II.1. Vocabulary
Here are some key vocabulary which will help you find the audio listening easier to hear.
1. artificial /ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃl/ (adj) not natural, but made by people
Không tự nhiên, được tạo ra bởi con người
2. conventional /kənˈvenʃənl/ (adj) Conventional objects or ways of doing things are the usual ones which have been used for a long time.
Truyền thống
3. emit /iˈmɪt/ (v) to send out gas, heat, light, etc. into the air
Thải ra
4. hygiene /ˈhaɪdʒiːn/ (n) the process of keeping things clean, especially to prevent disease
Vệ sinh
5. reject /rɪˈdʒekt/ (v) to refuse to accept or agree with something
Từ chối
Example:
1. Her skin glowed in the artificial light
2. She blossomed into an attractive, intelligent, perhaps slightly too conventional, young woman.
3. Even the best cars emit carbon dioxide.
4. I avoid eating at restaurant with poor standards of food hygiene.
5. These explanations of criminal behavior have been rejected by sociologists.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
You are going to hear a supervisor talking to a group of new nurses at a large hospital. Listen to the first part of the talk and choose the correct answers for Questions 1-5.
Questions 1-5 Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
According to Debbie, why do some people fail to eat a balanced diet?
They don't know how to cook.
They don't have enough time to cook.
They don't feel hungry enough to cook.
Debbie recommends that staff should keep fit by
using a gym.
taking up a new sport.
changing some daily activities.
Which benefit of exercise does Debbie think is most important?
It helps you sleep.
It keeps your heart healthy.
It improves mental skills.
What advice does Debbie give the nurses about health and safety?
to avoid drinking coffee
to use the canteen at night
to take regular breaks
When she talks about hygiene, Debbie asks the nurses to
wash their hands regularly.
keep away from germs.
help with the cleaning.
Script
Debbie Good afternoon
My name's Debbie Green and I'm going to give you a short but hopefully interesting Introduction to working at this hospital. I'll start with some guidelines about nutrition and fitness. Because a hospital environment can be stressful, and so we always encourage our staff to stay fit and have a healthy lifestyle. So just a few tips first. As you know, the key to good health is eating what we call 'a balanced diet'; many people don't do this, however. For one thing. They don't eat enough fruit and vegetables or home-prepared food. When you feel hungry, it's often too easy to grab something quick, because you’re tired or busy. Cooking a healthy meal takes longer, and this is often why people live on sandwiches and fast food instead. Please - don't fall into this unhealthy trap.
Of course, you have to do a little exercise and keep fit as well. I know you'll have a lot of work and may not have time to join a gym but consider how often you take the lift rather than the stairs, or how often you drive rather than walk. Health wise, it may just be a question of doing things differently, rather than starting a very active sport.
In fact, being generally active is much healthier than doing lots of exercise just occasionally. As you know, this can be as risky for your heart as being inactive. As long as you do at least an hour's exercise a day- and some of you will do more than that at work- you'll find that you don't be awake at night worrying about the next day - and that's the main advantage of exercise. Remember - this is a hospital, and you are supposed to be the healthiest people here!
Moving on to health and safety, I want to point out that it's quite OK to take a break anytime that you're not busy. We know that when there's an emergency you may have to miss that cup of tea or coffee in the canteen or wherever you go, but generally you shouldn't work for more than three hours without a break, otherwise your attention levels will drop and you could then make a careless mistake.
Another important issue is hygiene. You're all tramed to clean your hands at work, but remember that germs can live for a long time. So please make sure that you don't leave even a small amount of rubbish around. There are brooms in the cupboards, so use them. We do have cleaners, but they aren't always here when you need them. I'm afraid, and a little dirt can soon build up.
Explanation
Question 1:
The speaker says “As you know, the key to good health is eating what we call 'a balanced diet'. This is where we can find the answer to question 1.
The next sentence “When you feel hungry, it's often too easy to grab something quick, because you’re tired or busy cooking a healthy meal takes longer, and this is often why people live on sandwiches and fast food instead”.
“Because you are tired or busy” indicates that the nurses do not have enough time to cook. So option B is the answer.
Question 2:
The speaker says that the nurses have a lot of work and may not have time to join a gym → option A is eliminated.
