The Frozen Future

Words in Use (Lesson 7)

• exaggerate
• amateur
• mediocre
• variety
• valid
• survive
• weird
• prominent
• security
• bulky
• reluctant
• obvious

Read the following passage to see how the new words are used in it.
  
The Frozen Future
Doctors are always devising* new cures for diseases that kill people. But suppose you are dying from an incurable illness now. If only you could postpone death until a cure was found! Now some people are trying to do just that. One young man consented to having his body frozen and placed in a massive capsule in order to preserve it until doctors find a cure for his disease. Some people have denounced this unique experiment with a torrent of angry words. They resent human attempts to molest the natural order of life and death. There is also a gloomy fear that the world is already overcrowded and that people have to die to make room for those who are about to be born. If the experiment works unforeseen problems undoubtedly* will arise.