Chapter 8 Bionic Men and Women

Pre-reading

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

Pre-reading

When a part of someone’s body stops working, the person’s 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 science

Device : a small machine or tool that does a special job

Nerves: thin parts like lines throughout the body that carry information to/from the brain

Kidneys salamander

A lack: not having something or not having enough of it

Genes: the parts of cells in your body that control qualities you get from your parents

Fast Reading Read 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 stomach

He collapsed with severe chest pains.

Demand : the need or desire people have for something

Recently, the demand for new cars has increased greatly.

Development : a change, often one that makes a product or a process better

This book is about economic development in India.

Key: very important , necessary

Frida Kahlo is a key figure in the international art world.

Therefore: for that reason , as a result

Their car is bigger than ours. Therefore, it is more comfortable.

Regularly: happening repeatedly , with the same amount of time between each event.

Graham was regularly warned by his boss.

Beat: to make repeated , regular sounds or movements

Waves 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

working

The factory replaced most of its workers with robots

Attach : to make something connect with or stick to something else, to join

You 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

expected

Teachers need to keep up with technology.

Artificial: not real or not made of natural things

Medical 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 area

People who die are put within coffins.

Battery : an object that provides a supply of electricity for something such as a radio, car, or

toy

When 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 Reading Read the text

carefully.

You can ask your teacher if you don’t understand words and sentences.

After careful reading, you need to answer questions about details.

Comprehension CheckComprehension Check

True/False

People can get new body parts only in the movies

false

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 bionics

true

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

false

Some animals can grow new body parts if they need to

true

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

true

Exploring Vocabulary- pp. 92-93

Quoting and Paraphrasing

Quoting and Paraphrasing

Answer 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 Paraphrasing

1. What does bionics mean?

It is ‘ the study of how living things are made and how they work’

Quoting and Paraphrasing

2. What is a pacemaker? What does it do?

It is a device that doctors place inside a person’s chest to regulate his or her heartbeat

Quoting and Paraphrasing

3.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 Paraphrasing

4.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 Paraphrasing

5. What is one problem with transplants?

Transplants require an extra organ to be available for the operation, and there aren’t enough of them when they are needed

Quoting and Paraphrasing

6. Why are researchers studying salamanders?

Because these creatures have the ability to regrow a lost leg.

Quoting and Paraphrasing

7. 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.