Amazing facts | LearnEnglish Teens - British Council

Listen to the conversation about the human body and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. Jumptonavigation Englishالعربية Listentotheconversationaboutthehumanbodyanddotheexercisestopractiseandimproveyourlisteningskills. Instructions Dothepreparationexercisebeforeyoulisten.Thendotheotherexercisestocheckyourunderstanding. Preparation Dothisexercisebeforeyoulisten. DownloadRight-clickonthelink,andsavethefile. Transcript Transcript: A:Hey,I’mreadingthisreallyinterestingarticleaboutthehumanbody.B:Yeah?Well,weknowallaboutthatfrombiologylessons.A:No,wedidn’tlearnmuchatallatschool!They’rediscoveringloadsmorethingsallthetime.Reallyamazingthings!Didyouknowthatonlyaboutonetenthofthecellsinyourbodyarereallyyou?Therestarebacteria.B:What?I’mnotreallyme?A:No,ofcourseyouareyou,butyoualsohavemillions,ortrillions,ofbacteriainyou.B:Eeeeuuugh!A:No,they’remostlyreallyhelpful.Someonedidanexperimenttoseeifanimalscanlivewithoutbacteria,andhefoundthatalotofthemdiedorhadtohaveaspecialdiet.Animalsneedbacteriatodigestfood,yousee.Sowe’rebetteroffwithbacteria.B:Unlessthebacteriaarebad.A:Unlesstheyarebad,butthey’renearlyallgood.Ohyeah,andgoingbacktocells,doyouknowhowmanycellsyouhaveinyourbody?B:Quitealot,I’dsay.Agoodfew.A:Yeah,buthowmany?B:Idon’tknow.I’mnotmathematical.A:7octillion!That’s7plus27noughts.B:Iknewitwasalot.A:OK,that’sanamazinglyhugenumber,almostimpossibletoimagine.Butthereallyweirdthingisthatmostoftheatomsareemptyspace,justairornothingness.Andifyoutookouttheemptyspace,youcouldfityourbodyinsideatinycubewhichmeasuresone500thofacentimetreoneitherside.That’saboxmeasuring0.002ofacentimetreoneachside.You’dbemuchtoosmalltosee.B:Mmm,Icanimaginethat.ItsoundslikesomethingthatwouldhappeninareallybadHollywoodmovie.Youknow,amadscientistgoes:(funnyvoice)‘I’mgoingtoextractalltheairfromyourbody’.OK,enoughfactsforoneday.A:Don’tgo!Onelastthing,didyouknow…B:No.A:Didyouknowthatyouprobablyhavemitesinyoureyelashes?B:Mitesinmyeyelashes?Whataremitesexactlyanyway?A:Yeah,they’reverysmallcreatures,likeinsects,onlynotinsects.They’reaboutathirdofamillimetrelong,soyoucan’treallyseethem.Theseparticularmitesliveineyelashesandeyebrows.B:Butinmine?A:Well,maybenot.Onlyabout50%ofpeoplehavethem,andmoreolderpeople.Soyoumightnothaveany.Anyway,they’recompletelyharmless,theyjusteatdeadskin.B:Yeah,right,harmless.Ireallywouldhavepreferrednottoknowthat.A:Sorry.B:Imean,really! Checkyourunderstanding:multiplechoiceDothisexercisewhileyoulisten. Checkyourunderstanding:gapfilltypingDothisexercisewhileyoulisten. Worksheetsanddownloads Amazingfacts-exercisesAmazingfacts-answersAmazingfacts-transcriptDiscussionDoyouknowanyamazingfactsaboutthehumanbody? Languagelevel: Intermediate(B1)Topics: Sciencehumanbodythebody Comments ManyofthedatathatwerementionedIdidn’tknow,everythingthatisinsideourbodyisimpressive up1userhasvoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments IdonotknowmanycuriousfactsaboutthehumanbodybutsomeoftheonesIknoware: -thelargestboneinthebodyisthefemur -mostofthebonesareinthefeet -theskinisthelargestexternalorganofthebody -About32millionbacterialiveineverycentimeterofskin up0usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Idon'tknowIwannacomment¯\_(ツ)_/¯ up2usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Ifoundalltheconversationveryinteresting,speciallydecellspart,becauseIhadneverthoughtaboutallthethingsthatcomposemybody,andhowsmalltheyare. up0usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments BeforethatIdidn´tknowedmuchinterestingfactsaboutthebody. up0usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Iknowthatanewbornbabyhasabout300bones,butanadulthumanhas206bonesbecausesomebonesgrowtogether. up1userhasvoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Ididn'tknowthatit'samazing up0usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Interestinglesson... Myfunfact: Yourbodyproduces25milioncellseverysecond.Andthatsalot. up1userhasvoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments It’sreallyinterestingbutwhenIheardaboutmitesIwaslike:,,Ewww”Iknowthatit’sanormalthingbutknowthatsomethinglivesinyoureyelashesandeyebrowsisjust...weird?Idon’tknowbutIratherwon’tthinkaboutthattoomuch. up2usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Iknowthatboneisstrongerthansteel. up2usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Lol,youravatarmakemelaughXD