- •English: listening comprehension for medical students
- •International English
- •1. Complete the following sentence. Use the words from the list if you like. Then compare with other people in the class.
- •2. Why are you learning English? Complete the sentences below and number them in order of importance for you. Compare with a partner.
- •I. Dialogue
- •1. Vocabulary:
- •2. Are statements true or false?
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •II. 1. Listen to a student phoning a language school to find out about summer courses for her friend. Find this information.
- •2. Listen to the dialogue again. Complete the Function File with these words:
- •III. 1. Listen and follow the consequences. Can you continue the chain?
- •2. Make chains from these beginnings.
- •1. Try to predict answers to the questions. More than one answer is possible.
- •II. Listen to the people describing their holidays and correct the wrong information.
- •Vocabulary:
- •III. Listen to the short story. What happened a lovely summer day?
- •Vocabulary:
- •IV. Listen to four points of view about travelling and choose one that is close to you.
- •I. Listen to Conversations a to c. Complete Alicia's boarding pass. Then practice the conversations.
- •VII. Listen to useful advice about choosing the seats in the plane. What of them are the most important for you?
- •VIII. Discuss the following questions with other people in the class.
- •IX. Listen to the tape and fill in the gaps.
- •X. You use indirect questions to sound more polite. Complete the dialogue below. Then listen to see if you are correct.
- •I. Listen to the dialogues and find the words from your vocabulary
- •1. Conversation a
- •2. Conversation b
- •3. Conversation c
- •II. On the airplane there are instructions on video about the immigration form. Listen to the instructions, and complete the u.S. Arrival Record with true information.
- •III. Immigration control in San Diego, California. Listen and practice in groups of three.
- •1. Conversation a
- •2. Conversation b
- •2. Listen to the rest of Edgar's conversation at the hotel, and check (√) the boxes. What facilities does Edgar's room have?
- •3. Fill in the gaps, then listen to the dialogue to check it:
- •2. Conversation b
- •3. Conversation c
- •6. Conversation f
- •It's eleven thirty. Jack Hudson is at a fast food outlet in a mall.
- •VII. Listen to the tape and write down what food is in the fridges of different people.
- •VIII. Nutritionists say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but most people don't have a good breakfast. A market researcher is asking people about their breakfasts.
- •IX. Listen and say which sentences are true for you?
- •X. 1. Listen to the dialogue. Who says these things? Write f (the father), d (the daughter), or s (the son).
- •2. Listen. Tick (√) the things that the father orders.
- •Vocabulary:
- •XI. The following things were said during a business lunch. Who do you think probably said them - the host, the guest or could it be either? Write h, g or e next to each sentence.
- •Vocabulary:
- •XII. Listen to the tape and fill in the gaps.
- •XIII. You will hear an interview with Dr Cooper, a prominent dietician, talking about the British diet.
- •XV. 1. These are some of the instructions for making the food. They are in the wrong order.
- •2. Look at these verbs used to describe how food is prepared and cooked. Using your dictionary if necessary, divide the verbs in the box into those that talk about:
- •3. Use the verbs above to help you write the recipe for a dish from your country.
- •2. Read the opinions and match them to the speakers.
- •XVII. Nowadays there are too many choices.
- •XVIII. Listen to business people from different countries chatting over lunch and answer the questions.
- •III. Listen to the conversations and write down the addresses.
- •Internet
- •1. You are going to listen to a radio documentary on the history of the Internet. Choose the correct answers.
- •2. Listen to the radio documentary once again and fill in the gaps.
- •2. Conversation b
- •2. This is the voicemail of Bernard Lalo. Number these sentences from the message in the correct order.
- •3. Think of a colleague or client. Imagine you are leaving a voicemail message and complete this message in your own words.
- •V. Telephone manners
- •1. Phone etiquette
- •2. In the conversation, Sally shows interest and understanding. Read sentences 1-9 from the listening and tick what Sally says next: a or b. Then listen again and check your answers.
- •3. Listen to four telephone calls and match them to their description.
