Learn English with English, baby!

Join for FREE!

Social_nav_masthead_logged_in
 
Flossing
简体
Flossing
用牙线洁牙

Learn English with this health English lesson

Date: Jun 05 2013

Themes: Health

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

Go Super to Listen Go Super!

2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

Go Super to Listen Go Super!

Let’s face facts: Nobody likes to floss. We know how important it is, but we still avoid it at all costs. Hearing the dentist say “You’re not flossing enough!” isn’t an incentive. We see the floss on the bathroom shelf, but we turn and walk away.

What’s so hard about flossing? Don’t we care about plaque and general oral health? Are we truly forgetting, or just being lazy? It seems like it all boils down to the habits people form when they’re young. If flossing was important to you as a kid, it’s probably important to you now.

我们得面对事实:没有人喜欢使用牙线。我们虽然知道它的重要性,但仍会千方百计地避免使用它。即使听到牙医说“你需要经常使用牙线!”也不能激励你改正。我们看到浴室架上放着牙线,但还是会转身走开。

用牙线清洁牙齿有这么困难吗?难道我们不在乎牙菌斑和通常的口腔健康问题?我们是真的忘记了,还是只是在偷懒?似乎这一切都归结于人们年轻时养成的习惯。如果在你小时候用牙线洁牙就是一件很重要的事,那么现在对你来说也可能同样重要。

Dialog

1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.

Log in to Listen

2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Marni

Marni

Mason

Mason

Marni:   Gosh, Mason, do you have any floss? I’ve got something stuck in my teeth.

Mason:   No, I am really bad at flossing.

Marni:   Oh, are you serious? Oh my gosh. I floss every single day. It is so important!

Mason:  How did you build that habit? For me, no one scared me enough, really, to make me feel like that was something that I needed to do.

Marni:   Well, when I was young I just started having a lot of cavities and stuff, and the dentist just drilled it into my head. He handed me a thing of floss and said, “You need to use this every day.” And it’s really made a difference. I notice my overall oral health has so improved because of flossing.

Mason:  My child brain was always like “Well, come on. The brushes are getting in there. I don’t need that extra floss.” And I never had really bad dentist problems with bad cavities or plaque or anything.

Marni:  Well, there’s been some research recently, and I think that they’re really starting to attribute flossing and oral health to your overall health. You say that you don’t have plaque build-up, but they’re saying that plaque build-up in your mouth can lead to potential plaque build-up in the rest of your body. I don’t know if this is true and I’m not a doctor, but I just think that “an ounce of prevention” is a good habit to get into.

Mason:  It feels like I would just make a link between people who are inclined to floss are probably more meticulous and inclined to take care of themselves in general.

Marni:  I really think you should start flossing.

 

Quizzes

Go Super to take Quiz Go Super!

 

Lesson MP3

Go Super to download full lesson MP3 Go Super!

The iTEP® test

  • Schedule an iTEP® test and take the official English Practice Test.

    Take Now >

Discussion

Go Super to Listen Go Super!

Marni and Mason are talking about the importance of flossing your teeth. Marni has been flossing since she was little and she’s shocked that Mason doesn’t really do it. Mason believes that he never truly learned how important it is, so he didn’t build the habit.

Marni heard that there may be a link between flossing your teeth and your health in general. Mason isn’t so sure about any link, and suggests that people who are good about flossing are simply the kind of people who take care of themselves.

Even if it isn’t true, Marni thinks that remembering to floss is essential. What do you think? Is flossing all that important? Do you agree with Mason that there’s a certain kind of person who flosses?

 

Comments

Log in to Comment

DAMAVAND

DAMAVAND

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Not for meticulous people, some kinds of teeth are prone to cavities more, use of flossing is a great suggestion for them, especially if those teeth are being very close to each other and making trouble while brushing. In my opinion, flossing in the correct way is more important than itself, you can injure your gums, if you don’t know how you should do it well, or maybe misuse of it makes some extra space between your teeth, so it’s necessary to ask your dentist to learn it compeletly, by the way, I think flossing is a general recommendation for who usually escapes from regularly brushing.

02:27 AM Jun 05 2013 |

modaher

modaher

Iraq

Yes floss good Astaalh when cleaning teeth and I used it once in every week.

01:32 AM Jun 05 2013 |

Likes (14):

See all >

Share this lesson:

  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Bebo
  • Share on Myspace
  • Share on Twitter
  • Email this to a friend
  • Share on Sina

Post Ebaby! lessons on your blog:

Ebaby! Cast