THANK YOU!

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Silly

The Ostrich Pillow

The Selfie Toaster

1. Was the inventor of the silly

*Goo-a sticky or slimy substance.

Now create 2 examples for each structure.

no way way too + adj

Teleport will be invented in the next 100 years.

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