- •VI. Making appointments
- •Задания для I курса на видеоносителях
- •2. Watch and fill in the gaps.
- •3. Act the dialoque
- •4. Watch and fill in the gaps.
- •5. Watch the dialogue and act the meeting at the medical conference.
- •6. Watch the dialogue and remember the way to the Business Centre.
- •7. What food do the visitors order? Remember some exotic dishes from the menu.
- •8. Act the dialogues and make your own ones according to these models.
- •1. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the card.
- •6. Listen to the dialogue “At the doctor’s”. Write are these statements true or false?
- •What is Stroke?
- •3. Listen to the tape and complete the following statement.
- •Vocabulary:
- •Can You Prevent a Stroke?
- •4. Round table discussion.
- •1 Liz Hartley gives the following advice and recommendations. Complete the sentences from memory and then listen again to check your answers.
- •2 Work with a partner. Which piece of advice seems the most sensible? Which piece of advice would you find the most difficult to follow?
- •3. Listen to Sam and Catherine talking about a time when they dieted for a special occasion. Find out what the special occasion was in each case.
- •1. Read these conversations. Use the table to make sentences to describe the different body ailments.
- •2. Look again at the conversations in 1. What advice do you think each friend gives? Work in pairs and complete the conversations with a suitable piece of advice.
- •3. Listen. Was the advice similar to your advice in 2?
- •4. Match the complaints to the reasons below. Then listen and check.
- •1. Listen to the talk about the human brain. Fill in the gaps.
- •2. Discuss these questions:
- •1. Work in pairs before you listen to the recording, look at the sentences below. Can you guess what some of the missing words are?
- •2. You'll hear an interview with a doctor. Complete these notes summarizing what he says.
- •1. Work with a partner and discuss these questions:
- •3. Work with a partner. Look at the verbs in the box. Which refer to ability? Which refer to an action? Which can refer to both?
- •1. Listen to the text paying attention to the important details and making a list of professionally useful words. Write their Russian equivalents.
- •Vocabulary:
- •4. Work with a partner. Which points in 3 do you agree with?
- •5. Cindy Jackson talks about why she had several years of cosmetic surgery in her attempt to create the perfect face and body. Complete her account using had, have or having.
- •6. Five people were asked the question, “What do you think makes a face attractive?”
- •1. An ancient disease
- •2. Early links to diet
- •1) Listen to the second part and answer the questions:
- •2) Complеtе the statements.
- •3. Invasive techniques. Conventional treatment problems.
- •1) Agree оr disagree with the following statements. Begin with the words:
- •4. The paradigm changes. What we can do.
- •1) Listen to the fourth part and answer the questions
- •2) Complete the following statements
- •5. You are in control of your health. Act accordingly!
- •Introduction
- •Vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary:
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Read and translate a passage from “The Home Medical Encyclopedia”:
- •1) Listen to the 1st section of the talk and answer the questions.
- •1) Listen to the 3rd section of the talk and list the names of the agents that can cause asthma.
- •2) Listen to the section, again and complete the sentences:
- •1) Listen to the 4th Section of the talk and say what it is about.
- •2) Listen to it again and answer the questions:
- •3) Listen to the part devoted to basic immunology. Say if these statements are true or false:
- •1) Listen to the part and answer the questions:
- •2) Listen to the same part again and choose the right statement:
- •3) Answer the following questions:
- •1) Listen to the 6th section of the talk and say what the two «musts» are for allergic people.
- •2. Listen to the part again and complete the sentences:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •1. Read this short text on asthma and answer the questions:
- •1) Listen to the 1st part of the talk. Say if these statements are true or false:
- •2) Answer the questions!
- •1) Listen to the 2nd section of the talk and answer the questions:
- •2) Listen to the 2nd part of the talk again and say if the following statements are true or false:
- •3) Practice the reading of the passage. Imitate the speaker.
- •1) Listen to the 3rd section of the talk and say what kind of asthma it is about.
