Practice One City or Country? Words You Need to Know
average rent
Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T)or false (F).
Gloria is a student in a nursing school in the United States. She's going to graduate next month. She has two job offers. One is in a city hospital, the other is in a country hospital.
The hospital in the city is large. It's a 600-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospita
It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums, theaters, and restaurant
The salary is high, $25,000 a year, But apartment rents are high, too.
The hospital in the country is small, a 50-bed hospital. It's a general hospital that takes care of all kinds of patient
It's in a beautiful area, near lakes, rivers, and mountains. The salary is average$20,000 a year. But apartment rents are low.
Gloria likes the city and the country. She doesn't know which hospital to choose. (140 words)
1)Gloria is a student in a nursing school.
2)The hospital in the city can handle 800 patients.
3)The hospital in the city is a general hospital
4)The salary in the city hospital is lo
5)The hospital in the country takes care of all kinds of patients.
6)The hospital in the country is near theaters and museums.
7)Apartment rents are high in the city.
8)Apartment rents are high in the country, too.
Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the following sentences and write them down.
1)Gloria has two job offers.
2)The hospital gives excellent care to its patients.
3)It's in a big city, near museums.
4)It's a 50-bed hospital.
5)It takes care of all kinds of patients.
6)She doesn't know which hospital to choose.
Practice Two Husband or Son
Words You Need to Know
opposite blinding flash retire into lick Nigerian
Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T)or false (F).
The lady who was in the bed opposite from where I was a Nigerian lady whose English wasn't good enough, said to me, "How old is your son
And I said, "He is seven." "Your other son," She said. I said,"He's seven."
"No, your other son. Your big son." And it came in a blinding flash. She was talking about Mike
And I said," That's not my son, that's my husband." And instead of retiring into a corner, licking her wounds, thinking
"Oh, God, I've said the most awful thing," she went on with the subject by saying, "I said to my husband, it was strange. I haven't seen a son being so full of love for his mother as that son is being to her
But she'd really just got me and, you know, now I can laugh and it's a joke and it's a nice dinner-party story, in a way, but at that time I was completely destroyed. (176 words)
1)The woman had two sons.
2)The woman's husband was very good to her.
3)The Nigerian lady was not very much surprised when she heard the truth.
4)What the Nigerian lady said at that time is a nice party story now.
Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and fill in each blank with the information you get from the recording.Please read one the tape and listen again.
Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage for the third time and answer the following questions briefly.
1)How did the woman look, compared with her husband?
2)Did the Nigerian lady say anything about the other woman's appearance directly
Practice Three Good Health
Words You Need to know
chest dizzy intensive care unit sausage
Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T)or false (F).
George just turned fifty last week. He's a successful businessman, who owns a large printing company
He lives in a beautiful home with his wife and two daughters, drives an expensive car and wears the best clothe
He has everything that money can buy except for one thing, good health.
It happened one evening as he was leaving the office. All day long he had felt shortness of breat
Suddenly he was a little dizzy. He can still remember the terrible pains in his chest as he fell. For two weeks George lay in the intensive care unit of the hospita
Before leaving the hospital, he got his orders from the doctor about what to do after a heart attack. He is now trying to follow them.
George has to lose weight and exercise each day. He can't smoke or drink. Before work, he must walk one mil
He can't have his usual eggs and sausage breakfast, and must drink water instead of coffee. For lunch, he can't order the rich French food that he loves so muc
For dinner, he has to eat fish or chicken and vegetables. Because he hates vegetables, he daydreams about steak.
Our businessman also has to slow down at the office. At first, he is supposed to work only four hours a da
He can increase his hours each month, but can never work more than seven hours a da
After work, he has to exercise at a local health club. George misses the long hours and the excitement of the offic
How did this happen to him? He's only fifty years old. (263 words)
1)George is a rich man.
2)He broke his leg when he was leaving the office.
3)He had a heart attack.
4)He is tall and thin.
5)George is following the doctor's orders.
6)He has to exercise every day.
7)He likes his new diet.
8)The businessman likes his job.
Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and sum up the things under the two headings.Please one read the text and listen again.
Practice Four Pet Therapy
Words You Need to Know
pet effect therapy society dolphin
Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide which of the following are the advantages of pet therapy. Put a tick ( )beside them.
Many people around the world become friends with animals
Some call their pet animals by human name
They treat them like members of the famil
Scientists now are proving what many pet owners already know-pets are good for your health.
The Delta Society is a research center in the northwestern state of Washingto
They say animals have a healthy effect on people, especially people who are sick and lonely.
Several years ago, the Delta Society developed a program called "pet therapy". At least twenty-five hundred people work in pet therapy programs throughout the countr
They take animals to visit people in hospitals, prisons and private home
Dogs and cats are taken most often. But other visitors include snakes, rabbits, horses and birds. Some of the animals stay with the people forever.
The dolphin also has a good effect on people. Scientists at the Dolphin Research Center in Florida in troduce sick people to playful dolphins
People feed the dolphins, touch them, and ride on the dolphins' backs in the water. In this way, the animals help the patients feel better
The head of the Delta Society, Linda Hines, says one reason for the pet therapy is that animals help sick people get bette
Also, she says the animals have a calming effect on people, because pets can help people forget their own problems. (234 words)
1)helping the lonely
2)helping animal research find new drugs
3)keeping 250 doctors busy
4)having a healthy effect
5)helping patients forget their problems
6)having a calming effect
7)helping sick people get better
8)involving snakes and rabbits more often than cats and dogs
Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions briefly.
1)What are scientists proving?
2)Where are the people visited by animals?
3)How many people helped with pet therapy programs?
4)Who can benefit most from these programs?
5)What is the Delta Society?
