Commuting is Bad for your Health
I
Study the active vocabulary and focus on Ukrainian equivalents of English
words.
commute – щоденно їздити на роботу, яка
знаходиться дуже далеко від помешкання (наприклад, з передмістя до міста)
get up – вставати
move – переїхати
huge – величезний
fall – осінь (в американському варіанті англійської мови)
rip out – виривати
enough – достатньо
according
відповідно до
census
data – дані перепису
average – пересічний
on the
rise – на підйомі
further and
farther – далі і далі
gruelling
– виснажливий
take a
toll – позначатись
health – здоров’я
hate – ненавидіти
II Vocabulary
focus. Study the words and word combinations, check your understanding
using flashcards, practise
their translation, spelling. Check
your knowledge in the test. Play matching vocabulary game (match words to their
translations to make cards disappear) and save the planet from asteroids by typing in correct translation of the words.
III
Watch the video and fill in the gaps with the words from the list. There are
some words you don’t need to use.
work; person; place; driverless; car; business; personally;
health; up; parked; American; parking; station; buses; hours; move; train; day;
train station; morning; decades; hate; trees
This is my 1)_______
commute. I get 2)_______, get ready,
get in a 3)_______, drive to the
train 4)_______, look for parking,
get on a train for an hour and a half, arrive at Penn Station, get another 5)_______, walk five minutes, and start
my 6)_______ day. Is this killing
me?
Before you go and post that comment telling me to 7)_______ closer, you need to see that
I’m not the only 8)_______ doing
this. This is the 9)_______ ______ I commute from. This 10)_______ is huge and yet it’s full
almost every single 11)_______. Just
this past fall they had to rip out an entire section of 12)_______ to make more space for 13)_______ and it’s still not always enough.
According to US census data the average 14)_______ commute is nearly 30 minutes
one way, a number that’s been on the rise for the last few 15)_______. In general, people are choosing to commute further and
farther than ever before. And those long gruelling 16)_______ in cars, on trains, or 17)_______ can take a toll on a person’s 18)_______. Especially when we all 19)_______ it so very, very, much.
IV Watch the part of the video and
answer the questions.
1 What means of transport does the
speaker take during her commute (for example, tram, bicycle, car)?
2 Is the speaker only person commuting?
How do we know there are (or there are not) many people commuting with her?
3 How much time does and average
American spend commuting every day?
4 How is this number of commuters
changing?
5 On what can commuting take its
toll?
6 Do many people love commuting?
V Watch the video and
fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions.
on; in; up; for; for; to; on; in; to; on; at; on; in
1. I get ______.
2. I get ______a car.
3. I drive ______the train station.
4. I look ______parking.
5. I get ______a train.
6. I arrive ______Penn Station.
7. According ______US census data the average American commute is nearly 30
minutes one way.
8. A number that’s been ______the rise ______the last few decades.
9. ______general,
people are choosing to commute further and farther than ever before.
10.Those long hours ______cars, ______trains,
or buses can take a toll ______a
person’s health.
VI Watch the video and listen
to the short story about the speaker’s commute. Put the speaker’s actions in
the order she mentions or shows them (1-11). There are two action she does not speak about but shows in her video. What
are those actions?
For example: 1 b
a)
arrive at Penn Station
b)
get up
c)
get another train
d)
get on the train for an
hour and a half
e)
look for parking
f)
make coffee or have breakfast
g)
get ready
h)
start her work
i)
drive to the train station
j)
walk five minutes
k)
have a shower
VII Watch the video,
look at your notes from Task VI and write a short story (10 sentences) about
the speaker’s commute. Note down the time when she wakes up, goes to the
station, etc. Use the phrases and the model below.
Phrases: first, next, then, later, not long after that,
right after that, after that, finally
For example: The
speaker gets up at 6.15 am.
