Protect Your Hearing Now
Protect Your Hearing Now
1 READING
a R ead the art icle quick ly an d an swer the quest ions.
l W hat danger does t he article refer to?
2 Who is affected by t he p ro blem ?
b R ead the article aga in an d ma rk t he senten ces
T (true) o r F (false).
Twe nty-two yea rs ago as I
1 T he w riter's m oth er didn't wa nt her to go left the house to go to see
to t he concert. _I_ M otorhea d - known at t he
2 T he mu sic at the concert was louder t han t ime as 'the loudest band in
the sound of a jet plan e tak ing off the world ' - my mother's words fol lowed me out of th e door: 'You'll ruin yo ur
hearing one day!' At the time, I ro lled my eyes dramatica lly, and proceeded to
3 After the concert, t he wr iter had no
assault my ears with 140 decibels of noise, w hich I now know is ten decibels
symptoms of hear ing da m age.
above the sound of a jet plane taking off. That nig ht, I left t he venue with my
4 T he w riter had problems w ith her hearin g ears ringing and it took more tha n a week for the ringing to diminish. But after
at work, but not at home. that, I thought no more of it.
5 T he w riter pretended that she could hear That is, unt il I was in my mid-20s. I was working in a busy store with
what a person at t he party was say in g. background noise from shoppers and music, and I started finding it difficult to
6 Despite her problems, the wr iter ca n still hear w hat customers were saying. At home, my husband began to notice t hat
hea r sounds at the bo ttom range of the scale. I was eit her mishearing or not hearing things at all. O n one occasion when we
were at a noisy party I had no idea what someone was saying to me, but I was
7 T he doctors told her that her hearing would
nodding and smiling as if I understood. Afterwards, my husband informed me
event ually recover.
that th e person had been telling me that her dog had just died. Needless to
8 Now the w riter wea rs a dev ice in one ear say, I was extrem ely embarrassed. The resu lt of t his episode was that I we nt to
to help her hear better. see my GP to have my hearing checked.
9 According to the w riter, m ost people don 't The news was not good. I had hearing loss of 50 per cent. It affected the
take the da ngers of hearing loss seriously. top range of my hearing, which meant that any high-pitched noises, speech,
phones, and day-to-day sounds were gone. I also had tinnitus, which was
c Look at the highlighted words and phrases causing an infuriating ring ing in my ears. The doctors explained t hat years of
in the text and try to work out their m eaning. listening to loud music had caused the tiny sensory hair cells in the inner ear
T h en m atch to d efi n itio n s 1-8. to become irreversibly flattened - meaning I would never hear properly again.
1 obvio usly And unless I protected my ears, my hearing would deteriorate even more.
So it turns out that my mother was rig ht and I have, indeed, ru ined my
2 showed annoya nce at som ething that was said
hearing. Today, I wear a pair of hearing aids that are quite discreet but still
definitely very uncool. But according to th e Worl d Health Org anization, I am
3 not fas hio nable not alone. They say that around four million Britons risk serious damage to
4 affect your senses in a way th at is very unpleasa nt their ears by exposure to loud music. Hours spent listening to music on M P3
or uncom forta ble playe rs and at concerts are to blame.
5 very annoying There are so many things that can be done to protect our hearing an d it is
often a case of 'it'll never happen to me' or thinki ng t hat 'only old people go
6 in the end we di scover
deaf'. However, in our modern life, where most people spend half their time
7 sounds that you can hea r, but you a re not
p lugged into a music device, it is very likely that it may, indeed, happen to you.
listenin g to
8 become worse
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4 PRONUNCIATION 5 LISTENING
words from other languages
a Circle the word with a different sound .
1
choir 9 orchestra psychology
keys
2
chess
3
J_f
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chauffeur chef chic chorus
shower
4
bouquet encore fiance hypochondriac
keys
a ~ Listen to a critic talking about a
I
b ~ Listen and check. Then listen and repeat documentary film . What is the film mainly about?
the words. A It tells the story of a man who suffers from Alzheimer's
disease.
c ~ Listen and complete the sentences. B It explains the different phases an Alzheimer's patient
1 A lot of paparazzi took of the film expenences.
srar. C It describes a new treatment for Alzheimer's patients.
2 The _ _ _ _ _ is ruined by the _ _ _ __
b Listen again a nd choose the right answer.
3 The broughtmemy _ _ _ __
4 The technician gave the a In his job, Dan Cohen is .. .
new _ _ _ __ a a film maker.
b a mu sician.
