🇬🇧🇪🇸 x-ray - radiografía : English Lesson
noun
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Meaning of "x-ray" ("radiografía"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
An x-ray is a special kind of picture that can see through your skin and show the hard parts inside you, like your bones and teeth, so doctors can check if anything is broken or not growing the right way.
When I saw my skull x-ray, I thought it looked like a Halloween costume I could never take off.
When I saw my tooth x-ray, I told the dentist, “Please delete the picture, my teeth weren’t ready for a photo.”
I wanted to bring my x-ray to school for show-and-tell and say, “This is my inside selfie.”
The doctor showed me my arm x-ray, and I said, “Wow, I look like a glow-in-the-dark skeleton!”
X-rays were discovered in 1895 by a scientist named Wilhelm Röntgen, and his wife was so scared of seeing her hand bones on an x-ray that she thought it showed her own death!
The doctor said, "We need an x-ray." In the x-ray room the child sits. The machine makes a soft sound and an x-ray picture comes up. The doctor points to the x-ray. The x-ray shows a small break in the arm. The nurse makes a soft wrap on the arm and the child hugs a toy, then smiles.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: A2 Elementary
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