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People eat first "Google burger" (8th August, 2013)

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	food	a.	meat in ten years
2.	meat that was grown	b.	killed for food
3.	It is the first time anyone	c.	lovers
4.	They used stem cells	d.	has done this
5.	egg powder, breadcrumbs and	e.	for the environment
6.	we will all eat artificial	f.	from a cow
7.	stop animals from being	g.	in a lab
8.	stem-cell meat is better	h.	other ingredients

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	food	a.	conventional hamburger
2.	tested the taste	b.	175 million burgers
3.	fried it	c.	there was only one burger
4.	it was a little dry because	d.	experts
5.	The bite feels like a	e.	any leftovers
6.	Many journalists wanted a taste, but	f.	of the beef
7.	his children would get	g.	it had no fat
8.	one cow could produce	h.	in sunflower oil

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

Two food lovers (1) ___________________ that was grown in a lab. It is the first time (2) ___________________ this. It was part of a $380,000 research project run by Google co-founder Sergey Brin. A team of scientists at a university in Holland (3) ___________________ grow the meat. They used stem cells from a cow to grow 20,000 (4) ___________________ meat. They added salt, egg powder, breadcrumbs and other ingredients to make the burger. Mr Brin hopes we will all (5) ___________________ in ten years. He wants to stop animals from being killed for food. He also knows stem-cell meat (6) ___________________ environment.

Two food experts (7) ___________________ of the beef burger on Monday. An English chef (8) ___________________ oil and butter. Austrian food scientist Hanni Rutzler said it was "close to meat" but it "lacked juiciness" and was (9) ___________________. US writer Josh Schonwald said it was a little dry because (10) ___________________, but was like a real burger. He said: "The bite feels like a conventional hamburger." Many journalists wanted a taste, but (11) ___________________ one burger. Researcher Mark Post said his children would get any leftovers. He said cells taken from (12) ___________________ produce 175 million burgers.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

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meanyonehasdonethis.Itwaspartofa$380,000researchprojectr
unbyGoogleco-founderSergeyBrin.Ateamofscientistsa
tauniversityinHollandtooktwomonthstogrowthemeat.Theyused
stemcellsfromacowtogrow20,000tinypiecesofmeat.Theyadded
salt,eggpowder,breadcrumbsandotheringredientstomakethebu
rger.MrBrinhopeswewillalleatartificialmeatintenyears.Hewants
tostopanimalsfrombeingkilledforfood.Healsoknowsstem-cellm
eatisbetterfortheenvironment.Twofoodexpertstestedthetasteof
thebeefburgeronMonday.AnEnglishcheffrieditinsunfloweroiland
butter.AustrianfoodscientistHanniRutzlersaiditwas"closetomea
t"butit"lackedjuiciness"andwasalittletough.USwriterJoshSchon
waldsaiditwasalittledrybecauseithadnofat,butwaslikearealburg
er.Hesaid:"Thebitefeelslikeaconventionalhamburger."Manyjou
rnalistswantedataste,buttherewasonlyoneburger.ResearcherM
arkPostsaidhischildrenwouldgetanyleftovers.Hesaidcellstakenf
romonecowcouldproduce175millionburgers.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

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WRITING

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