The Reading / Listening - Level 1

Doctors warned that headbanging could be bad for you. Headbanging is a dance that fans of heavy metal music like. People quickly shake their heads backwards and forwards. Doctors say this could injure the brain. They recently saw a heavy metal fan who had brain damage. He had no history of head injuries and had been headbanging for many years. Doctors said the risk of brain damage from headbanging was low.

The man had bad headaches after going to a concert. He had a brain scan. Doctors found bleeding in his brain. He had an operation to repair it. Doctors made a hole in his brain to release the blood. His headaches disappeared. A doctor said: "The risk of injury is very, very low. If our patient had gone to a classical concert, this would not have happened." He said people should dance and that: "Rock 'n' roll will never die. Heavy metal fans should rock on.”

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Sources
  • http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/hollywood/heavy-metal-can-be-hazardous-to-your-brain-doctors-1.1355980
  • http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/07July/Pages/Headbanging-could-damage-your-Motorhead.aspx
  • http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/279105.php


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The Activities

MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

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Doctors warned that headbanging could

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heavy metal music like

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a dance that fans of

b.

many years

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People quickly

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and forwards

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backwards

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the brain

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Doctors say this could injure

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be bad for you

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He had no history

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headbanging was low

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headbanging for

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shake their heads

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the risk of brain damage from

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of head injuries



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PARAGRAPH TWO:

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The man had bad headaches after

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operation to repair it

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He had a brain

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in his brain

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Doctors found bleeding

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disappeared

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He had an

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scan

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Doctors made a hole in his brain

e.

going to a concert

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His headaches

f.

injury is very, very low

7.

The risk of

g.

rock on

8.

Heavy metal fans should

h.

to release the blood

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

Doctors warned that headbanging (1) ___________________. Headbanging is (2) ___________________ of heavy metal music like. People quickly shake their (3) ___________________ forwards. Doctors say this could injure the brain. They recently saw a heavy metal (4) ___________________ damage. He had no history of (5) ___________________ had been headbanging for many years. Doctors said (6) ___________________ damage from headbanging was low.

The man had bad headaches after (7) ___________________. He had a brain scan. Doctors (8) ___________________ his brain. He had an operation to repair it. Doctors (9) ___________________ brain to release the blood. His headaches disappeared. A doctor said: "The (10) ___________________ very, very low. If our patient had gone to (11) ___________________, this would not have happened." He said people should dance and that: "Rock 'n' roll will never die. Heavy metal (12) ___________________."

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Doctorswarnedthatheadbangingcouldbebadforyou.Headbangingisadance
thatfansofheavymetalmusiclike.Peoplequicklyshaketheirheadsbackwards
andforwards.Doctorssaythiscouldinjurethebrain.Theyrecentlysawaheavy
metalfanwhohadbraindamage.Hehadnohistoryofheadinjuriesandhadbeen
headbangingformanyyears.Doctorssaidtheriskofbraindamagefromheadba
ngingwaslow.Themanhadbadheadachesaftergoingtoaconcert.Hehadabra
inscan.Doctorsfoundbleedinginhisbrain.Hehadanoperationtorepairit.Doct
orsmadeaholeinhisbraintoreleasetheblood.Hisheadachesdisappeared.Ad
octorsaid:"Theriskofinjuryisvery,verylow.Ifourpatienthadgonetoaclassical
concert,thiswouldnothavehappened."Hesaidpeopleshoulddanceandthat:"
Rock'n'rollwillneverdie.Heavymetalfansshouldrockon."

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

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WRITING

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