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humanidad
The amazing thing about human beings is their ability to invent new things, from the steam engine to the electronic tablet.
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motor de vapor
- steam engine
- /stiːm /ˈendʒɪn/
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viajar en
- How we lived a hundred years ago is very different from today. A hundred years ago
- we travelled by horse and carriage. Now we have the motorcar
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impersonal
en 1903 se volo el primer avion
- In 1903 the first aeroplane was flown. Sixty six years later the first man walked on the
- moon
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ser alguna clase de genio
you’ve got to be some sort of genius but we are all inventors, do you understand me?”
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de donde
Trevor is always inventing new things, but where does he get his ideas from?
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y aun no podia escribir mi nombre
- “When I was a child, I could do the most amazing things with my Meccano set and
- yet I couldn’t write my name.”
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inventarse
- If I suddenly see something on television or if I have an accident and I come up with
- a solution to that problem. I can retire to this room and make a prototype or prove
- that my idea works.”
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ha marcado una enorme diferencia en africa
- Trevor’s most important invention is the wind-up radio. It has made a huge difference
- in remote areas of Africa.
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