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to use.

c 6.6 Listen again and answer the following questions.
1 Should the layout and components of the new printer differ much from the existing
design? Why (not)?
2 How many times has the existing model been improved in the past?
3 What consideration is behind the decision on how different the new software should be?
4 To what extent should the new software system differ from the existing one?

d Look at the following verbs from the discussion and find three examples where re-
means again. Match the other three verbs to the definitions in the box.
improve overall improve the details stay (the same)
1 redesign design again
2 reinvent
3 refine
4 revamp
5 rethink
6 remain

e ►6.6 Complete the following expressions from the discussion using the words in the box.
Listen and check your answers.
Achilles; back; drawing; board; ground; heel; improvement; leap;
quantum; reinvent; room; scratch; up; wheel;

1 reinvent the wheel
2 designing the whole thing from the
3 for
4 the
5 to the
6 make a
7 designing the system from

f Match the expressions (1 -6) in Exercise 12e to the definitions (a-f).

a waste time re-creating something that has already been created I
b the biggest weakness
c start again because the first plan failed
d make huge progress
e design from the beginning /
f potential for doing a better job

g Rewrite the following sentences using the correct form of the expressions in Exercise 12e.
1 Unfortunately, we had to scrap the concept and start again.
We had to go back to the drawing board.
2 This problem is the product’s most serious shortcoming.

3 There’s no point redesigning what already works perfectly well.

4 It’s a totally new design - we started from the very beginning.

5 The new design is so much better - it’s a transformation.

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