English Listening B1 Episode 06 - Track 06
Fill in the Blanks Exercise
Imperfect
They say that
is the mother of invention – if there’s a need, then the
will be found. But there seem to be some needs for which the perfect solution hasn’t been
yet. Here are some of your ideas.
that work
More and more people live in noisy
, and many said they had been waiting for years for the perfect ear plug. ‘I’m often woken up by the
, and nothing I’ve tried has
.’
printer
Many of you asked if it was
to invent a printer that never
. ‘It’s particularly annoying when I’m in a
and I get a pop-up with a jammed icon.’
sunglasses
What can make you angrier than when you
your expensive sunglasses and they get
? ‘When I spend a lot of money on sunglasses, I expect no scratches –
.’
computer filing system
‘It shouldn’t be too hard – the program could
the documents in a folder and choose a
that fits.