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Unit 9 Toward Better Health
(Ⅰ)
Part Ⅰ Getting ready
Do you know the difference between health and fitness? Health is freedom from disease and fitness means the ability of the human body to function with vigour and alertness, and with ample energy to engage in leisure activities, and to meet physical stresses.
A The following words and phrases will appear in this unit. All of them are related to seeing doctors. Listen carefully and study the definitions.
1. dental: of or related to the teeth
2. check-up: a general medical examination, usually taken regularly, to test one's state of health and discover any disease at an early stage
3. X-ray: a powerful unseen beam of light which can pass through substances that are not transparent, and which is used for photographing conditions inside the body, for treating certain diseases
4. prescription: a particular medicine or treatment ordered by a doctor for a person's illness
5. pharmacy: a shop or a place where medicines are sold or dispensed
6. drugstore: a pharmacy, especially one which sells not only medicine, but also beauty products, school supplies, small things to eat, garden products, film, etc.
7. suffer from: experience something unpleasant, such as an illness, especially over a long period of time or habitually
8. surgeon: a doctor whose job is to perform medical operations
9. calorie: a measure used to show the amount of heat or energy that a food will produce
10. blood pressure: the measurable force with which blood travels through the body
B Here are some short conversations which take place in hospitals. Please listen and then supply the missing words.
1. Receptionist: Is this the first time you've come here to see the doctor?
Man: Yes, it is. I'd like to have a dental check-up.
Receptionist: Fill out this form and give it back to me.
Man: All right. Have you got a pen?
2. Nurse: The doctor will see you now. Come this way.
Man: Where's the examination room?
Nurse: It's to your right. Would you please lie down on that bed?
3. Doctor: What seems to be the problem, Mrs. Allen?
Woman: I've been having pains in my chest recently.
Doctor: Do you have difficulty breathing?
Woman: Sometimes. But not too much.
Doctor: Well, let's take an X-ray of your chest.
4. Doctor: You're suffering from a fever. Here's a prescription. I'd like you to take two of these pills three times a day.
Patient: Is there anything else I should do ?
Doctor: Yes. You should drink a lot of water and get a lot of rest.
Patient: OK. Is there a pharmacy in this building?
Doctor: No, but you can have that prescription filled at any drugstore.
C You are going to hear some instructions on medicine packets or bottles.The English instructions in the following box are in muddled order. Listen carefully, put the English instructions into proper places.
Chinese Instructions English Instructions
外用药 for external use only
口服药 for oral administration
注射用 for injection
空腹服 to be taken on an empty stomach
睡前服 to be taken at bedtime
需要时服 to be taken when necessary
服前请摇匀 shake before taken
饭后服 to be taken after meals
饭前服 to be taken before meals
每日三次每次一片 to be taken one tablet 3 times a day
每隔四小时服两片 to be taken 2 tables at 4-hourly intervals
每次服一小格 take one small measure each time
Part Ⅱ Dear doctor
Different countries have different medical systems. Three basic systems of medical care exist in the world today: public assistance which is dominant in 108 countries constituting 49% of the world's population, health insurance which is dominant in 23 countries constituting 18% of the world's population, and national health service which is dominant in 14 countries constituting 33% of the world's population. It looks that the world-wide trend is toward a national health service.
A You are going to hear the first part of a dialogue in which a man describes his health problems to a doctor. While listening for the first time, focus on the key words, add more key words if you can in the notes column. After the second listening complete the flow-diagram which, when completed, should tell you where the man's problems lie.
Patient: I wake up every morning feeling tired. All day at work I fight this tired feeling. When I get home from work around 5:30, I have a good dinner and then sit down to read the newspaper. But before I have finished reading the front page, I fall asleep in my chair and often sleep until 8:30 or 9:00 p.m. When I wake up from this nap, I'm full of energy and ready to do a day's work. But at that hour there is nothing to do but watch television, which I do until after midnight. Even at midnight I still do not feel sleepy, so I take a sleeping pill. It's often two o'clock in the morning before the pill puts me to sleep. Just a few hours after that I have to drag myself out of bed again. Do you think there might be something wrong with my blood?
