English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Complete the word beginning with ‘techn…’ in each sentence. Not all the words you need 
are on the opposite page.
1 Karl got a good job as a lab techn
in the university.
2 In this country, young people techn
become adults at the age of 18.
3 Computer techn
makes huge advances every year.
4 Andrea has a very interesting techn
for remembering vocabulary.
5 Publicity photos of celebrities have usually been techn
enhanced.
Over to 
you
The language and terminology connected with computers changes very quickly. If you want to keep 
up with it, read computer advertisements in newspapers and magazines, or else visit the websites of 
well-known hardware and software manufacturers, and note any new vocabulary and how it is used.
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Technology of the future
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Technology
Here are some things we are likely to see more of in the future.
smart buildings/homes
computer-controlled buildings and homes where things like lighting, heating, 
security, etc. are completely automatic; the adjective 
smart can be used for 
anything that uses computers or information stored in electronic form (e.g. a 
smartphone, smart TV, smart car)
interplanetary travel 
and 
space tourism
travel to planets in outer space, either for exploration or for tourism
nanotechnology
science of developing and producing extremely small tools and machines by 
controlling the arrangement of atoms and molecules
keyhole surgery
medical operation in which a very small hole is made in a person’s body to reach 
the organ or tissue inside