TW HỘI KỶ LỤC GIA VIỆT NAM – VIỆN KỶ LỤC GIA VIỆT NAM
TT NGHIÊN CỨU, PHÁT TRIỂN, VÀ ỨNG DỤNG ANH NGỮ HỌC THUẬT VIỆT NAM – IELTS VIỆT NAM
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Two people fall in love. But is their experience real? Or is it just an effect of the medicine
they’re taking?
Before reading
Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.
Preparation task
Match the definitions (a–h) with the vocabulary (1–8).
Vocabulary
1. …… a stage
2. …… fake
3. …… cute
4. …… a vitamin
5. …… a researcher
6. …… a trial
7. …… a dimple
8. …… a side effect
Definition
a. a natural substance in food that helps your body to be
healthy
b. a particular time in the development of something
c. a series of tests to discover whether something works and
is safe
d. an effect of a medicine that is not intended
e. someone who studies a subject in detail to discover new
information
f. sweet and attractive-looking
g. not real
h. a small gap under the skin on a person’s cheeks that
appears when they smile
Love me, love me not – A2/B1
Kate looked around the room at the other people: ten men and ten women all
around the same age.
‘Thank you for coming today and offering your time to help with our research!
Limeren, the medicine we’re testing, is in the final stage of testing. Previous human trials
have shown us that Limeren is completely safe …’
Kate stopped paying attention. She’d read the information the medical research
company had sent her, so she knew that Limeren had already been approved for sale and
that they were not testing to see if there were side effects. She didn’t know any of the
other people in the group. She guessed that none of them had jobs either or they wouldn’t
be earning money by testing medicine. But otherwise it was impossible to know if she
had anything in common with any of them. She hoped so, or four days in the research
centre would feel like a very long time.
TW HỘI KỶ LỤC GIA VIỆT NAM – VIỆN KỶ LỤC GIA VIỆT NAM
TT NGHIÊN CỨU, PHÁT TRIỂN, VÀ ỨNG DỤNG ANH NGỮ HỌC THUẬT VIỆT NAM – IELTS VIỆT NAM
Địa chỉ: 11a Đường D5, Phường 25, Bình Thạnh, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Website: https://ieltsvietnam.edu.vn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ieltsvietnam.edu.vn
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‘… as side effects, we know that some people experience stronger emotions and a feeling
of general happiness,’ the head researcher said. ‘We’ll be interviewing each of you and
doing tests during the day and night. So if you can all sign the forms, we can start.‘
Kate signed her form without reading the information. Hopefully, this was going
to be a very easy way to make money.
‘I hope the food’s better than last time,’ said the guy sitting next to her as he gave in
his form.
Kate smiled.
‘I’m Michael.’
‘Kate,’ she said. ‘Have you been here before?’