Doctor: I don't think there is anything wrong with your blood. The key to your problem is that long nap after dinner. If you didn't sleep for hours during the early part of the evening, you would be more ready to sleep at bedtime. If you didn't nap after dinner, you would not want to stay up so late, and you would not feel the need to take a sleeping pill. You should get out of this habit. Right after your evening meal, engage in some sort of physical activity or get together with friends for an evening of cards. Then go to bed at your usual time, and you should be able to get a good night's rest without taking a pill. If you can get into the habit of spending your evenings this way, I am sure you will feel less tired during the day. At first it may be hard for you to go to sleep without taking a pill. If so, get up and do some jobs around your house until you feel sleepy. If you fall asleep and then wake up a few hours later, get up but do not take a sleeping pill. Read a while or listen to the radio, and make yourself a warm drink. Eat a sandwich or a cookie. Then go back to bed. Even if you get only a few hours' sleep that night, you will feel better in the morning than you usually feel after taking a pill.
B Now you are going to hear the second part of the dialogue in which a doctor gives the man some advice. While listening for the first time, focus on the key words, add more key words if you can in the notes column. After the second listening, write down all the do's and don'ts in the table below.
Part Ⅲ At a party
The social status of a doctor is very high. Their job is said to be sacred since they are fighting against death. They spare no effort to heal the wounded and rescue the dying. People show great respect to doctors, and doctors often feel very proud of their own occupation.
A You are going to hear some extracts from a conversation. The following sentences will help you understand the extracts. Complete the sentences with words or phrases you hear on the tape.
1. Tony and Chris haven't seen each other for ages!
2. Tony may be an actor, or a director. He works in the film bussiness.
3. Plastech is a manufacturer of medical equipment.
4. Tony invites them to eat when they are ready. He says, "Do help yourselves.
5. Chris wants more details about Ingrid's work. He asks, "Do you specialise in a particular field?
6. Two strangers meet in London. They are both going to the same conference in Vienna. What a coincidence!
7. Denton offers to get Ingrid a drink. "What would you like?
B Now listen to the conversation. Fill in the chart with necessary information.
Tony: Chris! Come in! I haven't seen you for ages! How are you?
Chris: I'm fine, thanks. Tony, this place is rather splendid.
Tony: Well, you know how it is in the film business. Up one minute, down the next. And tell me, what do you do now?
Chris: I'm a salesman. I sell medical equipment for Plastech, down in Kent.
Tony: Medical equipment? Then you must meet Ingrid Fowler. She's a doctor. Ingrid, this is Chris Telford, a very old friend of mine, interested in medicine and health.
Chris: How do you do? Ingrid Fallow, was it?
Ingrid: Fowler, actually, F-O-W-L-E-R.
Tony: Do help yourselves to food when you're ready. It's through there.
Ingrid: Thanks, Tony.
Chris: Excuse me, but I haven't got a drink yet. Can I get you another one?
Ingrid: Thanks. White wine, please.
Chris: Tony tells me you're a doctor.
Ingrid: Yes. I'm with the International Health Agency.
Chris: Do you work overseas?
Ingrid: Yes, mainly. I've just come back from six months in Nigeria.
Chris: Do you specialise in a particular field?
Ingrid: My main interest is in diseases that are carried in water, but it also involves me in general problems about water supply. I'm giving a talk about it next month.
Chris: Where?
Ingrid: In Vienna. There's an international conference.
Chris: Really?That's a coincidence. I shall be there as well.
Ingrid: Are you a medical man, too?
Chris: No. I'm not a doctor, but I sell hospital equipment.
Denton: That sounds interesting. I'm in medicine myself. My name's Laurie Denton. I'm a surgeon at King's Hospital.
Chris: I'm Chris Telford, and this is Dr. Ingrid Fowler.
Denton: Shall we have a drink together? Dr. Fowler, what would you like?
C Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the conversation and decide whether the statements after the conversation are True or False. Put "T" or "F" in the brackets.
Tony: Chris! Come in! I haven't seen you for ages! Let me take your coat. Have a drink. How are you?
Chris: Oh, I'm fine, thanks. I say, Tony, this place is rather splendid.
Tony: Oh, well, you know how it is in the film business. Up one minute, down the next. And tell me, what do you do now?
Chris: I'm a salesman. I sell medical equipment for Plastech, down in Kent.
