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New Seven Wonders of the World: Teotihuacan
New Seven Wonders of the World: Teotihuacan
Long ago Teotihuacan was an important religious and economic centre. However, after there _____ (BE) a great fire, for some unknown reason all the population decided to leave the city. This happened in 650AD.
Since then Teotihuacan _____ (SEE) the Aztecs, the Spanish invasion and many other people and events.
Nowadays Teotihuacan is visited by millions of people every year. Archeologists are sure that it _____ (REMAIN) popular in the future being a must-see if you’re in Mexico City.
New Seven Wonders of the World: the Forbidden City
Today, the Forbidden City is a public museum visited by millions of tourists from around the world. Until 1924 when the last emperor of China had to leave the palace, twenty four emperors of the two dynasties _____ (RULE) here.
Chinese people _____ (INVEST) a lot of time and money in the Forbidden City lately and it is now a fantastic place to walk and dream of the past centuries.
People from all over the world can see the traditional palace architecture, enjoy the treasures _____ (KEEP) in the palace, and learn of the legends and anecdotes about the imperial family and the court.
Protected by UNESCO, the Palace Museum _____ (VISIT) by millions of tourists every year.
Invention of Computer
Many encyclopedias say that the first computer was developed by Howard H. Aiken (and his team) in America between 1939 and 1944. It was a large-scale, programme-controlled machine which could make a very complex _____ (CALCULATE).
However, after World War II an important _____ (DISCOVER) was made that the first computer was, in fact, made in Germany in 1941 by Konrad Zuce.
Later Konrad Zuce founded a company in order to build computers that could be used by an engineer or a _____ (SCIENCE).
Konrad Zuce also developed the first real programming language, which shows an amazing _____ (SIMILAR) to today’s most advanced computer languages.
Unfortunately, the role of this man, who was years ahead of his time, is still _____ (KNOWN) to many people.
Maybe for the ‘official’ history of computers it is _____ (POSSIBLE) to accept that Konrad Zuce was on the wrong side of World War II.
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