up1userhasvoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Iknewaboutmitesinhuman'sbodyfromoneTVprogramm.IwasreallysurprisedwhenIknewit,butthatfactdidn'tmakemebeeingscared. up0usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Ididn'tknowanyofthesethingsbutIknowthatinfantsarebornwithapproximately300bones,butastheygrowsomeofthesebonesfusetogetherandbythetimetheyreachadulthood,theyonlyhave206bones. up0usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments iknewaboutthemitesintheeyeslashes,andthatbacteriasareusefulfordigestfood up0usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Iamreallylike,“Ireallywouldhavepreferrednottoknowthat."Amazingfactlearning. up0usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments veryinterestinglesson:) up1userhasvoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Ididn'tkhowtheamazingfacttoo up0usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Honestly,thehumanbodyisoneseriouslycomplexandmysteriousmechanismthatsometimesconfuseseventhemostqualifiedspecialists. Iknewaninterestingfactaboutourbodythatdeeplyimpressedme.Youhavetwokidneys,butyoucanlivewithoutoneofyourkidneys.Somepeoplearebornwithonlyonebecausetheotheronedidnotgrowproperly,orwasdamaged,andtheycanlivelonghappylives.Thisisanamazingthing. up0usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Thefactswerereallycurious!Anothershockingfactaboutourbodyisthatwithalltheironthatwehaveinourbodywecouldmakeanaillong7cm! up2usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments AmazingFactsAboutOurBody 1.Smile17,frown43runningmuscle,sosmileismucheasier! 2.Theenergyproducedbyourbraincanburna10wattbulb. 3.Thetotallengthoftheveinsinourbodyis96.500kilometers! up2usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Ireallylikebiologysolisteningthiscourseshelpsmeknowanotherthings.thenthankstoBritishcounciltosharewithusthisaudio.Iknowanotherfactlike,thereisbacteriainthehumanbodythatcanhelpalsohumandigestfoodtheycalledthemenzymeswithoutthemwecan'tdigestthefood. up2usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Peoplesometimesthinkthattheydon'tusemostoftheirbraincellsbutit'snottrue.Weuse100percentofourbraincells.Buteverybodycan'tgrasporprocesseverything.Thusthedifferencebetweenfoolsandintelligents. up2usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Unfortunately,I'mnotinterestedinBiologybutIstartlovingitbylisteningtothesebeautifulfactsaboutourbody up1userhasvoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Interesting!HowmanythingswelearnpractisingourEnglishskills! up1userhasvoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments oneincrediblefactisthatourheartstrattoworkwhenweare2montsold up1userhasvoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Idon'tknowifsomeonecommentedthis,butthefactis:ifyoustretchallDNAofyourcellsandputittogetherasonestring,thatlengthwouldbetwicethediameterofthesolarsystem up0usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Thesearereallyinterestingfactsabouthumanbody.Unfortunately,Idonotknowanyfacts. up0usershavevoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Ifounditinterestingwhereanexperimentwasdoneandhesaysthatanimalsdonotsurvivewithoutbacteriaunlesstheyaresubjectedtoaspecialdiet.Ithinkitisimpossibletotrytoidentifythemwiththenakedeye. up1userhasvoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Interestingfactsaboutmicrosizeofhumanbody.AndIcanaddthis,thevaccineisinjectingsomebacteriatoourbodytogainimmunityagainstbacteria.Soinapossibleinfection,bodycanidentifythebacteriaandbeatsthem. up1userhasvoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Thisvideoisveryinterestingforthestudentswhoneedtoknownewfactsaboutthehumanbody. up1userhasvoted. Loginorregistertopostcomments Pages1 2 3 4 5 next› last» Help&support Courses TopPost Viewed Liked Commented Breakthebias Spacetourism:areweonestepcloser? SimplehomemadeChristmasgiftideas Issocialmediagoodforyou? Turningplasticwasteintoart Issocialmediagoodforyou? TheinfluencersmakingadifferenceonTikTok Spacetourism:areweonestepcloser? 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