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Match the pictures a–h with the jobs 1–8.

Choose the correct words.

F.e.

1. Someone dropped a cigarette and started the fire. We managed to put it out and nobody died.                [firefighter, police officer].

2. The police say he did it, but he says he didn’t do it. I’m speaking for him in court.        [actor, lawyer].

3. The wiring was bad. That’s why the lights didn’t work.             [builder, electrician].

4. I did these paintings ten years ago. It was my blue period.           [scientist, artist].

5. We’re asking a million mobile phone users some questions.                [researcher, lab technician].

6. I’ve got a part in a play, so I need to rehearse every day.               [postal worker, actor].

7. In our laboratory we’re trying to make new kinds of sun cream.            [politician, scientist].

Listen to the news story. Choose true or false.

1. Martin Jones was a doctor.       [True, False]

2. Martin Jones lost his sight in an accident.       [True, False]

3. Martin Jones was blind for 12 years.       [True, False]

4. The technology used a special optical lens.       [True, False]

5. The patient's immune system rejected the plastic lens.       [True, False]

6. The optical lens was implanted into Martin's eye directly.       [True, False]

7. Martin met his wife, Gill, after he regained his sight.       [True, False]

8. Martin is unhappy about his "science-fiction eye."       [True, False]

9. Scientists are not planning any more operations using the new technology.       [True, False]