| Level: | Topic: | Speakers: | Length: |
| easy | eyeglasses | man | 00:27 |
Pre-Listening Exercise
Eyeglasses are very important to many people around the world. Now, you will hear a recorded message of one eye wear store. You sometimes hear such a message if you call a store after it closes. What kind of information do you hear?
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- Everyone should get their eyes checked every year.
- Wearing glasses makes people look smarter.
- Too much screen time is bad for your eyes.
- Glasses are better than contact lenses.
- Children should not wear glasses unless it’s really needed.
- Eating healthy food can help your eyesight.
- It’s okay to wear someone else’s glasses if you forgot yours.
- You don’t need to go to the eye doctor if you can still see well.
- Taking short breaks when using a computer helps your eyes.
- Wearing sunglasses is important, even on cloudy days.
Idioms
“word of mouth” = telling one person to another by speaking
“Many stores sell most of their products by word of mouth.”
“pull out all the stops” = do everything possible to make something succeed
“The company pulled out of the stops to improve business, including cutting prices up to 50%.”
Listening Exercise
A. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.
Vocabulary Practice
Do the vocabulary quizzes with the words from the conversation for more practice:
Post-Listening Exercise
What are the good points of wearing eyeglasses and contact lenses? What do you think about colored contact lenses?
Online Investigation
Laser eye surgery is becoming a popular idea for improving eye vision. However, you always have to consider the costs and outcomes. Use the Internet to compare two companies that do this surgery, and find out (1) how much it costs for each eye and (2) what guarantees the company provides.