Listening B1 plus / B2 A digital detox podcast

Listening: B2 

A digital detox podcast

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/upper-intermediate-b2/a-digital-detox-podcast

Listen to the podcast about doing a digital detox to practise and improve your listening skills.

Before listeningDo the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation task
Write the words in the correct group.

screen display
satnav

show an alert smartphone
monitor

laptop browse websites access the internet buzz

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 ...

1. means we are in front of screens all the time.
2. issomethingyoungerpeoplearetryingmore.
3. 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. Shefollowsfashiononsocialmedia.
c. She uploads her own videos to social media.

3. What is the name of the book that influenced Amanda?
   
   1. Log Off: How to Stay Connected after Disconnecting
   2. LogOff:HowtoDisconnectandStayDisconnected
   3. Log Off: Advice for the Digital Detox
      
      
4. The first step in a digital detox is to get rid of distractions, such as ...
   
   1. noises the phone makes.
   2. screensinyourhomeandworkplace.
   3. the bright colours on your phone.
      
      
5. Amanda removed notifications from ...
   
   1. her close family and friends.
   2. everythingexceptimportantpeopleinherlife.
   3. everything except very important work-related things.
      
      
6. The book also suggested that ...
   
   1. we replace digital distractions with real-world ones.
   2. wethinkaboutthereasonwearelookingatourphonessomuch.
   3. we try to be more polite with our phones around people.

7. Amanda and her partner ...
   
   1. tried a two-day digital detox first.
   2. founditimpossibletocompletelydisconnect.
   3. found it very easy to do a digital detox for a weekend.
8. Amanda believes that a digital detox ...
   
   1. is not a good idea if you have a lot of work.
   2. isbetterifit’sforaweek,notjustaweekend.
   3. is something everyone will enjoy.

Task 2
Put the words and phrases in order to make sentences.

1. ever Have you would be wondered what like? it
2. that? by mean do What you
3. confess, I too. have to that to me happens
4. to the I’m that. first admit
5. drastic. sound doesn’t This too
6. the next to ready You’re step. take

Discussion
Would you like to do a digital detox?