Happy Minute
Listen to the poem and underline the adjectives so that you are clearer about the beauty the poem describes.
The Moon's a Balloon
Who knows if the moon's a balloon,
Coming out of a clean city in the sky
Filled with pretty people.
And if you and I should get into it,
If they should take me and take
you into their balloon,
Why then, we'd go up high with
All the pretty people and houses,
And steeples and clouds,
Go sailing away and away.
Sailing into a clean city
which nobody has ever visited,
But always it's spring
and every one's in love,
And flowers pick themselves.
Lesson Two Life and Health
Practice One At the Hospital
Words You Need to Know
staffroom surgery embarrass
Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the first dialogue and complete the sentences with the best answer in each group.
This dialogue takes place in the staffroom.
W:Excuse me.
M:Yes?
W:Your coffee cup...
M:Yes?
W:It's got a hole in it.
M:I know.
W:You know that your coffee cup has got a hole in it?
M:Yes.
W:And you still use it?
M:Yes.
W:Why?
M:My doctor says I should drink less coffee. (63 words)
Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the second dialogue and complete the sentences with the best answer in each group.
This dialogue takes place in a doctor's surgery.
Patient:Hello, doctor.
Doctor:Hello. Sit down. What seems to be the trouble?
Patient:Well, doctor, it's a bit difficult for me to tell you.
Doctor:Go on, don't worry, I'm a doctor.
Patient:Well... I get so embarrassed all the time.
Doctor:Yes?
Patient:When people speak to me, I go red.
Doctor:Yes?
Patient:I never know what to say...
Doctor:I see.
Patient:And nobody takes any notice of me.
Doctor:Yes.
Patient:What do you think?
Doctor:Next! (90 words)
Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the dialogues again and answer the following questions briefly.
1)Does the man in the first dialogue really like to drink the coffee, using the cup with a hole in it?
2)Is the doctor very kind to his patient in the second dialogue?
3)Has the doctor treated the patient in the end? How do you know that?
Practice Two Days Worth Living For
Words You Need to Know
wedding anniversary
Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide which sentence with in each pair has been mentioned in the passage.
A study of nearly three and a half million people was carried out between 1992 and 199
The findings seem to support the view that there is a difference in death dates between men and women
While women are more likely to die in the week after their birthday than in any other week of the year, men are more likely to die in the week before their birthday.
Scientists say that women appear to stay alive to reach anniversaries that are important to the
such as birthdays, weddings or the birth of grandchildre
Men, on the other hand, seem to view birthdays, at least, with fea
Further research is being done to find out other reasons. (113 words)
Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and decide whether the following statements are true (T)or false (F).
1)The study involved a few people.
2)Women are more likely to die at any time except right after their birthdays.
3)Men are more likely to die in to week before their birthday.
4)Anniversaries are important to women.
5)Birthdays, weddings or the birth of grandchildren are not important anniversaries for men.
6)People need to find out why men and women differ in the timing of death.
Practice Three Losing Weight
Words You Need to Know on a diet
Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true (T)or false (F).
The following dialogue is between two mothers discussing their sons, Marc and Tim.
Betty:I'm so worried about Marc these days. Ever since he moved into his own apartment he's been losing weight. He really doesn't look well at all.
Charlene:He moved into his own apartment?! Well, no wonder he's looking so thi
He really should try to gain some weigh
Perhaps he's not eating enough. Did you talk to him about it when you saw him yesterday?
Betty:Yes, but well, you know. Well, anyway, how's Tim these days?
Charlene:Tim? Oh, Tim has me worried, too. He is really getting much too fa
He needs to lose about Seventy-five pounds no
I don't know what to do. I keep telling him to go on a diet, but he gets angry every time I try to talk to him about it.
Betty:Seventy-five pounds?! That is a lot of weight to lose. What does Tim eat?
Charlene:I really don't know. But I am sure he is eating too much cake and sweet
I keep telling him, "Tim, dear, you will just have to eat more fruit and vegetables and eat less sweets
Of course he doesn't listen to me. Maybe Marc should talk to him.
Betty:Well, maybe. Oh, did I tell you he's decided to eat vegetables and fruit only?
Charlene:Marc doesn't eat any meat now?! Perhaps that's why he's so thi
I'll talk about it with him. (230 words)
1)Marc lives in an apartment.
2)Marc is really getting too much fat.
3)Tim needs to lose 75 pounds.
4)Tim decided to eat only fruit and vegetables.
5)The parents are concerned about Marc and Tim.
Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the dialogue again and complete the table with the information you get from the recording.Please read one the tape and listen again.
Practice Four A Problem With the Girl
Words You Need to Know
pass out flatmate symptom
Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the dialogue and complete the sentences with the best answer in each group.
Doctor:Hello, Teresa. And what seems to be the problem?
Teresa:Well, I'm not feeling very well at the moment
I'm preparing for exams and I've been staying up late at night studyin
This morning I got out of bed very early to do some more work, and I passed ou
My flatmate found me on the floor. I came round after a few seconds.
Doctor:Mm. Have you had any other symptoms?
Teresa:I've been pretty nervous and my eyes hurt sometimes
Doctor:Well, it sounds as if you've probably been overdoing your study and you're overtire
I don't think there's anything to worry about, but I think you should take it easy for a while and try to get plenty of sleep.
Teresa:Yes, I haven't been getting much sleep lately.
Doctor:I'll give you something to help you relax in the evening
And just try to have a few early nights.
Teresa:Thank you, doctor. (155 words)
Exercose 2:Directions:Listen to the following sentences and write them down.
1)I'm preparing for the exams.
2)You've probably been overdoing it and you're overtired.
3)This morning I got out of bed very early to do some more work.
4)My flatmate found me on the floor