5 The dancers in that - - - - - had a natural sense
of - - - - - c a social worker.
2 Cohen creates the playlists for Alzheimer's patients to
d Listen and check. Then listen and repeat the sentences. help them ...
a feel happier.
b communicate better with their families .
c recover some of their memories.
3 The first time Henry li stens to his playlist, he ...
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES a is transformed.
b starts crying.
Learn these words and phrases. c starts dancing.
be moved to tears /bi mu: vcJ t::J t1::Jz/ 4 When the patients are wearing their headphones, they...
cacophony /k:J 1koL:mi/ a don't talk to anybody else.
deaf /def/ b are much more sociable.
make a fool of yourself /rnc1 k ;;i fu:I ov j::i: '\clf/
1 c don't take any notice of the staff.
musical genre / mju:z1kl 3onrd/
1 1 5 Dan Cohen wants other people to help him by.. .
1
nostalgia /nn stcclc..l3d/ a creating playlists for old people.
piece of music /pi:s ov 1 mju:z1k/ b giving money to the city's care homes.
c giving the project devices that they no longer use.
profoundly / pr~ 1
fa ondli /
1 1
solo artist / s:Jobo a:t 1st/ c Listen again with the audio script on p.73 and try to
weep /wi:p/ guess the meaning of any words that you don't know.
Then check in your dictionary.
1 GRAMMAR 2 READING
used to, be used to, get used to a R ead the article quickly. D o the couple feel the sam e
a ~th e correct an swer. way about Ada m 's sleep ta lking?
1 Before my sister had children she used to~ b R ead the text again a nd complete it w ith the missing
sleepinB fo r eight hours every night. sentences. There is o ne extra sentence you do n ot need
2 When we moved to Britain from Poland we weren't to use.
used to drive / drivinB on the left. A Ironically, Adam has never eaten them in his life.
3 C hri s got divorced last year but he soon got used to live B Karen's blog, Sleep Talkin' Man, has become an
/ livinB on his own . internet hit in more than fifty countries.
4 I used to/ use to know her, but we lost touch years ago. C Instead of investing in earplugs, she records her
5 My pa rents are slowly getting used to be / beinB reti red. husband's comments.
6 My new job is exhausting. I'm not used to work / D He went there once as a child, but he doesn't remember it.
workinB so hard. E He thinks that his sleep-talking m ight be some sort of
7 Did yo u use to play/ playinB a musical instrument at therapeutic process, because he always wakes up fully
school? refreshed and relaxed.
8 When Bill was a student, he used to / was used to eat F Karen says that Adam doesn't talk every night, but when
pizza every day. he does, it happens every thirty seconds or few minutes.
b R ewrite the sentences usin g a fo rm o f used to,
Bet used to, o r be used to a nd a verb.
1 Stephen wasn't so assertive in the past.
Stephen didn't use to be so assertive. How to deal with a
2 Has working at night become less of a problem now?
Have you at night? sleep-talking husband
3 r do n't normally have breakfa st so ea rly.
['m breakfas t so early. Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up
4 C hloe wore her sister's clothes when she was a child.
night after night by their husband talking in his sleep.
But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
C hloe - - - -- - - - her sister 's clo thes when
of dealing with the problem. 1_ _ And then she posts
she was a child .
them on the internet.
5 We have adapted to living in the country very quickly.
36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products
We have in the country very
manager, and she's married to Adam, an advertising
quickly.
account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond,
6 She often looks after people so she w ill make an
in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam's lines
excellent nurse.
onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice-
She is _ _ _ _ _ ___ people, so she will make a n
activated recorder. 'I find every single thing Adam says
excellent nurse.
hilarious,' she says, 'I cannot believe what he comes
7 T hey still do n't know how to use the new system - they
out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every
keep making mistakes.
morning.' 2_ _ Then he suddenly stops.
They haven't the new system yet. Adam talks about everything and anything in his
8 I couldn't sleep because I do n't normally sleep on a sofa. sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs.
I couldn 't sleep because I _ _ __ _ _ __ on Examples of the things he has said in a typical week
a sofa. include, from Tuesday night: 'Pork chops are the most
satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.'
3
_ _ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m ., he mumbled:
alarm
C what we shou ld and shouldn't eat and drink
b Listen again and complete the notes.
4 5
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repeat the words. 4 H"'ve. "' -----
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5 vovi:t dri.-iJ<, too wiuc.
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USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES be.fore. you 30 to be.d.
