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12 Regrets

cliff
dig financial issues

ichthyosaur
fossil
geologist

recognition
landslide
palaeontologist

B. Match each image with its definition.

a. a scientist who studies animals and plants which died millions of
years ago

b. the preserved form of an animal or plant from millions of years ago wealthy
c. a high area of rock next to the sea
d. dangerous movement of earth, often because of bad weather
e. a large, dolphin-like dinosaur which could swim
f. a scientist who studies the materials that make up the earth, such as rocks and minerals
g. problems related to money
h. celebration and awareness of another person’s actions
i. with lots of money, rich

j. to move earth or other materials, sometimes to find something underground

12.1
C. Listen to the recording and mark the sentences as true (T) or false (F).
1. Mary Anning was a scientist who lived in the UK.
2. Because she lived in the seventeenth century and was a woman, she couldn’t become a famous
palaeontologist.
3. She worked in the north of England, digging for fossils on the coast.
4. When she was only twelve, she found a large fossilised dinosaur.

5. A lot of the fossils she found when she was young were sold to tourists.
6. She was killed in a landslide.
7. Before she died, she became rich from her work as a palaeontologist.
8. At the time, rich men often received recognition for the hard work of poorer people.

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