Cue-Card 4. Describe an invention that changed the world

Describe an invention that changed the world

You should say:

-What it is

-How it changed the world

-How popular it is  

  • To my mind, the greatest thing since sliced bread is a smartphone. Without exaggeration, I think that smartphones have revolutionized humanity.
  • They allow us to do amazing things and interact with the world in ways we never thought were possible.
  • They can be used for making and receiving calls, texting friend, family and colleagues, getting and sharing news on social network sites, checking email messages and even doing online banking.
  • We also use them to take photos and keep track of calendar events. For example, in the past, I used to depend too much on my home PC for doing tasks like checking mails and browsing the web.
  • Now that I have a smartphone, I no longer have to rush to a computer to edit a document or check my email.
  • So, first of all, this invention has made our lives much easier providing us with an easy and fast way of communication, enabling to do various tasks all at the same time and freeing us from the constraints of space.
  • The second change brought by smartphone is that they have replaced many devices such as ebook readers, MP3 players, or cameras.
  • If you want, you can use them for listening to music or watching a film. Also, there are apps for practically everything.
  • They are quick to install and easy to use. Thus, having a smartphone makes waiting not as boring as in the past.
  • So I am more than sure it’s difficult to overestimate popularity of smartphones as wherever you go, you see people that are literally glued to the devices.
  • Now we just can’t imagine our lives without these devices. For instance, I use mine all the time I am awake. I feel really weird if my phone isn’t within close proximity to me.
  • I feel cut off from the world if the battery goes flat, and I don’t have an opportunity to recharge it immediately.
  • To tell the truth, I kinda go into convulsions when I can’t keep up with my Facebook feed for some time.
  • What’s more, we’re so dependent on our smartphones that some of us even use them while driving even though everybody realises that they are taking risk of someone’s life and ruining their own.
  • I have read that currently there are more than 1 billion smartphone users in the world. That’s so impressive a figure.
  • And this means that smartphones are more popular than computers. All these examples prove that the smartphone is by far the most significant invention ever.

OR

  • I would like to talk about telephone which, in my opinion, one of the most revolutionary creations that have greatly changed our life.
  • As far as I know, Graham Bell was the father of this terrific device and he invented it in the last century after countless numbers of trials and errors.
  • It is no exaggeration to say that human’s life has been totally changed since the first telephones were devised.
  • Few centuries ago, it took us ages to deliver letters. In case of emergency or confidential cases, people could hardly contact with each other because no such instantly communicative means as telephones were available back then.
  • You know, communication enhancement is widely believed to act as the central core of the social development.
  • As the most obvious example, telephones made it much easier for people to express their urgent messages to distant recipients.
  • Moreover, when we want to find someone without any ideas where he is, we just need to call him via telephones and problems may be solved in no time.
  • So, that’s why the advent of telephones has considerably improved our society by the way we contact with our family, acquaintances or even strangers.

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