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t2:Headt
ranspl
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spossi
bleby
2030,
saydoct
ors

Itisei t
hersci encef i
ctionorapl otf rom ahor rormov i
e,buta
neur osur geonsai d headt ranspl antscoul d bepossi blebyt he
year 2030.Tr anspl antsur geryhascomeonl eapsandboundsi n
thel astf ew decades.Or gant ranspl ant sar ecommonpl aceand
thispastdecadehasseenf acet ranspl ant s.Thenextdecade
coul dseewhol eheadsbei ngt r
anspl ant ed.Neur osur geonBr uce
Mat hew expl ained whyhe bel ieves t hisi s possi ble.He was
act ual l
ywor kingwi t
haut horMi chaelJLeeonasci encef i
ction
nov el .Hesai d:" I
nitiall
y,ouri ntentionwasj ustt obr ainst orm an
i
deaandi tseemedr athersi ll
y,butt henIr ealised,itact uallyisn't
.
Ify ou t ranspl antt he br ain and spi nalcor dt oget her ,it'
s not
i
mpossi ble.
"Doct orMat thew,63,has per formed ov er10, 000
oper ations.He cl aims t hathead t ransplant s woul d onl y be
possi blei ftheheadwasaccompani edbyt hewhol eofi t
sspi nal
cor d.Adv ancement si nner v eandspi nalcor dsur ger y,r obotics
andst em cel lt ranspl antsmeani tcoul dbepossi blet oat t
achan
ent i
r e spi nalcor d and head t o anot herbodybef ore2030.Dr
Mat thew cont i
nued:" Thet houghtofkeepi ngt hespi nalcor di n
onepi ecehasal way sbeent ot al
lydaunt ing, butnowwi thmoder n
technol ogyy oucandomostt hings."Mat thew al sobel ievest hat
consci ousnesswoul dal somov ewi tht heheadandspi nalcor d
from onebodyt oanot her.Thet echnol ogycoul dt reatspi nalcor d
i
nj uriesanddi seasesl ikemuscul ardy strophy.( 25t hDecember ,
2019)

I–St
atewhet
hert
hef
oll
owi
ngst
atement
sar
etr
ueorf
alse:

a)Aneurosurgeonhaswri
tt
enanewsci
ence
fi
cti
onhorrorstor
y.T/F

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b)Peopl
ewhoneedaheadt
ranspl
antmustf
ir
st
l
eapandbound.T/F

c)Thedoct
orgott
heheadtr
anspl
anti
deawhi
l
e
worki
ngwit
hanSFwrit
er.T/F

d)Thedoct
orsaidtheheadcanbet
ranspl
ant
ed
wit
houtt
hespinalcor
d.T/F

e)Theneur
osurgeonhasper
for
medmor
ethan
10,
000operat
ions.T/F

f
)Roboti
csandstem cel
ltechnol
ogycoul
dhel
p
wi
thheadtr
anspl
ants.T/F

g)Thedoctorsai
dheadt
ranspl
ant
swer
e
daunt
ing.T/F

h)Thedoct
orsai
dconsci
ousnesswoul
dnot
movewitht
hehead.T/F

II-Choosethewor
dst
hatgi
vet
hemeani
ngoft
hewor
dsi
nbol
d
(Synonym Mat
ch):

1.plot -adv anced

2.comeon -done
3.whol e -under stood
4.i
ni t
iall
y -atf ir
st
5.realized -formidable
6.perfor med -entir
e
7.attach -f ast
en
8.daunt ing -cur e
9.treat -st oryl
i
ne

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10.di
seases -i
l
lness

I
II-Di
scussi
on–Gener
alopi
nionquest
ions:

A)Whatdoy out hinkofor gant ransplant s?

B)Doy oupr ef ersci encef ict
ionmov iesor
horrormov ies?
C)Whatdoy out hinkofheadt ransplant s?
D)Whatar et heet hical concernsr egar ding
headt ranspl ant s?
E)Whatpr obl emsmi ghtoccurwi thahead
tr
anspl ant?
F)Doy out hinkheadt ransplantsar eliket he
Frankenst einst or y
?
G)Ar ether eanypar tsoft hebodyt hatcannot
betranspl ant ed?
H)Whatquest ionswoul dyouasksomeone
havingaheadt ranspl ant ?
I)Doy out hinkabodycoul dbemadef r om
'
spar epar t
s' int hef uture?
J)Howwoul dy ouf eel ifyouwokeupi nanew
Body ?
K)Woul dtheheadr etainitsmemor ies?

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8.moder n
9.consciousnesswouldal
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evest hi
sispossi
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c.withthehead
d.commonpl ace
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