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Should you wear earbuds in the summer?

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毎日の運動を暑さに邪魔されたくない。多くの人は、散歩やランニングに出かけるときに、音楽、ポッドキャスト、オーディオブックを好んで聴いていますよね。でも、それってホントに大丈夫?

Temperatures are rising, but we don’t let it get in the way of our daily exercise. Many like to listen to some music, a podcast or an audiobook as they go out for a walk or a run. However, is it a good idea?

5 Useful words and expressions

  1. To crank up
    To increase it, or to make it more intense.
    It’s so hot here. Let’s crank up the air conditioner.
  2. Folks (informal)
    People in general.
    Some folks would do anything for money.
  3. Tremendously
    To a very great extent or very great amount.
    My neighbors were being tremendously loud last night. I think they were throwing a party.
  4. To caution
    To say something as a warning.
    My mother cautioned me not to talk to strangers when I was a child.
  5. To induce
    To cause to start.
    His heavy smoking and other unhealthy habits induced severe cancer.
  6. Medical Terms

  7. To impact (ear wax)
    To press firmly.
    The police caught the burglar entering the house.
  8. Incubator
    A device used to hatch eggs or grow microorganisms under controlled conditions.
    The lab workers grew bacterial samples in incubators to study them.
  9. Hearing loss
    The gradual process of losing one’s ability to hear.
    My father suffers from mild hearing loss, so he decided to get hearing aids.

True or False Questions

False.
Both loud volume and wearing in-ear earphones can cause ear problems.
True.
True.
False.
Ear wax and sweat in the ear canal cause the infection called "swimmer's ear".

Resource

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Swimmer's Ear


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