4.2  CD1: 43 Listen to this extract from a lecture entitled Health in the UK and make notes. Work with your partner. One of you should take notes in a linear style, the other should make a mind map.


a. Before you listen, make sure you understand the words and phrases in the box. How would you abbreviate them?


individuals heart disease cholesterol life expectancy prescriptions physical inactivity statistics blood pressure British Heart Foundation


b. Compare your notes with your partner. Which style of note-taking do you think was more appropriate for this lecture? Why?


4.3 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of linear notes and mind maps with your partner. Think about the following:


1. the process of writing notes in a lecture 2. referring to the notes after the lecture


4.4 Compare your opinions with another pair. Task 5 Microskills: Word boundaries


5.1  CD1: 44 Listen and complete the sentences. 1. The government has introduced


investment in this region. 2. For 3. A number of reforms to the


these organizations are often regarded as charities. have been proposed.


Did you find it difficult to understand the missing words in the sentences? If so, why?


Sound advice


The pronunciation of a word is affected by the word before or after it. When you are listening, it is sometimes difficult to hear when one word ends and another begins, because it may sound as if the words are linked together. In addition, sometimes sounds are inserted between the words, or sounds disappear or change. These make pronunciation easier for the speaker, but may cause problems for the listener!


to encourage


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