WIB · Listening — September 5, 2026

🎯 Instructions:

Listen to the audio track(s) below.
Complete the interactive exercises on this page.

🎧 Senior Listening

Two tracks with comprehension exercises

Track 1: "Limiting screen time for children"

7 min · british · standard

🎯 Gist Check Listen and choose the best answer.

1. What is the main topic of this episode?

How adults can stop checking their phones at work How much screen time children should have and how parents can manage it Why smartphone designers should create products for babies How the UK banned social media for children under 16

✅ B. 本期节目的主题是儿童的屏幕使用时间（screen time）以及家长应如何管理。A 只是开头寒暄时的个人话题；C 是设计理念的一部分而非主题；D 中真正禁止 16 岁以下使用社交媒体的是澳大利亚，不是英国。

2. What is Dr Emily Goodacre's main piece of advice for parents?

Parents should take all screens and devices away from children Parents should not let children use technology until they are teenagers Parents should be intentional about how children use technology and set higher standards Parents should let children decide their own screen time without any rules

✅ C. Emily 明确表示关键不在于让孩子远离科技，而是要“be intentional about how we use technology with children”，并且认为“the bar absolutely needs to be higher”，即家长要更有意识、提高标准。A、D 与她的观点相反，B 文中未提及。

3. According to Dr Becky Kennedy, what do most parents want?

To understand what is really happening with technology and get practical, realistic ideas for home To buy more devices for their children to help them learn To be told that screen time has no effect on children at all To send their children to a special school without technology

✅ A. Becky 说她发现家长“very, very eager to understand what's really happening around technology in kids”，并希望得到“practical, realistic things they can do in their home”，即了解真相并获得可操作的家庭建议。

🔍 Detail Hunt Listen for specific information.

1. Which country banned access to social media apps for under 16s at the end of last year?

✅ Australia

2. According to the UK media regulator, how many children aged three to four have a smartphone?

✅ one in five

3. What idiom does Dr Emily Goodacre use to mean that standards and expectations need to be raised?

✅ the bar needs to be higher

4. What word does Dr Becky Kennedy use for a small change?

✅ a shift

5. What does Becky suggest parents do with the device so children are not tempted to use it?

✅ move it somewhere it can't be seen

Track 2: "How advertisers make us spend money"

7 min · british · standard

🎯 Gist Check Listen and choose the best answer.

1. What is the main topic of the audio?

How to avoid advertising How advertisers use psychology to influence us The history of fast-food chains The benefits of touchscreen ordering

✅ B. 这段音频主要讨论了广告商如何利用心理学（如名人代言、心理捷径、轻推理论等）来影响消费者的购买行为。

2. According to the audio, why do celebrity endorsements work?

Because celebrities are always right Because they act as a mental shortcut and we trust credible people Because they are expensive Because they are required by law

✅ B. 音频中Ben Jones提到，当人们不确定时，会跟随他们认为可信或知识渊博的人，这是一种心理捷径。

3. What theory is mentioned that says people respond to small prompts?

Push theory Pull theory Nudge theory Shove theory

✅ C. 音频最后Phil揭晓答案，是“nudge theory”（轻推理论），即通过小的提示来改变行为。

🔍 Detail Hunt Listen for specific information.

1. What did Pippa buy recently?

✅ headphones

2. What did Phil buy on the way to work?

✅ a soft drink

3. How much can upselling increase basket spend?

✅ 25-30%

4. In Tunisia, what did the World Food Programme encourage people to do?

✅ eat food together

5. What is the term for behaving in a way that others can copy?

✅ modelling

🔄 Compare & Contrast Think about both listening passages together.

Compare and contrast the two listening tracks, “Limiting screen time for children” and “How advertisers make us spend money.” In 3–5 sentences, explain one similarity and one difference between their main ideas, and describe the influence on behavior that each track focuses on. Use details from both tracks to support your response.

Guiding Questions:

What is the main idea or concern of each listening track?
What kind of influence on people’s behavior does each track discuss?
What is one similarity between the two tracks?
What is one important difference between the two tracks?
Which details or examples from each track support your comparison?