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Exercise: Man eats iron nails level 3

01-05-2014 15:00

1. Listen to the audio for level 3 and say what is true (T) and what is false (F).
A) The news is about a man who likes biting his nails.
B) The man can swallow only one nail at a time.
C) It's not easy for the man to swallow a nail.
D) The nails are around three to five centimetres long.
E) Long Yunsheng was not sure whether a man who could eat nails wanted
to teach him.
F) The man eats glass, ceramics and tiles to be healthy.

2. Speaking: Why do you think the man does something like this? What is the
strangest thing you have ever eaten?

3. Watch the video and complete the sentences. You can play the listening a few
times. Try to improve your listening and pronunciation skills.

________ Long Yunsheng, a man from China with a penchant for iron nails.
________ from Long doesn't collect the iron nails, he eats them. Yes, you heard
correctly. Long easily swallows several nails ________________ of three to five
centimetres. Washing them down with a cup of water, Long stuns everyone
______________, as he eats the nails with ease.
Long said he developed the unbelievable habit of swallowing nails after he
learned it from others about _______________.
I was 17 or 18 years old. I was not sure that the man who can do this was willing
to teach me. If the teacher likes you, he teaches you. If not, he ___________ to teach
you.
Despite being able to add glass, ceramics and tiles to his weekly food shop list,
Long is said to be in _______________.
4. Speaking: Do you think it is important to eat healthy? What is your diet like?
What types of food do/should the following people eat/not eat?

A model A six-month-old baby
A pregnant woman The Chinese
An eskimo The Americans
An athlete The Japanese
A diabetic

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Exercise: Man eats iron nails level 3
01-05-2014 15:00

1. Listen to the audio for level 3 and say what is true (T) and what is false (F).
A) F
B) F
C) F
D) T
E) T
F) F

2. Speaking: Why do you think the man does something like this? What is the
strangest thing you have ever eaten?

3. Watch the video and complete the sentences. You can play the listening a few
times. Try to improve your listening and pronunciation skills.

Meet Long Yunsheng, a man from China with a penchant for iron nails.
Apart from Long doesn't collect the iron nails, he eats them. Yes, you heard
correctly. Long easily swallows several nails with a length of three to five
centimetres. Washing them down with a cup of water, Long stuns everyone
around him, as he eats the nails with ease.
Long said he developed the unbelievable habit of swallowing nails after he
learned it from others about 32 years ago.
I was 17 or 18 years old. I was not sure that the man who can do this was willing
to teach me. If the teacher likes you, he teaches you. If not, he refuses to teach
you.
Despite being able to add glass, ceramics and tiles to his weekly food shop list,
Long is said to be in good health.

4. Speaking: Do you think it is important to eat healthy? What is your diet like?
What types of food do/should the following people eat/not eat?

A model A six-month-old baby
A pregnant woman The Chinese
An eskimo The Americans
An athlete The Japanese
A diabetic