question an answer. This IELTS question is about inventions. What do you think

have been some of the most important inventions in the last 100 years? If I

had to make a shortlist, I would put the Internet's in first place. I don't think

there's been anything quite so revolutionary or quite so radical as the

internet in the last two or even three centuries, to be honest. It's allowed us

to connect with people from all over the world - it's revolutionized the way we

shop, the way we work, and the way we make friends. Even my platform as an educator

has been transformed thanks to the Internet. In second place, I would

probably put the smartphone. I think smartphones are a natural

evolution of personal computers and laptops and I think those inventions,

when they harness the power of the Internet, are an incredible device - an

incredible invention. You have almost all the information you'll ever need just in

the palm of your hand. I think even the concept of a mobile phone 20 years ago

would seem ridiculous to someone who didn't know about them. So I think those

two inventions are the most important we've seen in the last few hundred years.

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