Then, at _______ the she
_____. After that, at _______, the woman _____. ..
VIII
Study the active vocabulary and focus on Ukrainian equivalents of English
words.
article – стаття
study – дослідження
linked to
– пов'язаний
з
higher
rate – більш високий рівень
obesity – ожиріння
anxiety – тривога
higher
blood pressure – більш високий артеріальний
тиск
divorce – розлучення
neck – шия
back – спина
lifespan – тривалість життя
get the
point – зрозуміти суть
come down
to – зводити до
bike – їхати на велосипеді
hop on – стрибати у (автобус
або потяг)
life
satisfaction – задоволення від
життя
comparable
– порівнянний
instead
of – замість
public transportation – громадський
транспорт
obese – ожирілий
add – додати
inactive lifestyle
– неактивний спосіб життя
exercise – (фізичні) вправи
IX Vocabulary focus. Study
the words and word combinations, check your understanding
using flashcards, practise
their translation, spelling. Check
your knowledge in the test. Play matching vocabulary game (match words to their
translations to make cards disappear) and save the planet from asteroids by typing in correct translation of the words.
X Watch the video
again and choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
If you commute/compute/disputes
or you’ve been on the enter/internet/in
the internet at all, you’ve seen the parted/articles/particles
and maybe you’ve read the studies. Commuting has been linked/inked/sink to higher rates of city/over the city/obesity, stress, anxiety, depression/aggressive/depreciation, higher blood pressure, higher
rates of forced/fort/divorce, neck
and back/lack/crack problems, shorter
lifespans, and you get the point. Commuting long distances/distanced/stance just isn’t good for you. But a lot of it
comes down to how/owl/bow you do it.
For example a Canadian study/student/studying
of commuters in Montreal found that people who walk/chalk/bulk, bike, or hop on a grain/train/terrain had a higher life fiction/protection/satisfaction than those with comparable commute times/chides/chums on other types of
transit.
In another
study, Britain/British/Britons
researchers found that people who drive/dive/die
to work instead of using publicity/rubric/public
transportation are more likely to be obese. Sitting in a car/far/card all day really adds the negative effects of an
inactive lifeless/lifestyle/stylish.
You’re sitting for our/hours/hourly
on end and when all is said and done it’s really hard to find the time or the motivation/motivated/motivating to
exercise.
XI Watch the part of the video and
answer the questions.
1 What health problems and illnesses are linked to
commuting?
2 Is commuting long distance good for people?
3 What psychological problems and relationship
issues (problems) are linked to commuting?
4 What means of transport can people in Canada choose
to be a little happier when they commute?
5 In what country did the study link obesity to
commuting?
6 Why do people who drive to work feel less happy
than other commuters?
XII
Study the active vocabulary and focus on Ukrainian equivalents of English
words.
in
particular – зокрема
miserable
– нещасний
thought – думка
frustrating
– який розчаровує
disaster – катастрофа
mental
and physical health – психічне та
фізичне здоров'я
according
to – згідно з
slightly – трохи
satisfied
– задоволений
experience
– досвід
overall – в цілому
resent – обурюватися
timetable
– графік руху
транспорту
on the dot
– вчасно
catch – встигати
delay – затримка
cancellation
– скасування
solid
foundation – міцний фундамент
annoying – який дратує
mortality
– смертність
XIII Vocabulary focus. Study
the words and word combinations, check your understanding
using flashcards, practise
their translation, spelling. Check
your knowledge in the test. Play matching vocabulary game (match words to their
translations to make cards disappear) and save the planet from asteroids by typing in correct translation of the words.
XIV
Watch the video and fill in the gaps with the missing letters.
And that’s not all. R _ s_ _ _ch has shown that driving alone in p _ r_ _ c_ l_r can make you more m_ se_ _ble. You’re alone with your t_o_g_ts for hours, often in
frustrating s _t_ at_ons, so it’s
not really surprising that this is the d_
s_ s_ _r for both your m_ _ _ _l
and physical health. Yet according to a 2010 r_ p_rt, this is exactly how 80% of Americans c_ _mu_ _ to work every single day.
Now by comparison, those who take
p _b_ _ c transportation are
sl _g_t_y
healthier and slightly more s_ _ _ s_ _
_d with life. Yet we tend to be more n_g_t_v_
about our _x_ _ r_ _n_e overall. Public
transit commuters often r_s_nt the
timetables. If I don’t l_ave work
at 6 o’clock on the dot, I won’t c_ _ _h
the 6:21. If I don’t catch the 6:21 I have to get on the 6:53, and that’s the d_ _fer_ _ _e between me getting home
at 8:00 p.m. and me getting home at 8:45. Throw in things like transfers, d_la_s, cancellations, and you have a
really solid foundation for a very s_re_
_ fu_, very annoying commute. Basically none of this is looking g_ _d for my mortality. Then why do so
many of us do it?
