内容正文:
QR Codes in Healthcare
Pre-reading
Below is a word cloud picture of the text you are going to read.Study this
picture carefully and then predict what the text is probably about.Share
your ideas with your classmates.
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While-reading
Test yourself
I.Use correct prepositions to complete the sentences from the text.
1.A quick response code,commonly known as a QR Code,was invented in
1994 by DENSO WAVE,a Japanese company.
2.It can then be redirected to a website,an application,or other locations.
3.QR Codes have been successfully used in various industries,and now they
are making their way into the healthcare industry.
4.Every time a patient takes medicine,the QR Code attached to the medicine
container may be scanned to inform the healthcare provider that it has been
taken.
5.QR Codes may be placed throughout the clinic for patients to scan and read
while they wait
line.
II.a.Write down proper forms of the given words according to the example.
e.g.commonly common (adj.)
1.applicationapply(v.)
2.location
locate
()
3.continuously continuous (adj.)4.treatment
treat
()
5.available availability (n.)
b.Complete the following sentences using the proper forms of some of the
words from Part a.
1.Rescue planes are trying to1
locate
the missing sailors.
2.The invention would have a wide range of applications in industry.
3.We'll send you a copy as soon as it becomes _available
III.a. Define the underlined word "vulnerable" in the following sentence.
During the COVID-19 outbreak, patients who were most vulnerable to
cross-infection were advised to stay at home. (para.3)
be easily harmed or affected by something bad易受…伤害的
b.Translate the following sentences with "vulnerable" into Chinese.
1.Those most vulnerable to heat stress are the elderly.
上了年纪的人最容易因受热而生病._____
2.Babies lose heat much faster than adults, and are especially vulnerable to the
cold in their first month.
婴儿比成人散热快得多,在出生第一个月里尤其易受寒.