1b Listen and match the inventions with the years.
Alice: Was your life very difficult when you were a kid?
Grandma: Oh,not really.Why?
Alice: Well,you didn't have modern inventions like a telephone,right?
Grandma: Of course we did!How old do you think I am?The telephone was invented in 1876.You need to take a history class,Alice!
Alice: Haha!How about cars?They weren't invented yet,were they?
Grandma: Yes,they were.Cars were invented in 1885.My family had a car.
Alice: Well,did you have a TV?
Grandma: No,we couldn't afford one.They were expensive in those days.The TV was invented around 1927,I think.
Alice: Well, I know that you didn't have a computer, because we learned in school that personal computers were invented in 1971.
Grandma: You're right.But I have one now!