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The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.1 for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Workbook with authors Richard Storton from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to an extract from a lecture on game-changing technologies. Complete the table as you listen.
  2. Listen again and complete the sentences with the exact words you hear. Use no more than three words.
  3. Match the underlined words from the recording with the definitions a)-f). Read the audio script on page 64 to help you.

Answer

a)

Talib Alhinai

  1. A prototype for a flying robot which can be used to build structures.
  2. Very similar to drones, they are capable of printing structures in 3D while in flight.

Solveiga Pakštaité

  1. Mimica Touch is a multilayer food label, comprised of a layer of plastic, a layer of gelatin, another layer of plastic with protuberances and a final, smooth layer of plastic.
  2. As the food changes in chemical composition, the gelatin reacts.

Sam Stranks

  1. A lightweight, efficient and malleable solar conductor from a man-made, cost-effective substance known as perovskite.
  2. The conductors will be so light that they can easily be transported into areas of the developing world which are currently energy deficient and can rapidly be deployed to provide aid in disaster zones.

b)

  1. temporary shelters
  2. colonising other planets
  3. direct economic impact
  4. food sustainability
  5. readily abundant
  6. aesthetic (and) functional appeal

c)

  1. d
  2. f
  3. b
  4. a
  5. c
  6. e

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