English Toolkit 1 - Technology Medical technology is providing tools against pain and fear.. But now there’s a no pain device that tests blood without drawing any.. Another no pain tool
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English Toolkit 1 - Technology
Medical technology is providing tools against pain and fear Here are some examples.
To know whether you can donate blood, you will get a slight needle sting in the earlobe or fingertip But now there’s a no pain device that tests blood without drawing any It is a thermometer-like probe that you put under your tongue and it tells you instantly whether you are good to give blood
Another no pain tool is a device with hundreds of micro needles, each one thinner than a strand of human hair These micro needles penetrate the outer layer of the skin, which contains
no nerve endings, and deliver medications that cannot be administered orally.
Last but not least, virtual reality (VR) allows doctors and patients to simulate surgical procedures A computer-generated environment simulates an operation from the patient’s point of view Another advantage is that residents and surgeons can get more practice outside the operating room Doctors thus improve patient care and feel what their patients feel.
No pain tools
Activities
1 Think, answer and discuss.
a Which of these words describe the relationship between
technology and medicine?
important
negative
hopeful
impossible
unnecessary
b Will doctors improve patient care with the aid of medical technology?
Maybe
Sure
I don’t think so
c Does medicine depend on medical technology?
Certainly
Not always
Of course not
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2 Justify your answers in the previous exercise.
4 Match the following sentences.
3 True (T) or false (F)?
5 Find words in the text that mean:
a device:
b deliver:
a Thanks to medical technology there are new no pain tools
b Now you can donate blood without pain or fear
c A micro needle is thinner than a strand of human hair
d The outer layer of skin contains nerve endings
e Virtual reality will soon allow doctors to simulate operations
1 .there are three examples.
2 .they are delivered through micro needles
3 .goes under your tongue.
4 .simulates an operation from the patient’s
point of view
5 .no pain tools
6 .you get pricked in the earlobe or
fingertip
a This text is about
b To know whether you are good to
give blood,
c In this text,
d Some medications cannot be
administered orally, so
e This new device to test blood
f A computer-generated environment
c donate:
d tool against pain:
6 Work in groups Prepare an interview for doctors about new
technologies in medicine; report your findings to the class.