## Step 1 - Listening

#### Cancer treatment

You are going to listen to someone talking about a friend with cancer.

- Listen to the recording and do assignment 1.
- Read the questions.
- Listen again and do assignment 2 and 3.

#### Assignment 1

Listen to the recording and answer the question on your own, then discuss the answer in your group.

- Write down five words you think are important in this recording.

Listen to the recording.

Questions

1. Which word best describes the man's initial reaction right after he found out that he had been diagnosed with cancer?
2. What did the man do after he first learned of his illness?
3. After several months with the disease, what was the man's main source of consolation?
4. Who was mainly responsible for checking on and adjusting the man's medications in the home?
5. According to the story, what can we learn from such difficult and emotional experiences?