Tony: Medical equipment? You mean stethoscopes, and sticking plaster, and that sort of thing?
Chris: Well, not really, I ...
Tony: Then you must meet Ingrid Fowler. She's a doctor, International Health something, she might even buy something. Ingrid!Ingrid! I say, Ingrid, this is Chris Telford, a very old friend of mine, interested in medicine, and health and so on.
Chris: How do you do? Ingrid Fallow, was it?
Tony: Do help yourselves to food when you're ready, won't you? It's through there.
Ingrid: Thanks, Tony. Fowler, actually, F-O-W-L-E-R. Quite a party, isn't it?
Chris: Oh, Tony always gives good parties, he always has. He knows everybody. Have you known him long?
Ingrid: No, I've only just met him.
Chris: Look, excuse me, but I haven't got a drink yet. Can I get you another one?
Ingrid: Thanks. White wine, please.
Chris: Tony tells me you're a doctor.
Ingrid: Yes. I'm with the International Health Agency.
Chris: Oh, I've heard a lot about them. The work must be very interesing. Do you work overseas?
Ingrid: Yes, mainly. I've just come back from six months in Nigeria.
Chris: Do you specialise in a particular field?
Ingrid: Well, my main interest is in diseases that are carried in water, but it also involves me in general problems about water supply. I'm giving a talk about it next month.
Chris: Where?
Ingrid: In Vienna. There's an international conference.
Chris: Really? That's a coincidence. I shall be there as well.
Ingrid: Oh? Are you a medical man, too?
Chris: Oh no. At least, I'm not a doctor. I sell hospital equipment, surgical products, catheters and so on.
Denton: That sounds interesting. I'm in medicine myself.
Chris: Oh really? What do you do ?
Denton: Well, let me introduce myself. My name's Laurie Denton. I'm a surgeon at King's Hospital.
Chris: I'm Chris Telford, and this is Dr. Ingrid Fowler.
Denton: Pleased to meet you.
Ingrid: How do you do?
Denton: Shall we have a drink together? Dr. Fowler, what would you like ...?
Statements:
1. The party is held in a magnificent place.
2. Chris is working in a medical equipment company named Kent.
3. Tony, the host of the party, is a very old friend of Chris.
4. Ingrid prefers red wine to white wine.
5. Ingrid seldom works overseas, but she has been in Nigeria for six months.
6. Ingrid only shows interest in diseases that are carried in water.
7. Ingrid is going to give a talk about water supply next week in Vienna.
8. Both Chris and Ingrid are going to attend the international conference in Vienna.
9. Both Chris and Ingrid are medical men.
10. It's the first time for Chris and Ingrid to meet Denton.
Part Ⅳ More about the topic: Walking Toward Better Health
The level of physical fitness can be influenced by regular, systematic exercise. Moderate activity will maintain the individual at a level that is usually adequate to handle ordinary stress. Exercises that demand total body involvement improve and maintain fitness most effectively ?for example, jogging, running, swimming, dancing, and cycling. Now a new kind of exercise is winning the favour of many people. That is pace walking.
The following short passage is about pace walking. Supply the missing words while listening.
Walking is the way most of us get around most of the time. When we walk, we put one foot in front of another, but at least one foot is on the ground at any point during a step. An increasing number of people are beginning to think of walking as a way to get the exercise they need to stay healthy. This type of walking is known as pace walking. Pace walking is faster than a casual stroll. To obtain the greatest health benefits from exercise walking, the exerciser should walk at a brisk pace of about 5.5 kilometres per hour. Walking must be done on a regular basis for at least 20 minutes three times a week.
In exercise pace walking, you not only walk quickly but also add a strong arm-swing. Keep your back straight, your shoulders dropped and relaxed, your head up and your feet pointed straight ahead. Swing your arms and keep your elbows bent. To avoid creating tension in your arms, don't clench your fists. Your arms should be angled slightly across your chest. You should feel a tug at the back of your shoulder at the end of each backswing. On the foreswing, your hand should come up to about midchest level. With each step, you land on your heel and roll forward along the outside of your foot, pushing off with your toes.
Pace walking not only strengthens the cardiovascular system but also burns calories and helps reduce weight. In addition, it helps train both the heart and the skeletal muscles to function longer and stronger, and lower the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, and certain kinds of diabetes.
