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52 Unit 10 | Bigger, better, faster, stronger Health and medical vocabulary Find the words in the article in your coursebook, p. 133 that fit these definitions: 1 medical care given to a patient: 2 when a person loses a large amount of water ( verb ): 3 to return to a normal state of health: 4 to make something (bad) happen: 5 something is amazing, astonishing: 6 keep something for future use: 7 treat something chemically/mechanically to change or preserve it: 8 to work/act/operate: Which word is the odd one out? Cross it out and write down why it doesn’t fit. 1 ankle – cheek – wrist – lung 2 heart attack – stroke – brain cells – cancer 3 thigh – beat – smoke – pump 4 painkillers – pills – medication – bandages 5 allergic – ligament – sore – unconscious Read two of the texts about self-driving cars from your coursebook again. Some parts are missing. Choose the correct part (A–L) for each gap (1–9). There are two extra parts that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. LANGUAGE 2 3 READING 4 Safer roads with self-driving cars The advantages of self-driving cars? Top of the list must be (0)  . Worldwide, 1.2 million people are killed each year in traffic accidents. Studies have shown that even (1) could significantly reduce these deaths, making the roads safer for everyone. Already, cars with forward collision warning systems that alert drivers or automatically brake are involved in far fewer crashes. Automating driving would also bring with it (2)  . As connected vehicles and driverless vehicles communicate with each other and their surroundings, they are able to identify the optimum route, which helps spread (3)  . Separate vehicles move together as a unit, reducing unnecessary accelerating and braking, which are often the cause of traffic congestion. And as automated vehicles decrease the number of accidents, traffic will be increasingly lighter since accidents are one of (4)  . Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv