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3 *** Complete the text with the past simple passive of the verbs in brackets.set upGREENPENSWho 1 wasGreenpeace(set up)by?A: No-one's reallysure! Lots of peoplecontributedQ: When and where?Greenpeace(start)?A: In Canada in 1971, but it 3(not call) Greenpeace at first. A group of activistswent to protest against an underground nuclearexplosion in Alaska. Their boat 4(stop) and the nuclear test 5(not prevent), but, because of the campaign, afew months later all nuclear activity at the island(end) by the US government.That was the beginning of Greenpeace.R: When 7Greenpeace International(create)?In 1979. Several Greenpeace groups in differentcountries 8(combine) to makeone worldwide organisation. Later an office(open) in Amsterdam, and soonGreenpeace activists 10(find)campaigning all over the world!69What five discoveries and inventions
It all stands for development of technologies. The better techs we have, the quicker it develops. Moreover, we need to make a point on lifestyle change, just image peasant from Dark Ages planning his vacation trip to Miami! Hilarious? Isn't it? But why? Indeed it's a good question that makes you think. Today, people have freedom of choice, as Winston Churchill once said "We are free to choose our slavery". Quite rude but precisely describes modern community. Today, people have technologies, it's our small step to make the nature obey to mankind. Of course, sometimes people are dumb in their will, and sometimes this nature control get's out of control, and we face up with new 'funny' thing - ecology issues.
So far, so good, we've determined that mankind have techs and freedom, those are 2 factors that completely change our life.