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Exercises

33.1 Fill the gaps with words from A. Then say what branch of science each person is probably

talking about.

1 Wegrowtheplantsinliquids,withoutusings oil . Science: hydroponics
2 Thesoftwarei yourspeechande youtoturnitintotext.
Science:
3 We’reinterestedinworkplacesandhowpeoplei withtheirworkingenvironment.
Science:
4 Peopleareoftenworried.Theyfeelthatthec ofanexactcopyofananimalisnot
morallyright.Science:
5 Westudyhowhumanc canbeusedtorebuildourbodiesandtorepairthemwhenthey
areinjured.Science:
6 Myworkisconcernedwiththes andf oftheorganicmolecules
a withlivingorganisms.Science:
7 Manypeoplerefusetoeatg m foods.TheyconsiderGMfoodstobe

unnatural.Science:
8 BymanipulatingDNA,wecana hereditaryf .Science:

33.2 What item do you think each person needs from B?
3
1 2 ‘I’dlovetobeable
‘Ikeeplosingmywayand ‘MyphoneissooldIcan’t tolookatmyphotos
I’mnotgoodatreading takeanyvideoswithit.’ anytimeIwantto.’

maps.’ asatnav

4 6
‘Myoldcamcorder ‘Iwantsomethinglike
doesn’tproduce 5 ‘Itwasafantasticfilm.Ididn’t alaptopwithatouch

reallysharpmovies.’ mindwearingthespecial screenthatIcanwatch
glasses.Itwassorealistic.I’dlove filmsonorreadebooks.’
tobeabletodothatathome.’

33.3 Match the sentence beginnings on the left with the endings on the right.

1 Thesechemicals c a thatbutton,itturnstheprinteron.
2 Ifyoupull b toflashafterafewseconds.
3 Thezoologistextracted c reactwitheachother.
4 Whenyoupress d inthetheory.
5 Theyexperimented e thatlever,itstartsthemachine.

6 Ibelievethereisaflaw f theanimaltoseewhyitdied.
7 Theyhadtodissect g theorgansfromtheanimal.
8 Aredlightstarted h withdifferentliquids.

33.4 Use technical/scientific words from C instead of the words in bold.

1 Thewheelbegantoturn rotate veryquickly.
2 Putin thedisktogetthesoftwarereadytowork .
3 Wecanputthesechemicalstogether .
4 Youshoulduse thestrongestmaterial.
5 Welookedinto theproblemanddecided thatitwasacomputervirus.

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