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Inventors and their Inventions New inventions are appearing every day to make our lives easier, longer, warmer, speedier and
Inventors and their Inventions New inventions are appearing every day to make our lives easier, longer, warmer, speedier and
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2009-05-28
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Inventors and their Inventions
New inventions are appearing every day to make our lives easier, longer, warmer, speedier and so on. But only a few inventors design a new machine or product that be comes so well-known that the invention, named after its creator, becomes a household word. Here are four famous inventors and the invention that are named after them:
1. John Bowler, a London hatter who designed the hard round hat known as the bowler in about 1850 . It has become the symbol of a respectable British man.
2. Louis Braille (1809—1952), born in France. He was blind as a child. In 1924 he developed his own alphabet patterns known as Braille by which the blind could read by touch.
3. Rudolf Diesel (1858—1913), a German engineer who invented the diesel engine in 1897 and so began a transport revolution in cars, lorries and trains.
4. Charles Rolls, a car salesman who with the engineer Henry Royce created the world famous Rolls-Royce car.
Inventors and their Inventions
Our lives are made easier, longer, warmer and speedier by (46) . A few inventions were named after their inventors. Here are some:
inventors description inventions
John Bowler The (47) hat bowler
Louis Braille His own (48) Braille
Rudolf Diesel An engine that began a transport revolution (49)
Charles Rolls The world-famous car (50) car
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答案
alphabet patterns
解析
“Braille”指的是Louis Braille自己发明的一套用手触摸的盲文拼写方案,是另一套字母形式.所以选择alphabet patterns。
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