Part Ⅴ Memory test: Sleeping Problem
As children develop, both the distribution of sleep in a 24-hour period and total sleep requirements change. A new-born infant requires 16 to 18 hours of sleep a night, decreasing to 14 or 15 hours by age one, 10 or 12 by age four, less than 10 by age ten, and stabilising at 7 or 8 hours in adulthood. The elderly tend to lose their capacity of extended sleep. They may sleep very little at night but doze during the day. Do you have a healthy sleeping habit or are you suffering from sleeplessness?
You are going to hear a monologue about sleeping problems (preferably only one time). After that some questions will be asked. Find the right answers as quickly as possible according to the notes you have taken while listening.
For some reason Richard West has been having great difficulty in getting to sleep lately. Last night he thought it might help if he went to bed even earlier than usual, so at 9:30 he lay down, closed his eyes hopefully, and began counting sheep. Thinking of all those energetic little animals jumping over fences made him feel energetic himself, so he stopped, went down stairs, and found the most boring book he had. It was a book called Home Rug-Making.At the end of an hour he had become quite interested in making rugs. He put the book down in desperation. Then he remembered someone telling him once that if you repeated "Sleep" often enough, it would finally come. 15 minutes later the people in the bedroom above him tapped angrily on the floor.
At 2 o'clock he took a sleeping-tablet. It had absolutely no effect.
At 3 he got up and walked around his room at least 20 times.
At 4 he did a deep-breathing exercise.
At 5 he stared at a spot on the ceiling until his eyes began to hurt.
At 6 his eyes began to feel heavy and, finally, he dropped off .
His alarm-clock rang at 7.
This morning at work his boss looked at him gravely, shook his head, and said in a critical tone of voice, “See here, West, you have been looking very tired lately! Obviously, you haven't been getting enough sleep. I really think you ought to try going to bed earlier!”
Questions for memory test:
1. When did Richard go to bed last night?
2. What was the first thing that Richard did after he went to bed?
3. How long did he spend in reading the book entitled Home Rug-Making?
4. What did he do at 2 o'clock?
5. What did he do at 4 o'clock?
6. When did he get up this morning?
Part Ⅰ Getting ready
Do you know the difference between health and fitness? Health is freedom from disease and fitness means the ability of the human body to function with vigour and alertness, and with ample energy to engage in leisure activities, and to meet physical stresses.
A The following words and phrases will appear in this unit. All of them are related to seeing doctors. Listen carefully and study the definitions.
1. dental: of or related to the teeth
2. check-up: a general medical examination, usually taken regularly, to test one's state of health and discover any disease at an early stage
3. X-ray: a powerful unseen beam of light which can pass through substances that are not transparent, and which is used for photographing conditions inside the body, for treating certain diseases
4. prescription: a particular medicine or treatment ordered by a doctor for a person's illness
5. pharmacy: a shop or a place where medicines are sold or dispensed
6. drugstore: a pharmacy, especially one which sells not only medicine, but also beauty products, school supplies, small things to eat, garden products, film, etc.
7. suffer from: experience something unpleasant, such as an illness, especially over a long period of time or habitually
8. surgeon: a doctor whose job is to perform medical operations
9. calorie: a measure used to show the amount of heat or energy that a food will produce
10. blood pressure: the measurable force with which blood travels through the body
B Here are some short conversations which take place in hospitals. Please listen and then supply the missing words.
1. Receptionist: Is this the first time you've come here to see the doctor?
Man: Yes, it is. I'd like to have a dental check-up.
Receptionist: Fill out this form and give it back to me.
Man: All right. Have you got a pen?
2. Nurse: The doctor will see you now. Come this way.
Man: Where's the examination room?
Nurse: It's to your right. Would you please lie down on that bed?
3. Doctor: What seems to be the problem, Mrs. Allen?
Woman: I've been having pains in my chest recently.
Doctor: Do you have difficulty breathing?
Woman: Sometimes. But not too much.
Doctor: Well, let's take an X-ray of your chest.
4. Doctor: You're suffering from a fever. Here's a prescription. I'd like you to take two of these pills three times a day.
Patient: Is there anything else I should do ?
Doctor: Yes. You should drink a lot of water and get a lot of rest.
