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Listening: B2
A digital detox podcast
Listen to the podcast about doing a digital detox to practise and improve your listening skills.
Before listening
Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.
Preparation task
Write the words in the correct group.
screen
show an alert
laptop
browse
websites
display
smartphone
access the internet
buzz
satnav
monitor
show a notification
interact
on social
media
devices
things a device does to get your attention
things you do with a device
parts of a device
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Tasks
Task 1
Circle the best answer.
1. The radio host says that a digital detox …
a. means we are in front of screens all the time.
b. is something younger people are trying more.
c. is important for our health.
2. Which sentence is not true about Amanda Vince’s job?
a. She is online a lot of the time.
b. She follows fashion on social media.
c. She uploads her own videos to social media.
3. What is the name of the book that influenced Amanda?
a. Log Off: How to Stay Connected after Disconnecting
b. Log Off: How to Disconnect and Stay Disconnected
c. Log Off: Advice for the Digital Detox
4. The first step in a digital detox is to get rid of distractions, such as …
a. noises the phone makes.
b. screens in your home and workplace.
c. the bright colours on your phone.
5. Amanda removed notifications from …
a. her close family and friends.
b. everything except important people in her life.
c. everything except very important work-related things.
6. The book also suggested that …
a. we replace digital distractions with real-world ones.
b. we think about the reason we are looking at our phones so much.
c. we try to be more polite with our phones around people.
