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Listen to this strange news: a teen who is allergic to water. At the end you have some comprehension questions. Below, you have the script and the key to the questions (but don't look at it till you've done it yourself).
Report mistakesAn Australian teenager can't go swimming, soak in a bath or enjoy a shower because she's allergic to water.
Ashleigh Morris, 19, is even allergic to her own sweat which brings her out in a rash, reports the Daily Mail.
Ashleigh, from Melbourne, Australia, has been allergic to water after an aggravating dose of penicillin when she was 14.
The media student became one of a handful in the world to develop incurable Aquagenic Urticaria.
Now she always keeps umbrellas handy, sleeps with a sheet between her boyfriend Adam to avoid sweat and stays in for hours after showers to let her rash calm.
But Ashleigh still enjoys life: "I picked myself up, kept going," she said.
1- for 5 years (since she was 14, now she's 19)
2- Just a few (she's one of a handful)
3- Yes, she can (but she gets a rash and has to stay at home for hours after a shower)
