LISTENING
JOURNAL 3.1
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VOA Learning English
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Enough Sleep Could Reduce Risk of
Injury, Study Finds
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Intermediate
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Summary
: What was the listening selection about?
The audio explained that a new study suggests that healthy
adults who get at least eight hours of sleep a night may be less likely to
experience common exercise-related injuries. Getting enough sleep not only
improves physical performance among active people, but it may also have a
positive impact on musculoskeletal injury prevention.
Compared to those who
reported eight hours of sleep or more each night, soldiers who slept seven
hours were 24 percent more likely to experience a musculoskeletal injury.
In the Army,
two-thirds of injuries are from musculoskeletal overuse. Most are caused by
physical training or repetitive activities, the research team wrote in the
study, which was published in Sleep Health.
Most people are healthiest
and perform their best with seven to nine hours of sleep a night, said
Captain Jeffrey Osgood.
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Vocabulary
: What words did you learn?
·
muscle –n. a body tissue that can contract and
produce movement
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positive –adj. good or useful
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impact –n. a powerful or major influence or
effect
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musculoskeletal –adj. related to the muscular and
skeletal systems of a human body
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caffeine –n. a substance that is found especially
in coffee and tea and that makes you feel more awake
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nicotine –n. a poisonous substance in tobacco that
makes it difficult for people to stop smoking cigarettes
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mask –n. a covering for your face or for part of
your face
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earplugs –n. a piece of soft material that you put
in your ear to keep out water, noise, etc.
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Activities
: what did you do? What scores did you get?
When
I listen to the audio, i still get confused for what the speaker said because
there are so many new vocabulary in this audio. Then, i listened to the audio
twice and i got understand. This audio is good enough, although there are
some new vocabulary for me. I thought it was good to increase my vocabulary
and i know how to pronounce it well.
In
this audio there is a quiz to review how well you understand about the topic.
I got score 3 from 4 questions.
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LISTENING
JOURNAL 3.2
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VOA Learning English
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Poor Sleep Behavior Tied to Many
Health Issues
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Intermediate
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Summary
: What was the listening selection about?
This
audio tells that people who have repeatedly changing sleep and wake times and
get different amounts of sleep each night are more likely to have metabolic
health conditions. That is the finding of a new study.
For
years, lack of sleep has been linked to a wide collection of metabolic
conditions, including obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes. But until
the recent study, health researchers did not know much about the effects of
inconsistent sleep, including nightly changes in sleep amount and timing.
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Vocabulary
: What words did you learn?
1.
metabolic – adj.
related to the chemical processes by which a plant or an animal uses food or
water to grow, heal and make energy
2.
obesity – n. the
state of being very fat in a way that is unhealthy
3.
inconsistent –
adj. not continuing to happen or develop in the same way
4.
associate – v. to
connect someone or something with something else
5.
cycle – n. a set
of events or actions that happen again and again in the same order
6.
rhythm – n. a
regular, repeated pattern of events, changes or activities
7.
synchronize – v.
to happen at the same time or speed
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Activities
: what did you do? What scores did you get?
I
listened to the audio twice and there are some new vocabularies in this
audio. I got a piece of knowledge, it was very important especially to
improve my sleep behavior.
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LISTENING
JOURNAL 3.3
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VOA Learning English
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Commuters May Get Less Sleep and Exercise
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Intermediate
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Summary
: What was the listening selection about?
This audio told about people who work long hours and
have long commutes to their jobs may be more likely to have sleep problems
and not get enough exercise, a new study suggests. Jaana Halonen is the
study’s lead writer.She said sleep problems may happen from “lack of time for
stress-releasing activities and relaxation.” She also said people with long
workdays and a long commute may be too tired to be physically active.
In the
past, researchers have linked long work hours to unhealthy behaviors like
physical inactivity, smoking and poor eating choices. However, little is
known about the combined effects of working long hours and having long
commutes over time.
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Vocabulary
: What words did you learn?
