Lesson 56

Question 1

Keyhole surgery

Answer 1

Medical operation in which a very small hole is made in a person’s body to reach the organ or tissue inside

Question 2

Doomsday scenario

Answer 2

The worst possible prediction, what will happen in the future

Question 3

Destiny

Answer 3

The things that will happen to us in the future

Question 4

Foresee

Answer 4

Think that something will occur in the future

Question 5

Mega-cities

Answer 5

Cities of more than 10 million people

Question 6

Gridlocked

Answer 6

Unable to move at all

Question 7

Population

Answer 7

Rapid increase population

Question 8

Genetic modification / engineering

Answer 8

Changing genes

Question 9

Gene therapy

Answer 9

Changingbgenes in order to prevent disease or disability

Question 10

Human genome

Answer 10

The ‘map’ or index of all the genes in a human being

Question 11

Envisage

Answer 11

See a possible or probable situation in the future

Question 12

Designer babies

Answer 12

Babies whose genetic characteristics are artificially created

Question 13

Cloning

Answer 13

Making a genetically identical copy

Question 14

Nuclear family

Answer 14

Family with father, mother and one or two children

Question 15

Globalization

Answer 15

Increase of trade around thevworld, with companies producing and trading goods in many different countries or the spread of similar social and cultural behavior around the world

Question 16

Global village

Answer 16

A single community covering the whole world

Question 17

Extraterrestrial beings

Answer 17

Creatures from other planets

Question 18

Gulf

Answer 18

Gap/difference

Question 19

Drastic measures

Answer 19

Severe actions that have noticeable effects

Question 20

Interplanetary travel

Answer 20

Travel to planets in outer space, either for exploration or for tourism