Ready for C1 p 19. The Power of Photography. Word Formation

Somewhere in my house is a collection of (1)___________ (DUST), (2)____________ (BATTER) hard drives. (3)_____________ (HIDE) inside is an absolutely (4)________________ (VALUE) part of my family history – my photos. There have been (5)______________ (NUMBER) occasions where I have quickly glanced through a folder, and even printed a couple of pictures out, but the sheer volume has made it utterly (6)____________ (POSSIBILITY) even to begin to organise or access this (7)_____________ (SUBSTANCE) collection. It is (8)_______________ (SEEM) (9)_______________ (SURMOUNT). But I suspect I am not by no means unique in this respect. If we all had only 10 pictures in the world, would we be more careful with them? Would each be (10)____________ (METICULOUS) stored, labelled, backed up and printed out in beautiful frames? In the past, family cameras were precious, (11)___________ (HALLOW) objects. And the (12)________________ (RELATIVE) small number of photos in a family collection meant that many came to represent (13)______________ (POWER), (14)____________ (EMOTION) links to our past. What we need is software that (15)__________ (EASY) identifies the 10 best photos we've taken in a month, to avoid digital (16)_____________ (LOAD) .There's no point backing up 3,000 photos, just the ones you really treasure.

KEY

1. dusty

2. battered

3. Hidden

4. invaluable

absolutely invaluable (ungradable)

extremely/ very valuable (gradable)

5. numerous

6. impossible

7. substantial

8. seemingly

9. insurmountable /ˌɪnsəˈmaʊntəbl/

(also unsurmountable)

(of difficulties, problems, etc.) that cannot be dealt with successfully. 

Insuperable /ɪnˈsuːpərəbl/.

E.g.

They were now faced with seemingly insurmountable technical problems.

10.  meticulously

11. hallowed /ˈhæləʊd/

(especially of old things) respected and important. Sacred.

E.g.

One of the theatre’s most hallowed traditions 

He stood on the hallowed ground of Yankee Stadium.

12. relatively

13. powerful

14. emotional

15. easily

16. overload /ˈəʊvələʊd/

too much of something.

E.g.

 In these days of technological change we all suffer from information overload. 

An electrical overload caused the fuse to blow.