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Listening and doing

Here is great material for a looking, listening and doing exercise taken from the Bangkok Post's Life section earlier in the week.

Here is great material for a listening-and-doing exercise taken from the Bangkok Post's Life section earlier in the week. You will look at the photos, listen to the instructions and, if you feel like it, you can do the exercises as well.

Let's begin by reading the introduction to see what the story is about.

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Tackling strain and pain

New technology such as computers has been, without doubt, developed to make life easier. But it inevitably comes with downsides too.

Among the most common problems for computer users are eye strain, irritated eyes, blurred vision, shoulder pain and other vision-related symptoms caused by using a computer for too long.

The symptoms can be much more severe especially when you sit on a chair that is adjusted at an inappropriate height.

To relieve such unwanted symptoms, here are some simple eye exercises that can be done at your desk.

tackle – to make an organised and determined attempt to deal with a problem จัดการกับปัญหา
strain – an injury to a part of your body, such as a muscle, that is caused by using it too much or by twisting it การทำให้ตึง
inevitable – certain to happen ที่เลี่ยงไม่ได้
downside – the disadvantages or less positive aspects of something ผลเสีย
irritate – to hurt a part of your body, making it painful, red or swollen ทำให้ระคายเคือง
vision – the ability to see; the area that you can see from a particular position การมองเห็น
shoulder – one of the two parts of your body between your neck and the top of your arms ไหล่
symptom – a sign that someone has an illness อาการ
severe – very serious and worrying ที่รุนแรง ที่น่าเป็นห่วง
adjust – to change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable ปรับ
inappropriate – unsuitable ซึ่งไม่เหมาะสม
relieve – to help improve a bad situation ผ่อนคลาย, บรรเทา

Listening and doing

Now listen to the directions and, if you feel like it, try the exercises as well. Try it at least one and then, if you need to see the text, click here: http://bit.ly/fIjPxD

Part 1

Words you need to know:

rub (hands) – to move your hands backwards and forwards over your hands while pressing firmly ถูมือ
cupped (hands) – your hands together in the shape of a cup
exhausted – extremely tired เหน็ดเหนื่อย
absorb – to take in a liquid, gas, heat, etc. from the surface or space around ซึมซับ ดูดกลืน

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Part 2

stretch – to make your arms, legs, or body as straight as possible so that your muscles become long and tight เหยียดตัว, เหยียดแขนขา
thumb – the short thick finger at the side of the hand, slightly apart from the other four นิ้วหัวแม่มือ

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Part 3

shoulder – one of the two parts of your body between your neck and the top of your arms ไหล่
alleviate – to make something less painful, severe, or serious ทำให้บรรเทา  ทำให้น้อยลง
muscle – a piece of body tissue that you contract and relax in order to move a particular part of the body; the tissue that forms the muscles of the body  กล้ามเนื้อ
rotate – to move in a circle around a fixed central point หมุน

Here are some shoulder exercises to alleviate muscle pain after lengthy computer use.

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Part 4

twist (body) – to bend or turn your body – บิดกาย

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