eng8-u3-listening· UNIT 3. NATURE· ~19 min

Unit 3 Listening: Talk on forest bathing

Follow the narrator's explanation of shinrin-yoku and the sensory actions it describes.

Track 9A introduces shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, as calm and quiet attention among trees rather than a literal bath. Track 9B explains the sensory process, possible places to practise it, and views reported by teachers. Keep the narrator's observations and the teachers' beliefs attached to those speakers. The track reports that studies have shown people relax best while seeing greens and blues; this is a reported claim in the talk, not a promise about how every listener will feel.

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Track 9A

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Key terms

shinrin-yoku — The Japanese name used in the track for forest bathing.
sensory abilities — Abilities connected with seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting.
reported claim — Information the narrator or another speaker says, rather than a guarantee for every person.
Track 9 listening map
TrackListen forReported detail
9Ameaning and basic practicebeing calm and quiet among trees, observing, touching, and taking deep breaths
9Bsensory processmoving slowly and using the five senses
9Bsettings and viewsplaces with trees; teachers' reported views about a class activity
✎Separate instruction from reported view
  1. 1Instruction: Move slowly and pay attention to what you can sense.
  2. 2Reported view: Teachers say it is a useful activity for developing students' sensory abilities.
  3. 3Careful response: According to the teachers in the talk, forest bathing can support sensory practice.
💡Follow the speaker

For a detail about forest bathing, decide whether the narrator gives an instruction or reports what people or teachers believe.

🚫Do not make the setting too narrow

The narrator says a forest is not required when there are trees in another place.

Rules

  1. 1Use the name shinrin-yoku and the narrator's explanation to identify the activity.
  2. 2For the process, listen for the senses named by the narrator and the instruction to move slowly and pay attention.
  3. 3Treat statements about relaxation, creativity, or sensory development as claims reported by the narrator or teachers.
  4. 4Keep a setting condition with its result: trees can make a park, garden, or school playground suitable in the narrator's account.
  5. 5Distinguish forest bathing from hiking, jogging, or walking by the narrator's focus on opening the senses.

Practice

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Up to 10 random questions per test

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