“it may just be a question of doing things differently, rather than starting a very active sport.” → option B is not correct, and the answer is option C.
Question 3:
The speaker says “you'll find that you don't be awake at night worrying about the next day - and that's the main advantage of exercise.”
The main advantage = the most important benefit
Don’t be awake at night = help you to sleep
A is the correct answer.
Question 4:
The speaker says “I want to point out that it's quite OK to take a break anytime that you're not busy”.It’s quite OK → this structure is to give advice.
Take a break anytime = take regular breaks → Option C is correct.
Question 5;
“Another important issue is hygiene” is “don’t leave even a small amount of rubbish around.
So option C (help with the cleaning) is the correct answer.
Answer key
B.
C.
A.
C.
C
II.2.2. Labelling maps or plans
LABELLING MAPS OR PLANS
Now listen and choose the correct answer for Questions 6-10.
Questions 6-10
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter, A-H, next to questions 6- 10.
6 recreation centre ……...
7 health centre ……...
8 swimming pool and sauna ……...
9 health-food store ……...
10 Jenny's Restaurant ……...
Script
Debbie Now, as you're all new, I'm just going to show you a map of the hospital and point out a few key places. Let's start with the recreation centre. At the moment, we're in the main building, that's here and if you go out of the main entrance and just along the main road to the east you'll find the staff recreation centre. It's this T-shaped building and there's a range of things that you can do here to help you relax.
If you get ill, we do have a health centre for all registered employees, and this is directly behind the main hospital building. So, if you go out of the back exit, it's just in front of you. And there's a small pharmacy next to it. I'm based here and I have a few leaflets on things if you want to come and see me.
Many of you will be doing shift work, so you might like to go to the 24-hour swimming pool and sauna. They're very close by, and it doesn't cost much money to get in. If you walk out of the front of the main building, there's a road straight ahead of you go down that and turn left into Tye Road - you'll see the pool entrance at the end of that road, just beyond the line of trees.
We've talked about eating healthily, and there's a very useful store nearby that sells a large range of organic products and health-food supplements. This is also in front of the main building, but this time you need to go beyond the turning for Tye Road and you'll see it on the right-hand corner, directly opposite another building.
Finally, if you want a healthy meal and you have very little time to get it. Of course there's always the canteen inside the main building. But I would recommend a place called Jenny's Restaurant. Leave the front of the main building and head for the roundabout. When you're there. Take the second turning on the left . . it's just along that road before the trees. You can get a number of excellent dishes here at a reasonable price
Well. I think that's all that's …
Explanation
Question 6: The recreation centre.
At the moment, we're in the main building,
go out of the main entrance and just along the main road to the east
It's this T-shaped building.
So option C is the answer.
Question 7: health centre
this is directly behind the main hospital building
go out of the back exit, it's just in front of you
So option B is the answer.
Question 8: swimming pool and sauna
walk out of the front of the main building,
there's a road straight ahead of you go down that and turn left into Tye Road
you'll see the pool entrance at the end of that road, just beyond the line of trees
So option H is the answer.
Question 9: health-food store
This is also in front of the main building,
you need to go beyond the turning for Tye Road
you'll see it on the right-hand corner, directly opposite another building.
So option E is correct.
Question 10: Jenny's Restaurant
Leave the front of the main building and head for the roundabout.
Take the second turning on the left . . it's just along that road before the trees.
So option A is chosen.
Answer key
C - recreation centre
B - health centre
H - swimming pool and sauna
E - health-food store
A - Jenny's Restaurant
IV. Homework
HOMEWORK – LESSON 5
Questions 1-5
Choose the correct letter. A. B or C.
1 The speaker says that the conference includes issues which
A were requested by participants.
B are seldom discussed.
C cause disagreement.
2 The speaker says that in the past, this subject
A caused problems in the workplace.
B was not something companies focused on.
C did not need to be addressed.
3 The speaker mentions a connection between
health and fitness and
A keeping employees.
B employees’ performance.
C a company’s reputation.
4 What does the speaker say about the people attending the conference?
A Some of them may feel that there is not much they can learn.
B All of them have attended the conference before.
C Most of them are familiar with the speakers.
