Writing
You have recently read an article in an English language magazine aimed at young adults, which reported a survey finding that television was considered to be the most important invention of the last 100 years. You decide to write an article arguing that another invention has jhadas great impact. Describe the invention and the impact it has had on our world, and say why you think it is a more important invention than television.
Write your article in 300-350 words.
The microwave oven
The microwave oven was accidently invented, around 1945, when Percy Spencer, an American engineer who worked for the Raytheon Corporation, was working with some radar research using magnetron, magnetrons uses microwaves. While doing this he notices that the chocolate he had in his pocket started to melt. Amazed about this he started to make some experiments with different types of food. For the first experiment he used popcorns, and for the second one an egg, this one exploded in the face of one of the scientist. He put a magnetron into metal box, so the microwaves couldn´t scape. The temperature inside the box started to get higher in a short amount of time. He realized that this new invention would help to cook food faster. The Raytheon Corporation launched the first microwave commercial oven in 1954, it was called ¨ The 1161 Radarange¨, it was really expensive, big and had 1600 watts but the first domestic microwave oven was launched in 1967. The first microwaves were really expensive but now a day you can achieve a microwave for a really low price. The modern microwave ovens count with new technology to economized energy and to make it easier to use the. This invention has make easier the cooking for all the families and because of its low price everyone can have one, there are a lot of frozen food special for the microwave that can unfroze with only one click, its faster to make the fodd be hor enough for you to eat them, in conclusion it make life easier to all the people an the people that they don’t know how to cook easier they only have to buy an special food for microwave and that it.
Writing hints
This task gives you the chance to practice a range of tenses:
Write your article in 300-350 words.
The microwave oven
The microwave oven was accidently invented, around 1945, when Percy Spencer, an American engineer who worked for the Raytheon Corporation, was working with some radar research using magnetron, magnetrons uses microwaves. While doing this he notices that the chocolate he had in his pocket started to melt. Amazed about this he started to make some experiments with different types of food. For the first experiment he used popcorns, and for the second one an egg, this one exploded in the face of one of the scientist. He put a magnetron into metal box, so the microwaves couldn´t scape. The temperature inside the box started to get higher in a short amount of time. He realized that this new invention would help to cook food faster. The Raytheon Corporation launched the first microwave commercial oven in 1954, it was called ¨ The 1161 Radarange¨, it was really expensive, big and had 1600 watts but the first domestic microwave oven was launched in 1967. The first microwaves were really expensive but now a day you can achieve a microwave for a really low price. The modern microwave ovens count with new technology to economized energy and to make it easier to use the. This invention has make easier the cooking for all the families and because of its low price everyone can have one, there are a lot of frozen food special for the microwave that can unfroze with only one click, its faster to make the fodd be hor enough for you to eat them, in conclusion it make life easier to all the people an the people that they don’t know how to cook easier they only have to buy an special food for microwave and that it.
Writing hints
This task gives you the chance to practice a range of tenses:
- past simple when talking about the impact of television
- present perfect when talking about the impact so far to your chosen greatest invention
- present aimple to describe the characteristics of your chosen creates invention