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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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ANSWERS  
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