Unit 57: Technology of the future

Question 1

interplanetary travel|space tourism

Answer 1

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

Question 2

nanotechnology

Answer 2

science of developing and producing extremely small tools and machinesby controlling the arrangement of atoms and molecules

Question 4

keyhole surgery

Answer 4

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

Question 5

gridlocked

Answer 5

unable to move at all

Question 6

genetic modification/engineering

Answer 6

changing genes

Question 7

the human genome

Answer 7

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

Question 8

gene therapy

Answer 8

changing genes in order to prevent disease or disability

Question 9

envisage

= visualise

Answer 9

see a possible or probable situation in the future

Question 10

designer babies

Answer 10

babies whose genetic characteristics are artificially created

Question 11

extraterrestrial beings

Answer 11

creatures from other planets

Question 12

gulf

Answer 12

gap/difference

Question 13

drastic measures

Answer 13

severe actions that have noticeable effects