and today we are going to do a listening exercise. So, let's get started!

Well, first of all, the lesson will start with some vocabulary.

So, I will teach you a few words that you need to know...

and then I will show you the questions that I would like you to answer

and then you will listen to the article...okay?

and of course, during the listening exercise, there will not be any subtitles because that would be too easy!

And then, I will show you the answers to the questions... okay?

And then you will see the transcript.

You will see the text of the article and you will listen to it one last time.

So, let's start with some vocabulary.

And the first word is an abbreviation.

So this is "NHS" ...ok?

Now the NHS is an abbreviation for the National Health Service. The National Health Service.

And the National Health Service is the organisation which manages the health system in the United Kingdom...ok.

So this is the public sector organisation which manages the hospitals

and which employs the doctors and nurses...okay?

And the second word, or the second expression is "New Years resolutions" ok

So, new years resolutions. This is the list of things that people want to change in their life okay

So, very often, at the beginning of the year,

so in January, people decide that they would like to improve their life and change some habits.

And so they make new years resolutions. It is a promise to themselves.

For example, very often people decide that they would like to do more sport...

or perhaps they would like to lose weight.

Ok? So that is new years resolutions.

And we have an expression also which is "to give up something"

And this means "to stop something" okay... or "to stop having something".

For example, "to give up chocolate". So I could say "my dentist tells me to give up chocolate."

Or maybe, for health reasons, somebody decides to give up alcohol

which means to stop drinking alcohol.

okay so it's an expression. "to give up something."

And finally, the word "tip".

And the meaning for this lesson... "tip" means "advice".

So for example, we can say that "Andrew gives me tips on how to speak English."

Okay so tips... it means "advice."

Ok, so I'm going to now give you the questions that you will need to answer during the listening.

So question 1: How much does the NHS Stop Smoking service cost?

Question 2: Where is the NHS Stop Smoking Service available?

And I want you to give me three places.

Question three: Complete the following sentence.

And I want you to find the eight words that are missing in this sentence.

So the beginning of the sentence is: "Use that past experience to..."

And then I want you to find these eight words for me.

Question four: What is the annual cost of smoking 20 cigarettes per day?

And finally, question 5: What is the first health benefit of giving up smoking?

So you will hear a list of health benefits of giving up smoking,

and I want you to give me the first benefit. Alright?

Ok, so get ready, you are now going to listen to the news article.

Okay? So it's going to start...... now!

Okay, so that is the end of the... the article.

Okay, so if you would like to listen to the article a second time,

then you can click here on the screen to go back,

or you can simply wait ten seconds and then we will continue to the answers...okay....

Ok, so we are going to ...continue and we will now look at the answers to the questions, here we go...

So, question 1: How much does the NHS Stop Smoking Service cost?

Well the answer is... it is free. So there's no cost.

Question two: Where is the NHS Stop Smoking Service available?

The answer is: Pharmacies, chemists and Doctors surgeries.

Question three: I wanted you to complete the following sentence.

And the answer is: "Use that past experience to help you give up cigarettes in the future."

Question four was: What is the annual cost of smoking twenty cigarettes per day?

And the answer is: Two thousand, five hundred and fifty five pounds.

Ok, so this symbol is the symbol for a pound. The British Pound.

Ok, so two thousand, five hundred and fifty five pounds.

Question five: What is the first health benefit of giving up smoking?

And the answer is: Your breathing will improve.

Okay, so that was the five answers to the questions.

Okay so I am now just going to play you the article one last time.

Ok, so you're going to hear it again and this time you will see the transcript on the screen.

Okay so here is the first part of the article... and I'm going to play it to you now:

Okay, so there we are. That was the end of the exercise ok?

And in fact, that was the end of the lesson.

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And finally if you would ...like to watch some of my other videos,

then this is an example of another video that I have. And this one is an English grammar lesson.

So there we are. Thank you very much for watching and for listening. I hope you enjoyed the lesson.

My name is Andrew from Crown Academy of English and I will see you next time. Bye bye!