1.
commute – n. to travel
regularly to and from a place and especially between where you live and where
you work
2.
habit – n. a usual
way of behaving, something one does often and in a regular and repeated way
3.
tend – v. used to
describe what often happens or what someone often does or is likely to do
4.
flexibility – adj.
willing to change or to try different things
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Activities
: what did you do? What scores did you get?
When
I listen to the audio, i listen in normal speed. The vocabulary was good
enough and the pronunciation of the speakers are clear. But, sometimes I
didn’t understand some word. So, I have to look up in the transcript.
Overall,
I think this website is good if someone wants to improve their listening
skill according their own level.
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LISTENING
JOURNAL 3.4
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Audio
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Level
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VOA Learning English
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Washing Your Hands Helps Stop
Spreading Coronavirus
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Intermediate
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Summary
: What was the listening selection about?
This audio told that coronavirus has restricted air
travel and people were questioning the safety of traveling on ships for
plesure. But, one expert says people could protect themselves and others by
doing one simple thing: washing the hands.
Nicolaides said that the air transportation network is
the main pathway for a global disease spread.
To understand this, think of all the things you and
others touch at an airport because the check-in area, seats, the controls on
water containers, tabletops. In an airplane, you touch the seat, food tables,
armrests, and the door to the toilet.
The
speaker suggest us that we should wash our hands with soap and water for at
least 15 seconds. Nicolaides explained according to his research that he
found out that if we visit an airport any time in the world, we will realize
that only one of five people have clean hands.
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Vocabulary
: What words did you learn?
simulate
– v. to look, feel or behave like something
global
– adj. involving the entire world
toilet
– n. a large bowl attached to a pipe that is used for
getting rid of bodily waste and then flushed with water
cough
– v. to force air through your throat with a short, loud
noise often because you are sick
sneeze
– v. to suddenly force air out through your nose and mouth
with a usually loud noise because your body is reacting to dust or sickness
mucus
– n. a thick liquid that is produced in some parts of the
body, such as the nose and throat
epidemic
– n. an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly
and affects a large number of people
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Activities
: what did you do? What scores did you get?
When
I listen to the audio, i listen in normal speed. The vocabulary was good
enough and the pronunciation of the speakers are clear. But, sometimes I
didn’t understand some word. So, I have to look up in the transcript.
Overall,
I think this website is good if someone wants to improve their listening
skill according their own level.
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Self-Assessment
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speed was OK
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LISTENING
JOURNAL 3.5
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Audio
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Level
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VOA Learning English
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Do You Need To
Wear That Mask?
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Intermediate
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Summary
: What was the listening selection about?
This audio told us that wearing mask is not effective
way in protecting the general public. The masks should be kept available for
those who really need them. If the
healthcare providers can’t get the masks to care for sick patients, it
puts them and our communities at risk.
At the
same time, the information that people are getting from the news and social
media does not ease their concerns, Paul Slovic said that he noted that
reports place attention on people getting sick and dying and not on less
serious cases.
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Vocabulary
: What words did you learn?
1. mask
–n. something that covers part or all of the face
2. calculation
–n. careful thought or planning through a process
3. filter
–n. a device or process that removes something unwanted
4. perception
–n. the way a person thinks about or understands something
5. involuntary
–adj. not done by choice
6. scary
–adj. causing fear
7. log
off –n. to suspend a connection with a computer network
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Activities
: what did you do? What scores did you get?
When
I listen to the audio, i listen in normal speed. The vocabulary was good
enough and the pronunciation of the speakers are clear. But, sometimes I
didn’t understand some word. So, I have to look up in the transcript.
Overall,
I think this website is good if someone wants to improve their listening
skill according their own level.
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Self-Assessment
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speed was OK
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vocabulary was OK
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pronunciation was OK
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This
helped my listening skills
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I
think my listening skills are improving
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I need to
improve:
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Listening
to main ideas
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Listening
to details
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Listenng
to numbers
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Listening
to fast speech
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Listening
to connected speech
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Listening
for a long time
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