| its infancyumbrellaunique opportunitiesexcitingemergingat the molecular level the maintenance |
1. Medicine has developed throughout time but has remained forever concerned with ……………. of health.
2. Medicine is looking to nanomedicine, an ……scientific specialty born from nanotechnology.
3. As our knowledge of the human body continues to improve, nanotechnology will be developed to monitor, repair and control human biological systems …………………………………….
4. This will offer …….. for developing new therapeutic approaches to diagnose, prevent, treat and eradicate life-threatening diseases and conditions.
5. The nanomedicine field is still in ………….., however, in the next few years, there are likely to be further …………….. developments across medical science, engineering, chemistry and physics.
6. Diverse researchers working together under the nanomedicine ……………….. will produce findings with potential medical uses.
Read the text again and match the beginnings and endings of these sentences to show the general understanding of the text
| This offers unique opportunities | a | the maintenance of health. | |
| There are likely to be | b | for developing new therapeutic approaches. | |
| Nanotechnology will be developed | c | findings with potential medical uses. | |
| Medicine is concerned with | d | to nanomedicine. | |
| Diverse researchers will produce | e | further exciting developments across medical science. | |
| Medicine is looking | f | torepair and control human biological systems. |
Read the text again and mark the following statements as True or False. If false, find the correct answer in the text
1. Medicine has remained concerned with the maintenance of health and thus the science of prevention and alleviationof disease.
2. Medicine is now looking to nanomedicine, an old scientific specialty born from nanotechnology.
3. Nanomedicinehas grown up in the fields of engineering, physics, chemistry and biotechnology.
4. As our knowledge of the human body continues to improve, nanotechnology was developed to monitor, repair and control human biological systems at the molecular level long time ago.
5. This won’t offer unique opportunities for developing new therapeutic approaches.
6. New therapeutic approaches are used to diagnose, prevent, treat and eradicate life-threatening diseases and conditions such as cancer and diabetes.
7. The nanomedicine field is still in its infancy.
8. In the nearest future there are unlikely to be further exciting developments across medical science, engineering, chemistry and physics.
9. Diverse researchers working together under the nanotechnology umbrella will produce findings with potential medical uses.
Complete the following sentences using an appropriate form of the modal verbs (CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO)(See Grammar Reference Section Unit 6)
1. I'm sorry, but we ____________ go to your party next Saturday.
2. She got the job because she ____________ speak five languages.
3. You are speaking very quietly. I ____________ hear you.
4. I was tired but I ____________ leave until the meeting finished.
5. He ____________ go to the concert next Saturday. He is working.
6. She ____________ understand me in spite of the noise around.
7. I'll ____________ see you tomorrow.
8. When they came back from Paris, they _________speak perfect French.
9. After a few hours, I ____________ open the door and go out.
10. I've never ____________ understand maths.
11. He ____________ repair the car but it took him a long time.
12. We ____________ contact our agent in Athens a few minutes ago.
13. After the accident, he somehow ____________ walk home.
Rewrite the following sentences using an appropriate form of the modal verbs (MAY, MIGHT, BE ALLOWED TO)
1. Perhaps it will rain tomorrow (it has been raining all week)
2. Perhaps my friend will visit me tomorrow (he is in town)
3. Maybe he will find a new job (he isn't looking for it)
4. I think the car is at the car park.
5. I think the car is at the car park, but I'm not very sure.
6. Visitors cannot stay in the hospital after 8 o'clock.
7. Will you let the children go to the theatre tomorrow?
8. Perhaps he'll go to the university (he is a very bad student)
9. Perhaps he'll go to the university (he is an average student)
Rewrite the following sentences using an appropriate form of the modal verbs (MUST, MUSTN'T, NEEDN'T or HAVE TO)
1. Why are you still waiting? You ____________ wait any more.
2. Some years ago in Spain, men ____________ do military service.
3. Sarah is a nurse, sometimes she ____________ work at weekends.
4. Why does she want to decide now? She ________answer until tomorrow.
5. I didn't have any money with me, so I ____________ borrow some.
6 I eat too much chocolate, I really ____________ stop.
7. They've been very rude, they ____________ apologise tomorrow.
8. You ____________ borrow my books without asking.
9. I'm sorry, you ____________ smoke here.
10. You ____________ take that money, it isn't yours.