Patient: OK. Is there a pharmacy in this building?
Doctor: No, but you can have that prescription filled at any drugstore.
C You are going to hear some instructions on medicine packets or bottles.The English instructions in the following box are in muddled order. Listen carefully, put the English instructions into proper places.
Chinese Instructions English Instructions
外用药 for external use only
口服药 for oral administration
注射用 for injection
空腹服 to be taken on an empty stomach
睡前服 to be taken at bedtime
需要时服 to be taken when necessary
服前请摇匀 shake before taken
饭后服 to be taken after meals
饭前服 to be taken before meals
每日三次每次一片 to be taken one tablet 3 times a day
每隔四小时服两片 to be taken 2 tables at 4-hourly intervals
每次服一小格 take one small measure each time
Part Ⅱ Dear doctor
Different countries have different medical systems. Three basic systems of medical care exist in the world today: public assistance which is dominant in 108 countries constituting 49% of the world's population, health insurance which is dominant in 23 countries constituting 18% of the world's population, and national health service which is dominant in 14 countries constituting 33% of the world's population. It looks that the world-wide trend is toward a national health service.
A You are going to hear the first part of a dialogue in which a man describes his health problems to a doctor. While listening for the first time, focus on the key words, add more key words if you can in the notes column. After the second listening complete the flow-diagram which, when completed, should tell you where the man's problems lie.
Patient: I wake up every morning feeling tired. All day at work I fight this tired feeling. When I get home from work around 5:30, I have a good dinner and then sit down to read the newspaper. But before I have finished reading the front page, I fall asleep in my chair and often sleep until 8:30 or 9:00 p.m. When I wake up from this nap, I'm full of energy and ready to do a day's work. But at that hour there is nothing to do but watch television, which I do until after midnight. Even at midnight I still do not feel sleepy, so I take a sleeping pill. It's often two o'clock in the morning before the pill puts me to sleep. Just a few hours after that I have to drag myself out of bed again. Do you think there might be something wrong with my blood?
Doctor: I don't think there is anything wrong with your blood. The key to your problem is that long nap after dinner. If you didn't sleep for hours during the early part of the evening, you would be more ready to sleep at bedtime. If you didn't nap after dinner, you would not want to stay up so late, and you would not feel the need to take a sleeping pill. You should get out of this habit. Right after your evening meal, engage in some sort of physical activity or get together with friends for an evening of cards. Then go to bed at your usual time, and you should be able to get a good night's rest without taking a pill. If you can get into the habit of spending your evenings this way, I am sure you will feel less tired during the day. At first it may be hard for you to go to sleep without taking a pill. If so, get up and do some jobs around your house until you feel sleepy. If you fall asleep and then wake up a few hours later, get up but do not take a sleeping pill. Read a while or listen to the radio, and make yourself a warm drink. Eat a sandwich or a cookie. Then go back to bed. Even if you get only a few hours' sleep that night, you will feel better in the morning than you usually feel after taking a pill.
B Now you are going to hear the second part of the dialogue in which a doctor gives the man some advice. While listening for the first time, focus on the key words, add more key words if you can in the notes column. After the second listening, write down all the do's and don'ts in the table below.
Part Ⅲ At a party
The social status of a doctor is very high. Their job is said to be sacred since they are fighting against death. They spare no effort to heal the wounded and rescue the dying. People show great respect to doctors, and doctors often feel very proud of their own occupation.
A You are going to hear some extracts from a conversation. The following sentences will help you understand the extracts. Complete the sentences with words or phrases you hear on the tape.
1. Tony and Chris haven't seen each other for ages!
2. Tony may be an actor, or a director. He works in the film bussiness.
3. Plastech is a manufacturer of medical equipment.
4. Tony invites them to eat when they are ready. He says, "Do help yourselves.
5. Chris wants more details about Ingrid's work. He asks, "Do you specialise in a particular field?
6. Two strangers meet in London. They are both going to the same conference in Vienna. What a coincidence!
7. Denton offers to get Ingrid a drink. "What would you like?
B Now listen to the conversation. Fill in the chart with necessary information.
Tony: Chris! Come in! I haven't seen you for ages! How are you?
Chris: I'm fine, thanks. Tony, this place is rather splendid.
