Julian
Treasure Video Activity TED - 5.40 minutes
A fascinating TED lecture about sound and its effects. The speaker
Julian Treasure, is a sound expert, author of the book Sound Business, and
chairman of The Sound Agency.
Part 1. VOCABULARY Warm up: Match the terms and definitions.
1.soundscape
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A. respiration,
inhaling and exhaling.
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2. brainwaves
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B. ability to perceive.
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3.physiology
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C. a natural or artificial acoustic environment.
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4.breathing
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D. functions
and activity of the body.
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5.consciousness
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E. electrical
impulse originating in brain tissue.
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Part 2. Watch the TED lecture clip and say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.
A) Most
of the sound around us is unpleasant, much of it is accidental.
(B) Our
relationship with sound is not conscious.
(C)
Sounds sometimes affect hormone secretions, breathing, heart rate and your
brainwaves.
(D)
Music is the most powerful form of sound that we know that affects our
physiological activity.
(E)
With practice, you can learn to understand two people talking at once.
(F)
People who can't get away from noise find their health damaged.
(G) At
present science is used in the design of soundscapes.
(H)
Music is the often used inappropriately in commercial sound.
(I)
Even if you're listening consciously, you cannot take control of the sound
around you.
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Part 3. Listen again and find the reference for these numbers as in the
example.
4
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e.g. “the ways sound is affecting us all the time.”
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12
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hundreds of thousands
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1/3
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28
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30
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1.8
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86
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5
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