Question

Read the excerpt from The Hot Zone.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. staging area
2. supply air lock
3. hot zone

Explanation:

The story is about Ebola, therefore the excerpt shows how an experiment was being carried out to prevent more people from dying. These words above show the jargon used by scientists and people from the army who were in charge of the operation.

1. This refers to the special place where the operation was being carried out.
2. An air-lock room was a special room where pressure was controlled. But, this room got air supply from the outside world.
3. This was the place where infected people and monkeys were.

Answer 2

Hot zone. Air lock. These are both examples of jargon, aka slang.