Tony: Well, you know how it is in the film business. Up one minute, down the next. And tell me, what do you do now?
Chris: I'm a salesman. I sell medical equipment for Plastech, down in Kent.
Tony: Medical equipment? Then you must meet Ingrid Fowler. She's a doctor. Ingrid, this is Chris Telford, a very old friend of mine, interested in medicine and health.
Chris: How do you do? Ingrid Fallow, was it?
Ingrid: Fowler, actually, F-O-W-L-E-R.
Tony: Do help yourselves to food when you're ready. It's through there.
Ingrid: Thanks, Tony.
Chris: Excuse me, but I haven't got a drink yet. Can I get you another one?
Ingrid: Thanks. White wine, please.
Chris: Tony tells me you're a doctor.
Ingrid: Yes. I'm with the International Health Agency.
Chris: Do you work overseas?
Ingrid: Yes, mainly. I've just come back from six months in Nigeria.
Chris: Do you specialise in a particular field?
Ingrid: My main interest is in diseases that are carried in water, but it also involves me in general problems about water supply. I'm giving a talk about it next month.
Chris: Where?
Ingrid: In Vienna. There's an international conference.
Chris: Really?That's a coincidence. I shall be there as well.
Ingrid: Are you a medical man, too?
Chris: No. I'm not a doctor, but I sell hospital equipment.
Denton: That sounds interesting. I'm in medicine myself. My name's Laurie Denton. I'm a surgeon at King's Hospital.
Chris: I'm Chris Telford, and this is Dr. Ingrid Fowler.
Denton: Shall we have a drink together? Dr. Fowler, what would you like?
C Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the conversation and decide whether the statements after the conversation are True or False. Put "T" or "F" in the brackets.
Tony: Chris! Come in! I haven't seen you for ages! Let me take your coat. Have a drink. How are you?
Chris: Oh, I'm fine, thanks. I say, Tony, this place is rather splendid.
Tony: Oh, well, you know how it is in the film business. Up one minute, down the next. And tell me, what do you do now?
Chris: I'm a salesman. I sell medical equipment for Plastech, down in Kent.
Tony: Medical equipment? You mean stethoscopes, and sticking plaster, and that sort of thing?
Chris: Well, not really, I ...
Tony: Then you must meet Ingrid Fowler. She's a doctor, International Health something, she might even buy something. Ingrid!Ingrid! I say, Ingrid, this is Chris Telford, a very old friend of mine, interested in medicine, and health and so on.
Chris: How do you do? Ingrid Fallow, was it?
Tony: Do help yourselves to food when you're ready, won't you? It's through there.
Ingrid: Thanks, Tony. Fowler, actually, F-O-W-L-E-R. Quite a party, isn't it?
Chris: Oh, Tony always gives good parties, he always has. He knows everybody. Have you known him long?
Ingrid: No, I've only just met him.
Chris: Look, excuse me, but I haven't got a drink yet. Can I get you another one?
Ingrid: Thanks. White wine, please.
Chris: Tony tells me you're a doctor.
Ingrid: Yes. I'm with the International Health Agency.
Chris: Oh, I've heard a lot about them. The work must be very interesing. Do you work overseas?
Ingrid: Yes, mainly. I've just come back from six months in Nigeria.
Chris: Do you specialise in a particular field?
Ingrid: Well, my main interest is in diseases that are carried in water, but it also involves me in general problems about water supply. I'm giving a talk about it next month.
Chris: Where?
Ingrid: In Vienna. There's an international conference.
Chris: Really? That's a coincidence. I shall be there as well.
Ingrid: Oh? Are you a medical man, too?
Chris: Oh no. At least, I'm not a doctor. I sell hospital equipment, surgical products, catheters and so on.
Denton: That sounds interesting. I'm in medicine myself.
Chris: Oh really? What do you do ?
Denton: Well, let me introduce myself. My name's Laurie Denton. I'm a surgeon at King's Hospital.
Chris: I'm Chris Telford, and this is Dr. Ingrid Fowler.
Denton: Pleased to meet you.
Ingrid: How do you do?
Denton: Shall we have a drink together? Dr. Fowler, what would you like ...?
