25 Fill in. 1. There are many / a lot of / lots of / plenty of important innovations in the history of technology.
2. The printing press, electricity and penicillin are only a few / only some of them.
3. Sanitation systems had very much to do with people’s life expectancy increasing by 40 years.
4. Few people would deny the importance of the aeroplane.
5. In the 18th century, people were a little / somewhat / a bit sceptical about the fact that making someone sick on purpose would be a good thing.
6. The arguments against vaccination in the 21st century are very much the same as they were in the 19th century.
7. Most scientists would agree that the steam engine was the most significant force in the Industrial Revolution.
8. The 1970s brought us personal computers.
9. Little did we realise/realize/understand then how important a part of our everyday lives they would become within/in a few / some decades.

exercise 26 More advanced. Translate.
1. I was a little / a bit surprised how few people know who Sally Ride, the first female astronaut, was.
2. Even less famous/known are Virginia Apgar and Alice Hamilton, whose work has affected/influenced medicine a great deal / a lot.
3. Few scientists get a lot of appreciation from ordinary people.
4. Most scientific inventions benefit most of us.
5. This year I am going to spend a lot / much more time reading a lot / many more scientific articles.
6. Perhaps the greatest scientists are the least famous and have received the fewest awards.