## Step 1 - Listening

#### Cancer treatment

You are going to listen to someone talking about a friend with cancer.
Je gaat luisteren naar iemand die vertelt over een vriend met kanker.

- Luister naar het geluidsfragment en maak assignment 1.
- Lees de vragen.
- Luister nog een keer en maak assignment 1.

#### Assignment 1

Luister naar het geluidsfragment en beantwoord de vraag hieronder.

- 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?