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IELTS Practice Listening: Match Headings
ID: #57440
Medium
Headache
Instructions
Complete the summary. Use words from the options. There are more words in the box than you need. Some words may be used more than once.
The most usual cause of headaches is 1. Headaches can also come as a result of excessive 2.
Some people say they get a headache when they 3 . This is probably because they get very 4.
It may also be because they are working in poor light which makes them very 5. It is helpful if your reading material is on a book rest at 6 to the desk. It is also important to be 7 in bed.
You may even get a headache because you 8 too hard.
The best advice is to try to eat regular meals, get enough 9 and avoid 10 places.
Transcript:
You will hear a talk given as part of a student orientation program about headaches and ways to avoid them. Now listen carefully and answer the questions. Hello. Welcome to the student orientation program. Today's session is on health issues, and this talk is about headaches and how to avoid them. It may surprise you to hear that headaches are often caused by hunger. In fact, one study suggested that 70% of headaches are related to hunger, which makes it the principal cause. The advice is simple eat three meals a day and try to keep to a fairly regular schedule of meals. People associate noise with headaches, and for most of us, excessive noise creates the conditions for a headache. Very loud noise is unpleasant, and people usually remove themselves from it. Having said that, Younger people tend to tolerate noise better than their elders, so I may be leaving noisy places far earlier than you. Just remember that exposure to too much noise may predispose you to a headache. Of course, we all associate headaches with studying. In fact, the headache probably doesn't come from the studying so much as from being tense. When we study hard, we often hunch over our work. Try raising your shoulders and tensing them, and now relax. Can you feel how much more comfortable a relaxed stance is? Another thing, it's very important to check that you are working in a good light. It will not actually hurt your eyes to work in a bad light, but it will make you tired very quickly and is very likely to give you a headache. What's more, If you have the book flat on a desk in front of you, it'll be harder to read and you'll have to hold your head at an odd angle. It is wise to have a book rest, which raises the material you are reading 45 degrees to the desk. This will help reduce your chance of a headache. Try to relax before bed so that you'll be relaxed when you try to sleep. A soak in a hot bath may be helpful. It's also important to really sleep when you go to bed. A good mattress is a wise investment for people who want to avoid headaches. This talk seems to keep coming back to tension. Tension may cause you to chew too forcefully, clench your jaw or grind your teeth, and this, in turn, may lead to headaches. It is very easy to say that you shouldn't grind your teeth and very hard to stop, particularly if you grind your teeth in your sleep. Try to avoid situations which will make you tense, particularly just before bed. If you do compulsively grind your teeth in your sleep, ask your dentist about a soft mouth guard. In general, try to eat regular meals and avoid tense situations. Be sure you get plenty of exercise. Hopefully your headaches will be greatly reduced. One other thing I should point out, avoid smoky rooms and cars. Such places certainly encourage headaches and the smoke may be doing you quite serious long-term damage.
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