(Level: B2 / Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate / ***)
According to various studies, we tend to touch our faces way too many times. Yet, cutting down on it would help reduce the risk of catching the Coronavirus.
But can we really do without it?
You are going to watch a BBC news report on why we touch our faces and how we could possibly stop it.
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| Photo credit: www.bbc.co.uk |
Before watching
The following words could be useful:
We can't help it = we're not able to control it / We can't stop it
Nous ne pouvons pas nous empêcher de...
to be hardwired to...: to be genetically or innately predisposed
intrinsèquement / naturellement disposé à...
to top up: to add (some more...) ajouter / remettre une couche...
to pop your hands : to put them...
the lap: the front part of the body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position
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| A cat on someone's lap |
While watching
Answer the following questions:
1. Why do we constantly want to touch our faces?
2. How could you avoid doing that?
You can also watch the video on the BBC site by clicking HERE
When you are finished, you can check your answers!
1.
- Nous sommes prédisposés à nous toucher le visage; il s'agit d'un geste "réflexe" inné. Le bébé in utero se touche déjà le visage...
- En se touchant certaines parties du visage, on active inconsciemment le système nerveux parasympathique qui a une fonction apaisante...
2.
Eviter de porter par exemple des lentilles de contact ou du maquillage...
Occuper ses mains pour éviter qu'elles n'aboutissent une fois de plus dans le visage en parlant par exemple: les croiser, les poser exprès sur les genoux / cuisses ...
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