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Lernkarten
HEALTH VOCAB.
Medical scientists are close to finding a ________ the common cold.
vaccine against
Medical scientists are close to finding a vaccine against the common cold.
It`ll soon be possible to______ people from _______ from food allergies
prevent, suffering
It`ll soon be possible to prevent people from suffering from food allergies.
A small electronic device put in the brain of an epilepsy sufferer can stop them from _________.
having seizures
A small electronic device put in the brain of an epilepsy sufferer can stop them from having seizures.
It can also be used to help _________ by sending out heat that speeds up the repair process.
heal wounds
It can also be used to help heal wounds by sending out heat that speeds up the repair process.
this tablet monitors _______ like breathing and heart rate, but more importantly, it can send the anaesthetist warnings and suggest how ______ should be altered during the operation.
Key functions, medication
this tablet monitors key functions like breathing and heart rate, but more importantly, it can send the anaesthetist warnings and suggest how medication should be altered during the operation
sometimes this can be _______ for example for people who are allergic to peanuts
life-threatening
sometimes this can be life-threatening for example for people who are allergic to peanuts
_____ a disease and make healthy again.
cure, aber wohl eher treat ( heilung mit hitze)
treat a disease and make healthy again
.... simple pill that can _____ cancer,
it can also be used to help ____ wounds.....
..... a computer tablet will ______ you.
.... simple pill that can cure cancer,
it can also be used to help heal wounds.....
..... a computer tablet will care for you.
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treat a disease and make healthy again. _______
treat an injury and make healthy again. ________
look after. _____
treat a disease and make healthy again. cure
treat an injury and make healthy again. heal
look after. care for
People who eat too much fatty food are likely to _____ heart disease.
People who eat too much fatty food are likely to develop heart disease.
I can`t stand up for very long, because I`ve ______ my back.
I can`t stand up for very long, because I`ve strained my back.
his doctor______ his throat infection with antibiotics and that helped.
treat
his doctor treated his throat infection with antibiotics and that helped.
I feel terrible. I`ve _________ the flu.
come down with
I feel terrible. I`ve come down with the flu
I don`t want to go out yet. I'm still _______ a heavy cold.
get over
I don`t want to go out yet. I'm still getting over a heavy cold.
LASER TECHNOLOGY
Other lasers (like those used at the nightclub shown below) ____ beams that are much less intense and therefore less dangerous.
emit
Other lasers (like those used at the nightclub shown below) emit beams that are much less intense and therefore less dangerous
In fact, the more you look at the topic, the more you realize that our lives are built around light, that our daily existence is continuously shaped – and made vivid – by that _______ stuff that dates from the beginning of time
ambiguous
In fact, the more you look at the topic, the more you realize that our lives are built around light, that our daily existence is continuously shaped – and made vivid – by that ambiguous stuff that dates from the beginning of time
He has hundreds of lasers, including some that arrive in the mail as gifts, lasers smaller than matchboxes, green lasers _______ tot he eye – all the various descendants of technology that Townes, together with his brother-in-law Arthur Schawlow, invented in the 1950s.
soothing
He has hundreds of lasers, including some that arrive in the mail as gifts, lasers smaller than matchboxes, green lasers soothing tot he eye – all the various descendants of technology that Townes, together with his brother-in-law Arthur Schawlow, invented in the 1950s.
Light normally spreads out rapidly in all directions; a laser coheres and ______ the light in a narrow beam.
amplifies
Light normally spreads out rapidly in all directions; a laser coheres and amplifies the light in a narrow beam.
The key to producing this beam is the basic atomic principle that says that photons – light as particles – can be captured or emitted by atoms.
principle
The key to producing this beam is the basic atomic principle that says that photons – light as particles – can be captured or emitted by atoms.
can be captured or ______ by atoms.
emit
can be captured or emitted by atoms.
A laser starts with a crystal or other ____ whose atoms are ______ to excitement.
prone to
medium
A laser starts with a crystal or other medium whose atoms are prone to excitement.
Those photons, in turn, _____ more electron dancing, which creates more photons – a chain reaction.
induce
Those photons, in turn, induce more electron dancing, which creates more photons – a chain reaction.
They just knew they`d _________ a way to make light shine strong and straight.
figured out
They just knew they`d figured out a way to make light shine strong and straight.
When you make a long – distance phone call, your words are ________ by laser light along a fiber – optic cable.
transmitted
When you make a long – distance phone call, your words are transmitted by laser light along a fiber – optic cable.
Each laser bounces off a mirror into a target chamber-a 9 meter diameter sphere that looks ________ like an enormous golf ball from outer space.
somewhat
Each laser bounces off a mirror into a target chamber-a 9 meter diameter sphere that looks somewhat like an enormous golf ball from outer space.
The gases in the pellet, under the pressure of all this light, _______ to the point where they induce nuclear fusion.
compress
The gases in the pellet, under the pressure of all this light, compress to the point where they induce nuclear fusion.
In the long term, the scientists at NIF hope to clear a path toward a ______ of cheap, endless, pollution free electricity.
source
In the long term, the scientists at NIF hope to clear a path toward a source of cheap, endless, pollution free electricity.
Here we come to one______ of the miracle of light.
facet
Here we come to one facet of the miracle of light.
And photons have no charge, so when they are concentrated into a very small space, they don`t _______ each other as negatively charged electrons do.
repulse
And photons have no charge, so when they are concentrated into a very small space, they don`t repulse each other as negatively charged electrons do.
George Gilder, an influential technology guru, has declared that light will be the medium of a _________ revolution.
communications
George Gilder, an influential technology guru, has declared that light will be the medium of a communications revolution.
You can _____ a point where everyone in the world could have his own wavelength.
envision
You can envision a point where everyone in the world could have his own wavelength.
Modern physics ________ from the study of matter and light.
emerged
Modern physics emerged from the study of matter and light.
ALLERGIE
A single grain of _______ may be only one-quarter the width of a human hair, but to a person with hay fever allergies, it`s a dangerous invader.
pollen
A single grain of pollen may be only one-quarter the width of a human hair, but to a person with hay fever allergies, it`s a dangerous invader.
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a fine powder produced by flowers which fertilizes flowers of the same species so they can produce seeds. _______
a fine powder produced by flowers which fertilizes flowers of the same species so they can produce seeds. pollen
allergies
allergien
Particles of pollen from plants such as the ragweed entert he body through the nose, mouth, or skin and trigger an overactive response from the body`s _______.
immune system
Particles of pollen from plants such as the ragweed entert he body through the nose, mouth, or skin and trigger an overactive response from the body`s immune system.
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the parts and processes of the body that fight illness and infection. ________
immune system the parts and processes of the body that fight illness and infection. immune system
The result: People who are ______ to the pollen will suffer from repeated sneezing and watery, red eyes.
_______ a condition that causes a person to become ill if they breathe, eat, or touch certain substances that normally do not make people sick.
allergic
The result: People who are allergic to the pollen will suffer from repeated sneezing and watery, red eyes.
allergy a condition that causes a person to become ill if they breathe, eat, or touch certain substances that normally do not make people sick.
who show a positive skin response to one or more ______.
allergens
who show a positive skin response to one or more allergens.
Components
Komponenten
