The key answer of exercise 3
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5A - No time for anything for the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press
Question
- Mindfulness is a technique which many busy people use to help them focus on the present and stop worrying about the future. You're going to do a well-known mindfulness exercise called The Chocolate Meditation. Before you listen, with a partner, say what you think these verbs mean.
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- Listen again. What does the speaker say about ...?
- What is the main message of the meditation? Do you agree that mindfulness could 'change your whole day'?
Answer
a)
- unwrap = to take off the paper, etc. that covers or protects sth
- inhale = to take in air through your nose or mouth
- pop (sth) into = (inf) to put sth somewhere quickly, suddenly, or for a short time
- melt = to become (or make sth become) liquid as a result of heating
- chew = to bite food into small pieces in your mouth to make it easier to swallow
- swallow = to make food, drink, etc. go down your throat into your stomach
c)
- Choose a type that you've never tried before, or one that you haven't eaten recently.
- Look at it - its colour and shape, what it feels like - as if you were seeing it for the very first time.
- Notice how the wrapping feels, see the chocolate itself; look at it and smell it.
- Look at it in great detail as you hold it in your hand.
- Notice how your hand knows where to put the chocolate. Put it on your tongue and let it melt. Notice if you chew and notice the different flavours.
- Swallow the chocolate when it has completely melted.
d)
The main message of the meditation is that by slowing down and paying attention to the small things we do in our daily lives, we can appreciate them more.
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