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Regrets 12

Reading and Vocabulary

A. Discuss with a partner. How would your life be different if:

1. nobody had invented the first wheel?
2. Alessandro Volta hadn’t invented batteries?
3. Tim Berners-Lee hadn’t invented the internet?

B. Complete the sentences.

annoying awkward bothered by accident disturbed in trouble tense unfortunate

1. Although many scientific discoveries are the result of hours of research and experiments, some happen
completely .
2. Being a scientist can be a bit if you have to spend hours waiting for an experiment
to finish.
3. It can be to do some experiments if you have to wear protective clothing.
4. Working in a lab can get a little , especially if you’re under pressure to make a
discovery.
5. Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin because he hadn’t to cover
an experiment he was working on.
6. Despite everything we’re continuing to discover; some people say science is
because there isn’t enough money to do more research.
7. It’s as it hurts the animals involved, but a lot of our medical discoveries have come
from testing on animals.
8. However, some people are by the idea of testing unknown drugs on humans.

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