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Unit 10 Connections
Lesson 2 Community Spirit
Period 1
Warming-up
What is a community? What do people do in a community?
look after each other
visit each other
organise community celebrations
respect elderly people
live in single-family houses
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Pre-listening
Work in groups and discuss.
In what way do you think community spirit affects people’s health?
Sample:
It affects people’s health positively in that they don’t feel lonely. They know they have other people to rely on and this helps them build a positive attitude towards life and its difficulties.
While-listening
1. What surprising facts did doctors discover about Rosetans in
the 1950s?
They discovered that there was hardly a Rosetan below 65
who’d experienced a heart attack.
2. What was the reason for the facts?
The reason was that Roseto was a very closely-knit community.
Listen and answer the questions.
While-listening
Listen again and complete the table.
While-listening
In the 1950s In the 1960s
Community life was a very closely-knit community
looked after each other
________ each other
frequently organised ________________
_________________________________
households consisted of _______________
old people ________________________ younger Rosetans ______
_____________________
_____________________
moved to _____________
_____________________
rejected _____________
_____________________
Consequences hardly a Rosetan below 65 ___________
_________________________________
people were dying __________ rather than _________________________________
very little _________________________ ________________________________________________________ in 1971
the rate of heart attacks __
_____________________
visited
community
celebrations
three generations
were respected
experienced
a heart attack
of old age
from illness
crime
would
not keep