the woman whose cells never die 6 minute english
henrietta lacks made an amazing contribution to medical research which has only recently been recognised. rob and georgina discuss her remarkable story.
this week's question:
do you know what other medical breakthrough happened in 1921? was it...
a) the discovery of insulin?
b) the discovery of penicillin?
c) the discovery of vitamin e?
listen to the programme to find out the answer.
vocabulary
in vitro fertilization
technique for women who cannot become pregnant naturally in which an egg is fertilized outside her body and the resulting embryo replaced in her womb
figure out
understand or solve something; work out
workhorse
someone who does a large amount work, especially dull or routine work
scourge
something that causes much trouble or suffering
unwitting
done without knowing or planning
centenary
the 100th anniversary of an important event
[cover: getty images]
to download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish...
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henrietta lacks made an amazing contribution to medical research which has only recently been recognised. rob and georgina discuss her remarkable story. this week's question:do you know what other medical breakthrough happened in 1921? was it...a) the discovery of insulin?b) the discovery of penicillin?c) the discovery of vitamin e?listen to the programme to find out the answer. vocabulary in vitro fertilizationtechnique for women who cannot become pregnant naturally in which an egg is fertilized outside her body and the resulting embryo replaced in her wombfigure outunderstand or solve something; work outworkhorsesomeone who does a large amount work, especially dull or routine workscourgesomething that causes much trouble or sufferingunwittingdone without knowing or planningcentenarythe 100th anniversary of an important event[cover: getty images]to download the audio and a transcript, go to:https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish... more 6 minute english episodes:melting ice sheet: is 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the language of biscuits 6 minute english is english really english 6 minute english what is the key to happiness 6 minute english looking for utopia 6 minute english covid one year on 6 minute english singing in tune 6 minute english how much heat do you lose from your head 6 minute english the woman whose cells never die 6 minute english what makes a good story 6 minute english for the love of foreign languages 6 minute english comfort food 6 minute english coronavirus vs other pandemics 6 minute english are trees intelligent 6 minute english can jellyfish help us solve our problems 6 minute english why do we choose to text instead of talk 6 minute english loneliness 6 minute english is punctuality important 6 minute english the circular economy 6 minute english could you be a victim of online fraud 6 minute english melting ice sheet is it too late 6 minute english walkman the music player revolution 6 minute english could humans live in underwater cities 6 minute english makeup hacks for beginners and pros beauty hacks that actually work confusing english here or there you are learn english the word render learn english the word poor learn english the word kill learn english i don t know what this is learn english the word forever learn english confusing for or to me learn english words ending in gry learn english tongue twisters f words learn english pronunciation the schwa learn english the word fly learn english the words access excess learn english the word find learn english the word clumsy learn english the word chop learn english cat idiom british english idiom learn english dog idioms british english idiom learn english the sounds people make learn english the sounds animals make learn english the word wish learn english the word watch learn english the word pen learn english the word small learn english the word snail learn english the words high and tall learn english the word bird learn english the word pair learn english the preposition off learn english the glottal stop learn english the word meat learn english the word bubble learn english the word bloody learn english the verb to eat learn english the word big learn english archaic words learn english henrietta lacks made an amazing contribution to medical research which has only recently been recognised. rob and georgina discuss her remarkable story.
this week's question:
do you know what other medical breakthrough happened in 1921? was it...
a) the discovery of insulin?
b) the discovery of penicillin?
c) the discovery of vitamin e?
listen to the programme to find out the answer.
vocabulary
in vitro fertilization
technique for women who cannot become pregnant naturally in which an egg is fertilized outside her body and the resulting embryo replaced in her womb
figure out
understand or solve something; work out
workhorse
someone who does a large amount work, especially dull or routine work
scourge
something that causes much trouble or suffering
unwitting
done without knowing or planning
centenary
the 100th anniversary of an important event
[cover: getty images]
to download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish...
more 6 minute english episodes:
melting ice sheet: is it too late?
https://youtu.be/3fbxa1ieb74
is this the era of distrust?
https://youtu.be/ahoslepc6yi
is the pasty really cornish?
https://youtu.be/rnzwlilj0uw
the food delivery revolution
https://youtu.be/_whcjv1mrmm
how to disagree better
https://youtu.be/rwhgkgs7zsc
#bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #medicalresearch #contribution #science