Level 6 Unit 1 Part 4【Dictation】

After a few months, Bob began to improve, but only moderately.

Though he cooperated with the treatment, he continued to think negatively.

He also continued to go through periods of depression.

As a result, he wasn't able to return to school.

The forest area near the reactor site is one of the most radioactive places on Earth.

Named the Red Forest because its trees turned a reddish-brown color as they died, the forest is trying to make a recovery.

Animals such as elk and eagles have been seen in the area.

And birch trees grow where the radioactive trees of the forest were bulldozed and buried by the Soviet government.

Still, he should be prepared for a long recovery and the possibility that he might never walk again.

Without the use of his legs, he wouldn't be able to continue working in the same way.

It wouldn't be possible to travel, so he would have to find another way to attend meetings.

Either that or he would have to look for another way to make a living.

Last week John got some bad news.

His company is downsizing and moving its head office to another city.

It's moving because it can no longer afford to do business where they are now.

Expenses are too high, especially salaries, so it's more difficult to compete with other companies.

From this experience, Jack realized that the brain imaging had allowed him to save Bob's life.

If it hadn't been for the scans, Bob would have ended up killing himself.

Detecting and treating the injury to the front part of his brain was the key step in his treatment.

Jack now believes that brain scans can be an important tool for psychiatrists.

He was in a hurry, so he asked the taxi driver to get him into the city as soon as possible.

The taxi driver agreed and sped up, but just as they left the airport, the car went out of control.

It spun around and skidded into the path of an oncoming truck.

Fortunately, the truck wasn't going too fast, so nobody was killed.