Statements:
1. The party is held in a magnificent place.
2. Chris is working in a medical equipment company named Kent.
3. Tony, the host of the party, is a very old friend of Chris.
4. Ingrid prefers red wine to white wine.
5. Ingrid seldom works overseas, but she has been in Nigeria for six months.
6. Ingrid only shows interest in diseases that are carried in water.
7. Ingrid is going to give a talk about water supply next week in Vienna.
8. Both Chris and Ingrid are going to attend the international conference in Vienna.
9. Both Chris and Ingrid are medical men.
10. It's the first time for Chris and Ingrid to meet Denton.
Part Ⅳ More about the topic: Walking Toward Better Health
The level of physical fitness can be influenced by regular, systematic exercise. Moderate activity will maintain the individual at a level that is usually adequate to handle ordinary stress. Exercises that demand total body involvement improve and maintain fitness most effectively ?for example, jogging, running, swimming, dancing, and cycling. Now a new kind of exercise is winning the favour of many people. That is pace walking.
The following short passage is about pace walking. Supply the missing words while listening.
Walking is the way most of us get around most of the time. When we walk, we put one foot in front of another, but at least one foot is on the ground at any point during a step. An increasing number of people are beginning to think of walking as a way to get the exercise they need to stay healthy. This type of walking is known as pace walking. Pace walking is faster than a casual stroll. To obtain the greatest health benefits from exercise walking, the exerciser should walk at a brisk pace of about 5.5 kilometres per hour. Walking must be done on a regular basis for at least 20 minutes three times a week.
In exercise pace walking, you not only walk quickly but also add a strong arm-swing. Keep your back straight, your shoulders dropped and relaxed, your head up and your feet pointed straight ahead. Swing your arms and keep your elbows bent. To avoid creating tension in your arms, don't clench your fists. Your arms should be angled slightly across your chest. You should feel a tug at the back of your shoulder at the end of each backswing. On the foreswing, your hand should come up to about midchest level. With each step, you land on your heel and roll forward along the outside of your foot, pushing off with your toes.
Pace walking not only strengthens the cardiovascular system but also burns calories and helps reduce weight. In addition, it helps train both the heart and the skeletal muscles to function longer and stronger, and lower the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, and certain kinds of diabetes.
Part Ⅴ Memory test: Sleeping Problem
As children develop, both the distribution of sleep in a 24-hour period and total sleep requirements change. A new-born infant requires 16 to 18 hours of sleep a night, decreasing to 14 or 15 hours by age one, 10 or 12 by age four, less than 10 by age ten, and stabilising at 7 or 8 hours in adulthood. The elderly tend to lose their capacity of extended sleep. They may sleep very little at night but doze during the day. Do you have a healthy sleeping habit or are you suffering from sleeplessness?
You are going to hear a monologue about sleeping problems (preferably only one time). After that some questions will be asked. Find the right answers as quickly as possible according to the notes you have taken while listening.
For some reason Richard West has been having great difficulty in getting to sleep lately. Last night he thought it might help if he went to bed even earlier than usual, so at 9:30 he lay down, closed his eyes hopefully, and began counting sheep. Thinking of all those energetic little animals jumping over fences made him feel energetic himself, so he stopped, went down stairs, and found the most boring book he had. It was a book called Home Rug-Making.At the end of an hour he had become quite interested in making rugs. He put the book down in desperation. Then he remembered someone telling him once that if you repeated "Sleep" often enough, it would finally come. 15 minutes later the people in the bedroom above him tapped angrily on the floor.
At 2 o'clock he took a sleeping-tablet. It had absolutely no effect.
At 3 he got up and walked around his room at least 20 times.
At 4 he did a deep-breathing exercise.
At 5 he stared at a spot on the ceiling until his eyes began to hurt.
At 6 his eyes began to feel heavy and, finally, he dropped off .
His alarm-clock rang at 7.
This morning at work his boss looked at him gravely, shook his head, and said in a critical tone of voice, “See here, West, you have been looking very tired lately! Obviously, you haven't been getting enough sleep. I really think you ought to try going to bed earlier!”
Questions for memory test:
1. When did Richard go to bed last night?
2. What was the first thing that Richard did after he went to bed?
3. How long did he spend in reading the book entitled Home Rug-Making?
4. What did he do at 2 o'clock?
5. What did he do at 4 o'clock?
6. When did he get up this morning?
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