college plan costs about 500 dollars a year. It pays for any medical care needed within a/line period. It does not pay for eye glasses, hearing aids*, or dental* treatment.
Students can also buy independent insurance policies from insurance companies. The details of such policies are different, depending on where the student lives. Usually, these policies pay for doctor visits, treatment of injuries and hospital costs. Sometimes foreign students do not understand the need for health insurance, especially if they do net need such insurance in their own countries. However, people in the United States are responsible for their own medical costs. These can be extremely high in
cases of serious illness or accidents. The purpose of health insurance is to
make sure that these costs will be paid for.
Exercise A: Listen to the report and complete the following sentences.
1. Students at American universities must have health insurance, because health
costs in the United States are high.
2. Many American colleges have health centers where minor medical problems
can be treated.
3. The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor offers its health insurance plan that
costs about $800 a year.
4. Boston College in Massachusetts suggests the students buy the college accident
and sickness insurance that costs about $500 a year.
Exercise B: Listen to the report again and put a tick beside the item that the insurance pays for and put a cross beside the one that the insurance doesn't pay for.
hospital services V birth control
drugs prescribed by a doctor V hearing aids
X
laboratory tests V
x-rays
X
eyeglasses X emergency room care
dental treatment X doctor visits V
PART 2 Oral Work
Frances Whithread lived in children's homes until she was 13 because her mother was unable to look after her.
When Frances was 12 she took part in a game of netball. The referee, whose name was Margaret Whitbread, noticed the young girl because she argued with so many of her decisions. A few weeks later they met again at a local sports ground. Frances asked Margaret to show her how to throw the javelin and Margaret soon discovered that although Frances was a difficult child, she was a very promising young athlete.
When Frances was 13, the Whitbreads adopted her. Family life suited Frances and as she became bigger and stronger, her javelin throwing improved until she became one of Britain's top athletes.
Exercise: Listen to the passage and then give your opinion on the following topics.
1. What difference would it have made if Frances had not met the Whitbreads?
2. Do you agree that sometimes it pays to argue?
UNIT 3
Section 1 Tactics For Listening
Part 1 Phonetics
Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape. Pay special attention to the weak forms, fink-ups and contractions.