5 The speaker says that in the sessions, participants will
A work together in pairs.
B pretend to have various roles.
C describe real events.
Questions 6-10
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter A-H. next to questions 6-10.
6 Setting Up a Fitness Centre
7 Healthy Eating Schemes
8 Transport Initiatives
9 Running Sports Teams
10 Conference Coordinator’s Office
ANSWER KEY
1 A
2 B
3 B
4 A
5 C
6 D
7 H
8 F
9 A
TAPESCRIPT
Hello, and welcome to the conference. As you know, it’s called Health & Fitness in the Workplace, and the name speaks for itself. We’re here to discuss issues that can affect employees and of course therefore, the companies and organisations they work for. In planning the programme for this conference, we’ve taken into account the answers that you gave us in our questionnaires. Of course, some of the issues we cover will be more relevant to some of you than to others, but we think we’ve included all the main ones that you indicated are important to you.
Now, the whole subject of health and fitness in the workplace s something that didn’t get much attention not that many years ago. Companies and organisations focused purely on the jobs that people were doing, and any assessment of them concerned how well they were doing their jobs and how their work fitted into the overall operations of the organization. Anything that might be regarded as a personal issue wasn’t part of the company’s relationship with its people - it was ‘none of their business’. Well, of course, that’s all changed and companies and organisations have come to realise that its people’s health and fitness are very much their business. And that’s not just in the obvious ways, such as the number of days off sick that employees have. There are also psychological factors, and there is considerable evidence that a fit and healthy person does their job better than someone who doesn’t maintain a good level of health and fitness. If you’re emphasising these things at your workplace, you’re creating an atmosphere that enables you to get the very best out of your people.
We’re very much hoping that our programme here at the conference will be both informative and entertaining. The emphasis here is going to be not so much on the theory but on the practical side. What can you do in your roles to promote health and fitness in your workplace? Now, some of you may think you’re already doing as much as you can, but I promise you that you’re all going to learn something new We’ve got speakers here who are going to tell you things you’ve never heard before and you should leave here at the end of the conference with all kinds of ideas for things you can introduce at your workplace.
But we’ve not going to be just talking to you and telling you things. One of the great things about an event like this is that it’s a great opportunity to share information, so in every session there will be a slot for people to talk about their own practices and experiences. What initiatives have worked for you and which ones haven’t been so successful? We can all learn from each other, and that’s one of the aims of this conference
Pause
OK, now let’s move on to some details about the conference and what will be happening where. Let me just briefly take you through the map that you’ve all got in your welcome pack. Right, here on the map, we’ve marked all the sessions that are taking place this morning, and you’ve already indicated which ones you’ll each be attending. For those of you going to the session on Setting Up a Fitness Centre at work, you go out of the Main Hall here through those doors, turn right at reception and go along the corridor to the Taylor Room, which is on your left. You’ll get lots of good advice there on the possibilities and costs of a workplace fitness centre.
The talk on Healthy Eating Schemes in the Martin Suite. For that, you need to go out of this hall the other way, through the doors at that end, and that takes you straight through to the Martin Suite. If you’re keen to introduce healthy eating schemes in your canteens and restaurants, or to improve ones you’ve already got, you’ll get lots of really good ideas from that session.
Now, those of you attending the session on Transport Initiatives, you’re in the Fender Room. To get there you need to go out of those doors that bring you out opposite reception, turn left and left again into a corridor. The Fender Room is the third door on your right. The session will cover everything from how to encourage people to walk or cycle to work to car sharing schemes.
For those of you who have signed up for the workshop on Running Sports Teams, that will take place in the Gibson Suite. The whole issue of organising company teams, recruiting people for them, encouraging people to take part in them whatever their sporting ability, taking part in competitions – all will get covered in the workshop. You’ll find that if you go out of here, turn right at reception and then right again. The first door you come to on the left is the Gibson Suite.
Finally. if you need any more information or have any queries while the conference is going on, you’ll find me in the Conference Coordinators’ Office. From here, that’s to the left of Reception and along the corridor past the Entrance Hall. If you keep going along the corridor. you’ll find my door at the end on your right. Please come and see if there’s anything you want to ask or find out. OK, let’s get started. I hope that you at enjoy …
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