英語表現演習2 (金 2・3限): Strange & interesting inventions・素晴らしい、変な発明

Hello!

How are you? Today we'll look at some strange and interesting inventions. 

Look at the picture at the top. What do you think this is? It looks like a hat with a radio receiver in it! In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many inventors played around with different things to try and develop new and useful things for people. 

But before we begin, here are the board notes for our class from 11/15. The top one is for the EE2 2nd period class (2限): 

This next one is for the EE2 3rd period class (3限):

Now let's look at an activity about strange and interesting inventions!

Activity/homework
Here is an activity for you for this topic - it's mostly for fun, but take a look at this. It's a video from YouTube made up of very old film clips of crazy inventions from the past:

Answer this question: Why do you think these inventions did not last? What were some reasons why they didn't work well? 

Now finally, here are the board notes for our classes on 11/22. The top notes are for the EE2 2nd period class (2限): 

Now here are the notes for the EE2 3rd period class (3限):

Have fun. See you next time!

Image: By Nationaal Archief - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/4193509510/, No restrictions, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53555584/Board notes - personal photographs. All rights reserved.
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