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video recorder - a machine which records and plays back sound and pictures
photocopier - a machine which makes copies of documents
fax machine - a machine which makes copies of documents and sends them down telephone
lines to another place
tape recorder - a machine which records and plays back sound
modem - a piece of equipment allowing you to send information from one computer down
telephone lines to another computer
camcorder - a camera which records moving pictures and sound
robot - a machine which acts like a person
word-processor - a kind of sophisticated typewriter using a computer
food-processor - a machine for chopping up, slicing, mashing, blending, etc.

2.3 Some possible definitions:
1 VDU stands for visual display unit and it is the part of the computer which includes the screen
or monitor, on which you look at your work as you do it.
2 A stapler is a useful piece of office equipment which allows you to join two or more pieces of
paper together by bending a small bit of wire, called a staple, through the pages which you
want to connect.
3 A cordless iron is an iron which gets its power from a base unit on which it stands when not in
use. It is not connected to the base unit by a flex and so can be used freely and easily.
4 An alarm clock is useful for waking you up in the morning.
5 A hole punch is a useful piece of office equipment which allows you to make holes in sheets of
paper so that they can then be inserted into a file.

1 discovery 3 rotation 5 patent 7 dissection 9 combination
2 invention 4 conclusion 6 analysis 8 experiment

52.6 Time and Newsweek often have articles on general scientific interest as does the newspaper,
The Times.

Unit 53

1 detective storylfilm 3 sports programme 5 current affairs programme
2 documentary 4 game show 6 drama

A foreign correspondent is a journalist based abroad.
A sub-editor is someone who works in a newspaper office and decides on how the pages
should be laid out, how stories need to be cut, what headlines should be used and so on.
A continuity person is responsible for seeing that the continuity between one scene and
another in a film is correct - for making sure that people do not suddenly wear different
earrings, for example.
An editor is the person responsible for the production of a newspaper or magazine.
A librarian is a person who works in a place which lends books.
A bookseller is someone who owns or works in a shop which sells books.
A publisher is a person or company responsible for having a book printed and organising its
sale.
A columnist is a journalist who writes a regular column or feature for a newspaperlmagazine.
A camera operator is the person who operates a camera filming a TV programme or a film.
A critic is a person who writes reviews of books, films or theatre plays.
1 buttons; remote control 3 pick up I receive 5 comics
2 broadcastslprogrammes 4 camcorder

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