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UNIT 7 Section one Tactics for Listening Part 1 Spot Dictation Meet Your Chiropractor The doctor of chiropractic* (D.C.) is a (1) well-recognized member of the health team who (2) considers the human body as a total functioning (3) unit and gives special attention to the spine*, (4) muscles, nerves, circulatory and skeletal (5) systems. The chiropractor seeks to (6) relieve pain. The procedures utilized are primarily focused on the (7) spine. The chiropractor is concerned about the spines relationship to the (8) nerve system, which controls important body functions. The chiropractor knows that a malfunctioning* spinal joint can not only cause (9) back pain or headaches, it can also (10) interfere with the nerves leading from the spine, thereby (1 I) affecting other portions of the body. Millions of Americans are chiropractic patients for a wide variety of (12) health disorders. They depend on their chiropractor as their (13) family doctor to help them maintain their health through proper (14) diagnosis, treatment, and referral* when (15) necessary. A minimum of six years of college study including internships (16) goes into the making of a chiropractic physician. Many doctors of chiropractic choose to (17) limit their practices to certain specialties, such as (18) sports injuries, nutrition, orthopedics or radiology. As a (19) licensed and regulated member of the healing arts, the doctor of chiropractic must pass a state (20) licensing board examination in order to practice. Exercise Directions: Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with what you hear. Part 2 listening for Gist Like the Iron Age volunteers, Paul has also chosen to cut himself off from many aspects of modem life, not, however, as an experiment but because he feels it is a more satisfactory way to live. He is talking about his small cottage in the Welsh mountains: And that brings me to say what is primitive about it, namely, it is anything that has to be done, and there are obvio