学 海 无 涯 Unit 4 Health Listening Audio Track 3 4 1 A Has anyone you know ever fainted B Oh yes He was one of my high school friends One day he just fell on the floor and lost consciousness A What happened then B We felt very anxious So one of us hurried to tell our teacher and the rest of us waited beside him A Was it serious B Thankfully it wasn t He recovered before our teacher arrived A How lucky B Yeah he really was He told us that he had been playing online games all night and he hadn t eaten anything That s why he felt lightheaded and fainted Audio Track 3 4 2 Audio Track 3 4 3 Audio Track 3 4 4 Female newscaster F Male newscaster M Woman W F Well Jim our next story is a strange one isn t it M Yes Irene it sure is It surprised everyone Almost 200 people on a two week holiday trip to Saint Martin became sick They re calling it the holiday cruise disease F It sounds scary What caused it M The doctors aren t exactly sure but they know it was something in the food the passengers ate F OK give us the details M All right here s the story On Friday night the ship departed around 10 p m with 300 passengers on board By Sunday morning some people reported feeling lightheaded They stayed in bed By that afternoon more than half of the passengers had severe indigestion Some of them got very sick We spoke to one woman about her experience W Everyone was complaining My stomach hurt so much I couldn t eat anything It was really terrible F What s the situation now M Well the ship had to return home on Monday after only two and a half days at sea and most of the passengers went straight to the hospital then F How are they doing now M They re exhausted many haven t slept for 48 hours but they re doing fine F That s good news It s too bad they couldn t enjoy their vacation 学 海 无 涯 M Yes it is And that s the next problem The passengers are asking for their money back but the company doesn t want to refund the full amount F What s going to happen then M Nobody knows I ll keep following the story though and I ll have more details for you tomorrow Audio Track 3 4 5 Audio Track 3 4 6 Audio Track 3 4 7 Mom Have you finished packing Bill Almost I just have to check my tent one last time I don t want to forget any of the pieces Mom Is that your first aid kit Bill Yep Mom Well I see bandages and some aspirin Where s everything else Bill Like what Mom Well your toothbrush and toothpaste for example Bill I ll put it in Don t worry Mom And where is your allergy medicine You ll need your nasal spray and some lozenges Just in case Bill OK Mom Are you going to pack any lotion You know you might touch some poison ivy or something and then Bill Mom it s only an overnight camping trip Mom OK all right then Oh what about mouthwash After you brush your teeth you re going to want Bill Mom I m not preparing for a date I m going on a camping trip An overnight camping trip I think I can live without mouthwash for 24 hours Mom All right then I was just trying to be helpful I m sure you ll have a great time Audio Track 3 4 8 Susan What s wrong Anne I feel exhausted I didn t sleep well last night Susan Do you have a cold Anne No I m fine It s Fred he has the flu Susan I m sorry to hear that Anne Yeah it s pretty bad He can t stop coughing It keeps me awake at night Audio Track 3 4 9 I stopped drinking coffee because I couldn t sleep at night It was hard to break that habit but now I sleep very well and I don t wake up in the middle of the night If you want to stop drinking 学 海 无 涯 coffee here s some advice for you Don t stop drinking coffee suddenly You might get a headache Reduce the amount of coffee slowly Drink juice or herbal tea instead If you usually have coffee in the morning go for a walk or do exercises instead That will wake you up And go to bed early A lot of people drink coffee just because they feel tired Audio Track 3 4 10 Audio Track 3 4 11 Get in the habit We all know that good habits bring good health but we don t realize how much difference they can make In the 1970s scientists at the University of California Los Angeles interviewed 7 000 people about their health habits Then they followed these people to see how long they lived The scientists discovered that seven habits were closely linked with a longer life These habits are 1 eating breakfast every day 2 avoiding snacks between meals 3 keeping an ideal weight not too heavy or too thin 4 exercising regularly 5 sleeping seven to eight hours per night not more or less 6 not smoking 7 drinking two or fewer alcoholic drinks per day The researchers found that these habits had a powerful effect on health People in this study who had three or fewer of these habits lived another 21 6 years People who had six or seven could expect to live another 33 years People aged 55 to 64 with all seven good habits were as healthy as younger people aged 25 to 34 who practiced only one or two of the habits But how do you change your habits A slow approach is the best way Make one small change every we