Language Focus (pp. 102-105). Part 1.

Question 1

A kind of surgery which requires only limited cutting of the skin.

Answer 1

Endoscopic surgery.

Many operations these days can be done by endoscopic surgery.

Question 2

The use of advanced telecommunication technologies for medical diagnosis and patient care.

Answer 2

Telemedicine.

Patients in remote areas can use telemedicine to consult their doctors.

Question 3

to sum up

Answer 3

total up

We waited while the hotel receptionist
totalled up our bill

Question 4

a line of machines and workers in a factory on which a product moves along while it is being built or produced

Answer 4

assembly line

Working on an assembly line, putting together parts of a product, is quite a menial job.

Question 5

a spacecraft

Answer 5

space capsule

It must be very exciting to travel in a space capsule and visit other planets in our solar system.

Question 6

outdated, old-fashioned

Answer 6

obsolete

Record players have become obsolete now that almost everyone listens to music on CD.

Question 7

(of computers) to break down

Answer 7

crash

I lost a whole morning’s work when my computer crashed.

Question 8

a visual display unit

Answer 8

terminal

Many office workers spend the whole day in front of a computer terminal.

Question 9

to break into a computer system

Answer 9

hack

Tony managed to hack into the school records and change his grades.

Question 10

to put data into a computer system so that it is ready to use

Answer 10

load

I am trying to load this game onto my computer so that I can play it.