Unit 4: Change and technology

Question 1

back up

Answer 1

make a copy of information on your computer; give support to someone by telling other people that you agree with them
backup (n)

Question 2

change around

Answer 2

move things so that they are in different places or positions.

Question 3

to adapt

Answer 3

to change your idea or behaviour so that you can deal with a new situation

Question 4

to adjust

Answer 4

to change sth. slightly to make it better, more accurate, or more effective

Question 5

to alternate

alternate (adj)

Answer 5

1. if one thing alternates with another, it happens after it and keeps being repeated
2. happening on one day, week, etc, but not on the day, week that immediately follows

Question 6

to amend

Answer 6

to make changes to a document, law, agreement, etc, especially to improve it

Question 7

conservative (adj)

Answer 7

not willing to accept much change, especially in the traditional values of society

Question 8

to convert

convert (n)

Answer 8

1. change from one system, use or method to another, or make sth do this
2. to change your believes (religious)
3. sb. who has changed his or her believes in an important way

Question 9

to decay

decay (n)

Answer 9

1. to be gradually destroyed as a result of a natural process of change
2. the gradual destruction of sth as a result of a natural process or change

Question 10

to deteriorate

Answer 10

to become worse

Question 11

to distort

Answer 11

to change sth such as information so that it is no longer true or accurate

Question 12

dynamic (adj)

Answer 12

continuously changing, growing or developing

Question 13

to endure

Answer 13

1. to suffer sth unpleasant in a patient way for a long time

2. to last for a long time

Question 14

to evolve

Answer 14

1. change of an animal’s physical form over a long period of time
2. to gradually change and develop over a period of time

Question 15

innovation (n)

innovative (adj)

Answer 15

1. a new idea, method

2. new, original and advanced

Question 16

to last

Answer 16

to continue existing or happening for or until a particular time

Question 17

to maintain

Answer 17

to make sth stay the same

Question 18

to mature

mature (adj)

Answer 18

1. to start behaving like an adult

2. behaving in an adult way

Question 19

to modify

Answer 19

to change sth slightly, especially to improve it, or to make it less extreme

Question 20

novel (adj)

Answer 20

1. book

2. new/unusual

Question 21

to persist

Answer 21

to continue to do or say sth in a determined way

Question 22

potential (n) + (adj)

Answer 22

the possibility to develop or achieve sth in the future

Question 23

radical (adj)

Answer 23

new and very different from the original version

Question 24

to refine

Answer 24

to make some changes to sth to improve it

Question 25

to reform + (n)

Answer 25

to improve a situation to by correcting things that are wrong or unfair

Question 26

to revise

Answer 26

1. to change your opinion or judgment of sb or sth

2. to change, improve, or make adjustments to sth. such as a book

Question 27

to shift

Answer 27

sth changes (a plan)

Question 28

to spoil

Answer 28

to affect sth in a way that makes it worse

Question 29

status quo (n phr)

Answer 29

the present situation or the way things usually are

Question 30

to substitute

Answer 30

to remove one thing and put sth else

Question 31

to sustain

Answer 31

to provide the conditions in which sth can happen or appear

Question 32

uniform (adj)

Answer 32

the same everywhere

Question 33

trend (n)

Answer 33

a gradual change or development that produces a particular result

Question 34

breakthrough (n)

Answer 34

a discovery that comes after a lot of hard work

Question 35

broadband

Answer 35

a high-speed internet connection

Question 36

consumer electronics (n phr)

Answer 36

electrical equipment, such as digital cameras

Question 37

manual (adj)

manual (n)

Answer 37

1. operated by people rather than machines

2. a book containing instructions

Question 38

to craft

Answer 38

a traditional way of making sth.

Question 39

primitive (adj)

Answer 39

a very simple stage of technology