- •2) Answer the questions:
- •3) Translate the passage at sight:
- •1) Listen to the 4th section of the talk and say what it is about.
- •2) Listen to it again and choose the correct statements:
- •3) Answer the questions:
- •4) Listen to the passage on the danger of smoking for asthmatic individuals and then read aloud. Try to imitate the speaker:
- •1. Vocabulary:
- •2. Listen to the text.
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •1. Vocabulary:
- •2. Listen to the text
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •1. In the sentences below a woman is talking about her annoying work-mate.
- •2. How does the woman express her annoyance? What verb structures does she use?
- •3. Work with a partner. Which of the habits would most annoy you? Put them in order of most to least annoying.
- •1. Fill in the gaps:
- •2. Fill in the table:
- •3. What is your opinion about the following statements?
- •2. Is the procedure in the reception room the same in Britain and Russia? If not, what differences are there?
- •Учебное издание
5. Watch the dialogue and act the meeting at the medical conference.
The meeting
Ann: Hello, Isabelle.
Isabelle: Good morning, Ann.
Ann: Is everything OK at the hotel?
Isabelle: Yes, thanks. It’s very comfortable.
Ann: Good. I am glad to hear it. Oh, I’d like you to meet Daniel Conway… Daniel, may I introduce Isabelle Pelletier? She is a new sales manager for southern Europe.
Daniel: Hello. Pleased to meet you.
Isabelle: It’s nice to meet you too, Mr. Conway.
Daniel: Please, call me Daniel.
Isabelle: You are in charge of marketing, aren’t you, Daniel?
Daniel: That’s right.
Isabelle: Will you excuse me a moment?
Clerk: Sure.
Isabelle: Yes, of course.
Daniel: So how are you finding the job?
Isabelle: Oh, I am enjoying it, thanks. There’s a lot to learn, but I think this conference will be very useful.
Daniel: Where are you based?
Isabelle: Paris. What about you?
Daniel: I work in the head office in New York. Pablo, have you met Isabelle Pelletier?
Pablo: Yes. We met at the hotel lest night. Hello, again.
Isabelle: Hello, Pablo.
Daniel: What time does the first session start?
Isabelle: In half an hour.
Daniel: Shall we get some fresh air before it begins?
Pablo: Good idea.
Isabelle: OK.
6. Watch the dialogue and remember the way to the Business Centre.
Isabelle: Oh, excuse me. I need to send a fax. Is there a fax machine that I can use?
Clerk: Yes. There’s one in the Business Centre.
Isabelle: Where is that, please?
Clerk: Let me show you on this map. Now, we are here… go across the lobby, through these doors, and along the corridor. Go up the stairs to the first floor, turn left, and it’s the second door on your right.
Isabelle: Thanks. So, it’s across the lobby, through the doors, along the corridor, turn left –
Clerk: Up the stairs. Turn left, and it’s the second door on your right.
Isabelle: Can I take this?
Clerk: Of course.
Isabelle: Thank you.
Clerk: Oh, and the fax machine’s on your right as you go through the door. Next to the photocopier.
Isabelle: OK. Thanks.
Clerk: You are welcome.
7. What food do the visitors order? Remember some exotic dishes from the menu.
At the restaurant
Daniel: Hello. Do you have a list of restaurants in the area?
Clerk: Yes, we do sir. Here it is.
Daniel: Thanks. …What’s La Doce Vita like?
Clerk: It’s very popular. It’s usually quite crowded.
Daniel: I think we’d like someplace quieter. Can you recommend a good restaurant?
Clerk: Well, the Taj Mahal has a good reputation.
Daniel: That’s Indian. Isn’t it?
Clerk: Yes, it is
Daniel: Uh, I don’t really care for spicy food.
Clerk: How about the Shogun? It’s Japanese.
Daniel: Now, that sounds good. Is that near here?
Clerk: It’s about a five minute walk.
Daniel: Can you tell me how to get there?