Learn these words and phrases. ---- or
century /'scntJ;:,ri /
deep sleep /di:p ~ l i:p /
nightfall /l na1t f:1:1/
loyal /1 IJ1dl/
pray /prc1/
sleepwalk /'s l i:pw:): k/ c Listen again with the audio script o n p.73 and try to
syndrom e /'s1 ndr;:,om/ guess the meaning of any words that you don't know.
video ga mer /'v1didu 'gc1m;:,/ Then check in your dictionary.
virtual rea lity /v:J:tJu J I ri' ~ bti /
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:10 FILE 6
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the gerund or the infinitive with to.
1 You forgot to buy the milk. (buy)
2 Could you try late tomorrow? (not be)
3 The sheets on this bed are dirty. They need . (change)
4 Don't you remember his wife at that party at Christmas? (meet)
5 I'll never forget in New York for the first time. (arrive)
6 I think you need the irregular verbs. (revise)
7 Did you remember James about the meeting tomorrow? (tell)
8 If the computer doesn't work, try it off and on again. (turn)
25-30 Excellent. You can use gerunds and infinitives very well.
16-24 Quite good. But check the rules in the Grammar Bank (Student's Book p.142) for any
questions that you got wrong.
0-1 S This is difficult for you. Read the rules in the Grammar Bank again (Student's Book p.142).
Then ask your teacher for another photocopy and do the exercise again at home.
(!) Complete the text with used to, am used to, Bet used to, or usually .
I 1 used to live Ln Sweden. but I married a n Italia n woma n and now I live
in Parma . Italy. I've been here for six years now. so I 2 the
lLfestyle. Life is more hectic here t ha n in Sweden . Italian people socialize
more than Swedish people, a nd I really en joy that. I had to 3_ _ _ __
eating lots of pasta . particularly tortellini. which are Parma's local speciality.
In Sweden I 4 eat pasta once or twice a month . and now I
_ _ _ _ _ have it once or twice a week! I also had to 6 the
differen t men tality. For example. people here a re very family-orienta ted. This
was new to me and hard to understand at first. But now I ' - - - - -
having lunch every Sunday w ith my in-laws! It was also quite hard fo r me to
8 the dialect they speak in Pa rma. I still sometimes h ave to ask
people to repeat things. The only thing I can 't 9 is the coffee. f
know, espresso is supposed to be the best coffee in the world, but it's just too
strong for me. In Sweden 1 10 drink a lot of coffee, but it was
much weaker. Still. I do love the smell of espresso!
G Complete the text with a verb from the li st in the correct form.
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6A COMMUNICATIVE Gerund or infinitive?
Student A
0 Complete the verb column with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
StudentB
0 Complete the verb column with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
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6A SO Sing
Listen to the song. Correct all the bold words and phrases.
Sing
Sing it out Chorus
Boy, you've got to see what 1tonight brings tomorrow
Cleaned up, corporation progress
Sing it out
Lying in the process
Girl, you got to be what tomorrow 2 brings
Children that can talk about it
For 3 each t ime that they want to count 8
Leaving on the railways
you out
People 9 shooting sideways
Use your 4 head every single time you
Tell it till your last days
open up your mouth
Buy yourself the motivation
10
Chorus Generation Nobody
Sing it for the boys Nothing but a dead scene
Sing it for the girls Product of a 11 wild dream
12
Every time that you lose it sing it for the world I am not the person that you wanted
Sing it from the heart But a dancer
13
Sing it till you're nuts I refuse to reply
Sing it out for the ones that'll hate your guts Talk about the past
Sing it for the deaf Rooting for the ones who want to
14
Sing it for the blind go away
Sing about everyone that you left behind Keep running!
Sing it for the world
Chorus
Sing it for the world
We've got to see what tomorrow brings
Sing it out
Sing it for the world
Boy, they're gonna 5 say what tomorrow
Sing it for the world
means
Girl, you got to be what tomorrow needs
Sing it out
Sing it for the world
Girl, before they kill what tomorrow brings
Sing it for the world
You've got to make a 6 noise
If the music drowns you out
And raise your voice
Every single time they try and 7 close
your mouth
SONG FACTS
This song, by My Chemical Romance, was the second
best-selling rock song of 2011 in the UK. In 2011 , the
group released a new version of Sing called SING for
Japan in support of those affected by the 2011 Tohuku
earthquake and tsunami. A version of the song was
featured in the second season of the TV series Glee.
GLOSSARY
roaring for= supporting
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