Advanced Listening - Speaking C1

Instructor: An Bach

Session 1 - Handout

UNIT 1

YOUR BODY FIGHTS BACK

Listening 1/ page 4. Listen to a news report on how the scientists studied Felix Baumgartner’s
body when he made the world’s first space jump. Answer the questions with NO MORE THAN
FIVE WORDS for each answer.

1. How high was an altitude that Felix Baumgartner made his jump compared to that of most
planes fly?

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2. What is the temperature at altitudes so far above Earth’s surface?

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3. What can be affected if one’s body is exposed to extremely low temperatures?

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4. To design Felix’s special suit for a space jump, what was first designed to produce its own
heat?

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5. What would happen to the suit if it had a hole or any small problem?

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6. What image was used to illustrate Felix’s high speed before the jump?

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7. What kinds of data were sent to the doctors on the ground via a monitor?

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Listening 2/ page 8. Listen to a doctor discussing how to prevent the flu and how vaccinations

work. Decide whether the following statements are T (true) or F (false). Correct the false

statements.

______1. According to Dr. Linda Carrol, one can spread the flu virus to the other mainly through

coughing.

______2. Antibodies only work well for certain types of flu.

______3. Most flu viruses are always got rid of by a healthy immune system.

______4. Getting the vaccinations creates new antibodies against old variants of flu viruses.

______5. Herd immunity is vital to stop the spreading of virus from one person to another.

______6. Dr. Linda Carrol suggests that all students and their family members get vaccinated as

soon as they can.

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End of unit task/ page 11. Watch a short video about how the body fights the flu. Fill in the
gap with the missing phrases.