Clerk: Yes. Go out of the Conference Centre and over the bridge. Crosse the square to Broad Street. Turn right along Broad Street, and the restaurant is on your right, opposite the bank.
Daniel: Thanks a lot.
Clerk: Not at all.
Waitress: Shogun restaurant. Good morning.
Daniel: Good morning. Could I make a reservation for tonight, please?
Waitress: Certainly, sir. For what time?
Daniel: 8 o’clock.
Waitress: For how many people?
Daniel: Four.
Waitress: And the name, please?
Daniel: Conway.
Waitress: Mr. Conway. That’s the table for four, at eight o’clock this evening. Thank you very much.
Daniel: Thank you. Good bye.
Waitress: Good bye.
Pablo: Well. This is a new eating experience for me. You eat Japanese food all the time, don’t you, Ron?
Ron: Yes, when I eat out in Tokyo. But at home we sometimes cook American food for a change.
Pablo: Your wife’s Japanese, isn’t she?
Ron: Yes, that’s right, but she bakes a great pecan pie.
Waitress: Are you ready to order?
Daniel: Um, not quite. Could we have a couple of minutes, please?
Waitress: Of course.
Isabelle: I don’t know much about Japanese food, Ron. What do you recommend?
Ron: Well, yakitori’s very good.
Isabelle: What’s that?
Ron: It’s grilled chicken, on a skewer.
Isabelle: Sounds good. I think I’ll try it.
Pablo: What’s sashimi, Ron?
Ron: Sashimi? Raw fish.
Pablo: Oh.
Isabelle: I’ll have yakitory, please.
Waitress: And for your main course?
Isabelle: I’d like mixed susi.
Pablo: And I’ll have the agedashi tofu as a starter, please. Is the sauce hot?
Waitress: No, it isn’t. Um, it’s made with soy sauce.
Pablo: Ah, good. And I’d like to try the teriyaki. Does it come with rice?
Waitress: Yes, it does.
Ron: I’ll have the assorted zensai followed by mixed sushi and miso soup.
Daniel: And the same for me, please.
Waitress: And what would you like to drink with your meal?
Daniel: Shall we have some sake?
Isabelle: Good idea.
Pablo: What is sake exactly?
Waitress: It’s a sort of wine. It’s made from rice.
Pablo: Is it strong?
Waitress: Mm. Quite strong.
Pablo: OK. I’ll try some sake!
Ron: I think I’ll have a beer. What Japanese beers do you have?
Waitress: We have Sapporo and Kirin
Ron: A Kirin, please.
Daniel: And three pots of sake. And shall we have some mineral water? A large bottle.
Waitress: Sparkling or still?
Daniel: Sparkling, please.
Waitress: Thank you very much.
Isabelle: Thank you… This looks delicious…. I am not very good with these!
Pablo: Don’t worry, Isabelle. Neither am I!
Ron: You can eat sushi with your fingers, Isabelle. In Japan many people do it.
Isabelle: Really?
Ron: Yes. It’s not bad manners.
Isabelle: The Japanese are very practical.
Pablo: And it tastes better when you eat with your hands!
Daniel: Do you eat out much in Japan, Ron?
Ron: About two or three times a week.
Isabelle: With your family?
Ron: Sometimes. But more often with my colleagues, after work.
Isabelle: Do you often eat sushi in Japan?
Ron: No. Only on special occasions. It’s rather expensive.
Isabelle: Pablo, what do you eat on special occasions in Argentina?
Pablo: Beef, of course! We have big barbecues, called “asados”.
Daniel: They sound fun.
Pablo: They are. Next time you come to Buenos Aires I’ll take you to one!
Daniel: All right!
Pablo: That was absolutely delicious!
Daniel: Can we have the check, please?
Pablo: Let me get this.
Daniel: No, please. This one’s on me.
Pablo: If you insist, Daniel. Thanks very much.
Ron: Thank you.
Isabelle: Yes. Thank you, Daniel. I really enjoyed it.
Pablo: It’s only ten o’clock. The night is young. I know a really good bar near here. … Shall we go?