Unit 13 Breakdowns

1. Access
2. Accident
3. Accidentally
4. Admit
5. Avoid
6. Breakdown
7. Broken
8. Communication breakdown
9. Compensation
10. Crash
11. Damage
12. Defect
13. Defective
14. Discounted
15. Environmental disaster
16. Eventually
17. Failure
18. Fault
19. Fix
20. Frustrating
21. Go down
22. Injury
23. Mistake
24. Misunderstanding
25. Product recall
26. Public relations
27. Publicity
28. Recall
29. Refund
30. Resign
31. Resolve
32. Result in
33. Sack
34. Second-hand
35. Solution
36. Solve
37. Sort out
38. Temporarily
 Definitions in context:
As a result of the system failure, doctors and nurses couldn’t access patients’ medical records.

Usa el término "falla" en lugar de "fracaso" para referirse a un problema

técnico.
Debido a la falla del sistema, los médicos y las enfermeras no pudieron acceder a los
registros médicos de los pacientes.
On 20 April 2010, a fault on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig resulted in the largest oil spill in history.

El 20 de abril de 2010, un fallo en la plataforma petrolera Deepwater Horizon

causó el mayor derrame de petróleo en la historia.
A software problem at the local hospital caused all the computers to go down for 24 hours yesterday.
Un problema de software en el hospital local provocó que todas las computadoras se
cayeran durante 24 horas ayer.
When using this machinery, wear protective goggles and gloves at all times to avoid personal injury.

Cuando utilice esta maquinaria, use siempre gafas y guantes de protección para evitar
lesiones personales.
One company has stopped staff writing emails due to misunderstandings in internal communications.
Una empresa ha prohibido a sus empleados enviar correos electrónicos debido a
malentendidos en las comunicaciones internas.
Complaints from shoppers have resulted in a product recall of about 6.5 million products.
Due to a fault in the steering system, the vehicle manufacturer is recalling all cars made in 2008.
Debido a una falla en el sistema de dirección, el fabricante de vehículos está retirando
del mercado todos los autos fabricados en 2008.
The shops will refund the cost of the packs.

Las tiendas reembolsarán el costo de los paquetes.

Tony Hayward was forced to resign from his job as CEO.

Tony se vio obligado a renunciar a su trabajo como director ejecutivo.
You should sack anyone responsible for the mistake.
Debes despedir a quien sea responsable del error.
I bought a second-hand tablet, but it seems to be faulty.

Compré una tableta usada, pero parece estar defectuosa.

That should sort it out temporarily.
Eso debería solucionarlo temporalmente.