Study how the story is developed by talking about a thing that caused so much noise that affected the speaker. Also, understand how each question is answered in Part 3 and learn how to organize and discuss your answers very clearly.
PART 2
SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
THAT MADE A LOT OF
NOISE
Describe someone or something that made a lot of noise
You should say:
- Who or what made the noise
- What the noise was like
- What you did when you heard the noise
And explain how you felt about it
A N S W E R
I once lived in a studio-type apartment (self-contained apartment in which all rooms are combined into a single room) that’s incredibly cheap back when I was still working in the city during my first few months of employment as a nurse.
That apartment building has four units and I occupied one of the two units on the first floor. Because it was just a tiny apartment, every now and then, I could hear my next-door neighbor’s footsteps, voices, telephone calls, and music.
However, those were bearable (tolerable) since they weren’t loud – they’re just low-frequency (not loud; frequency below 150Hz) noises and I got used to hearing them. Anyway, when one of the units was vacated on the second floor, the landlord (a man who rents out a building) decided to renovate (restore) it. I was actually informed in advance about their one-day renovation and I just didn’t say any comment about it since it’s the least of my worries (a problem that is less of a concern than another one).
Little did I know that it would ruin my day. So, during the first day of their construction work, I was surprisingly awakened by the noise upstairs. I could hear clanking (loud and sharp noise as of pieces of metal) and welding noises from my unit. I was really irritated because the day before the renovation, I had a swing shift (afternoon shift – that’s 2 PM – 10 PM) so I came back to my apartment around midnight and hit the hay (go to bed) at around 2 AM. You could imagine how mad I was when my sleep was interrupted.
Actually, I usually woke up at ten in the morning when I was on a second shift but because of that, I got up two hours earlier than usual, and as a result, I felt light-headed (dizzy; giddy) and grumpy (bad-tempered and irritable). What’s worse was, at work, I was reprimanded by our head nurse because I couldn’t focus on my work for the entire shift on that day since I was terribly sleepy.
Had I known that the noise would cause so much trouble to me, I could have slept in my friend’s house for a night. But anyway, it did happen so I’d just put it down to experience (to give a decision that instead of being upset about something bad that has happened or that you have done, you’ll just learn from it).
PART 3
In what places people can hear lots of noises?
Well, there are innumerable (too many to be counted) places where we can hear and get distracted (unable to concentrate) by a lot of noise but the most common places are the wet market, busy city streets, bus or train stations, and construction sites. These places, except for construction sites, are undeniably rowdy (noisy and disorderly) because most of the time they are crowded.
People are rushing, talking loudly, and the like (and similar things). As for construction sites, the kind of noise we all hear gives us discomfort since heavy construction equipment produces clanking noise and sometimes they are deafening. So, these are the places where people get disturbed by the different types of noise.
Do you think there’s so much noise pollution in cities these days?
Yes generally, especially if we talk about major cities. Those places are typically noisy because they are populous (densely populated), there are numerous cars, factories, and different facilities like shopping malls, bars, restaurants, and many more. Those are the contributors to noise pollution, however, some cities are less noisy like those minor cities and that is obviously because of their size. Small cities are less populated and less industrialized which simply means noise pollution is minimal (minimum). In other words, not all cities have a serious problem of noise pollution.
What can be done to reduce traffic noise?
I believe different countries have different ways on how to minimize traffic noise. I have been to several countries both developed and developing and the traffic noise in those developing countries that I visited is worse than those in developed countries. In those developing countries, honking (to make a short yet loud sound) car horns every now and then even if there’s no danger, is perfectly fine, it seems like it’s part of their culture. So, because it is like their culture, I believe that is way harder to change. Honestly, I really don’t know how their government can improve the situation.
On the other hand, in some developed nations, I learned that they have regulations on noisy motor vehicle exhaust, so I guess they can impose (force something on someone) much heftier (large in amount) fines on those who disobey the law. Well, anyway, there’s no one-size-fits-all (to be suitable in all circumstances ) answer to address the problem of traffic noise.
Do you think the world will be noisier in the future?
That’s highly likely since the world is getting overpopulated and more industrialized. When there is a huge population, man-made noise will be produced such as household noise, noise from bars or amusement parks, and vehicular noise, among others. In addition, since the world progresses to something more advanced, many factories will be built that are capable of producing a large amount of noise like grinding mills (machines for crushing solid materials into tiny pieces), compressors (a machine that squeezes gas or air and makes it take up less space), generators, exhaust fans, and many more.
These kinds of noises are a part of the advancement of the world and it will not be a big surprise for people when the future becomes much noisier than now.
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