XV Watch the part of the video and
answer the questions.
1 Why can driving make people more
miserable?
2 How many Americans drove to work every
day in 2010?
3 Are people who take public transport
happier than drivers?
4 What do people who take public
transport resent?
5 What public transport problems does
the video discuss?
XVI
Study the active vocabulary and focus on Ukrainian equivalents of English
words.
viewed – що розглядається
source – джерело
give people
a break – давати
людям можливість перепочити
dead
space – глуха зона
catch up
on – надолужити
podcast –подкаст
take advantage
of – скористатися
get work
done – завершити роботу
communications
– засоби комунікації
extension
– подовження
workday – робочий день
opportunity
– можливість
otherwise
– інакше
to go
from point A to point B – дістатись з пункту А до пункту Б
gig
economy – економіка
вільного заробітку (в якій більшість працівників мають лише контракти на
короткий термін)
accessible
– доступний
lifetime
job – робота на все життя
certainly
– звичайно
exhausting
– виснажливий
make the
most of– максимально використати
at the
end of it all – врешті-решт
XVII Vocabulary focus. Study the words and word combinations, check your understanding
using flashcards, practise
their translation, spelling. Check
your knowledge in the test. Play matching
vocabulary game (match words to their
translations to make cards disappear) and save the planetfrom asteroids by typing in correct translation of the words.
XVIII
Watch the video and fill in the gaps with the missing words.
Commuting has been viewed as a source of 1)________, but in fact it gives people
a 2)________. It’s sometimes the
only 3)________of the day that
individuals have 4)________, to be
by themselves to think, to listen to 5)________.
Meaning my 6)________isn’t
technically dead space in my 7)________.
I catch up on reading, I 8)________to
podcasts, I take advantage of the alone time, but I can also get 9)________done when I need to.
The change
in 10)________has made commuting an
extension of the 11)________or an
opportunity for the individual to do things they couldn’t otherwise do. It’s not
just a way to go from 12)________A
to point B. In other cases, where people live in the gig economy, having a 13)________that is accessible to transportation
is far more important than having a home which is next to your 14)________. If you’re not gonna have a
15)________job let’s have a lifetime
home.
So is my commute actually 16)________me? Well it’s certainly not the best way to spend so
much of my 17)________and it is 18)________, but you can make the most
of it. And there’s something to be said about coming 19)________at the end of it all.
XIX Watch the part of the video and
answer the questions.
1What does the speaker do during the
time of her commute?
2 Why is commuting an extension of the
workday? What can people do?
3 Why for some people having a home near
their workplace is no longer important? What do they want to have for a lifetime:
their job or their home?
4 Does the speaker think that commuting to
and from work is the best way to spend her time?
5 What is good about the end of the
speaker’s commute?
XX Match the
words from two columns to make collocations used in the text. Use four
collocations in your sentences.
1.
|
a
source
|
A.
|
on
reading
|
2.
|
in
|
B.
|
a break
|
3.
|
give people
|
C.
|
in
communications
|
4.
|
to listen
|
D.
|
of the
alone time
|
5.
|
catch up
|
E.
|
to do
things
|
6.
|
listen
|
F.
|
cases
|
7.
|
take advantage
|
G.
|
fact
|
8.
|
get
|
H.
|
work
done
|
9.
|
change
|
I.
|
to transportation
|
10.
|
an
extension
|
J.
|
to
music
|
11.
|
an
opportunity
|
K.
|
of it
|
12.
|
a way
to go
|
L.
|
job
|
13.
|
in
other
|
M.
|
of
stress
|
14.
|
accessible
|
N.
|
from
point A to point B
|
15.
|
have a
lifetime
|
O.
|
of the
workday
|
16.
|
make
the most
|
P.
|
to
podcasts
|
XXI
OVER TO YOU. Write a short story about you commute to work (10 sentences). If
you don’t commute write a story about one of your colleagues. Use the words and
expressions you heard in the video. Give your answers to the question: “Is
commuting bad for people?”
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