Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Chapter 8 Bionic Men and Women

1Pre-readingWhat movies or TV shows have you seen about a person who was part machine? What was the story about?

Pre-readingWhen a part of someones body stops working, the persons life may depend on a machine , whether in the hospital or in everyday life. Give an example of a situation like this.

Before ReadingSci-fi : science fiction , stories about imaginary worlds or future developments in scienceDevice : a small machine or tool that does a special jobNerves: thin parts like lines throughout the body that carry information to/from the brainKidneys salamander

A lack: not having something or not having enough of itGenes: the parts of cells in your body that control qualities you get from your parents

Fast ReadingRead the text as fast as you can.Do not use dictionary.Do not ask your teacher about the vocabulary.Do not follow with a pen or your finger. It slows you down.

Chest: the front of the body between the neck and the stomachHe collapsed with severe chest pains.

Demand : the need or desire people have for somethingThere is a huge demand for new cars

Development : a change, often one that makes a product or a process betterThis book is about economic development in India.

Key: very important , necessaryFrida Kahlo is a key figure in the international art world.

Therefore: for that reason , as a resultTheir car is bigger than ours. Therefore, it is more comfortable.

Regularly: happening repeatedly , with the same amount of time between each event.Graham was repeatedly warned not to work so hard

Beat: to make repeated , regular sounds or movementsWaves are beating against the rocks.

Replace: to get something that is newer or better and use it in place of something that is old or not workingThe factory replaced most of its workers with robots

Attach : to make something connect with or stick to something else, to joinYou must attach a recent photograph to your application form

Keep up with: to manage to do something as fast as someone else, or as well as you need to or are expectedTeachers need to keep up with technology.

Artificial: not real or not made of natural thingsMedical scientists have developed artificial heart models

Engineer : someone whose job is to design or build roads, bridges, machines etc.He was trained as a civil engineer

Within: inside a particular building or areaPeople who die are put within coffins.

Battery : an object that provides a supply of electricity for something such as a radio, car, or toyWhen the red light comes on, you should recharge the battery

Strength : the physical power and energy that makes someone strong Alisa Camplin had the strength to win the gold medal

Careful ReadingRead the text carefully.You can ask your teacher if you dont understand words and sentences.After careful reading, you need to answer questions about details.

Comprehension CheckComprehension Check

True/FalsePeople can get new body parts only in the moviesfalse

Bionics means studying living things-how they are made and how they work.true

Giving a man a pacemaker for his heart is an example of using bionicstrue

Machines are our only hope for new body parts in the futurefalse

Some animals can grow new body parts if they need totrue

In the movies, bionic body parts sometimes give people special abilitiestrue

Quoting and Paraphrasing

Quoting and ParaphrasingAnswer these questions about Bionic Men and Women . Try to paraphrase sentences from the reading. If you quote more than a few words, use quotation marks around the material copied from the reading.Quoting and Paraphrasing1. What does bionics mean?It is the study of how living things are made and how they workQuoting and Paraphrasing2. What is a pacemaker? What does it do?It is a device that doctors place inside a persons chest to regulate his or her heartbeatQuoting and Paraphrasing3.Why has it been so hard to develop things like artificial hands?The main problem in developing artificial hands or legs, for example , is finding ways to let the brain communicate with the bionic part of the body.Quoting and Paraphrasing4.What is a transplant operation?It is a kind of surgery that takes an organ from one person or other living thing and places it another.Quoting and Paraphrasing5. What is one problem with transplants?Transplants require an extra organ to be available for the operation ,and there arent enough of them when they are neededQuoting and Paraphrasing6. Why are researchers studying salamanders?Because these creatures have the ability to regrow a lost leg.Quoting and Paraphrasing7. Why might some people like the idea of getting bionic body parts?Because they think they could gain special abilities, such as super speed or strength.