新视野大学英语视听说教程 4 Unit 2-3

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Task 2: The Voice Lift
Script
After the face-lift, the forehead tightened¹, and the (S1) nose job, something still might be revealing your age: your (S2) voice.
For patients who think their trembly, hoarse² words don’t (S3) match their newly face and figure, there’s a procedure that claims to make them (S4) sound younger too: the voice lift.
There are two general kinds of voice lifts. In some cases, implants³ (S5) inserted through an incision⁴ in the (S6) neck bring the vocal⁵ cords closer together. Doctors also use injections of (S7) fat or other substances to plump up the cords, so that the voice sounds younger.
(S8) The voice lift is becoming more widely known among an aging population, who try to make themselves sound younger.
“I speak in a great deal, or I was shouting, on a particular day, at the end of the day, I would feel exhausted,” said Robert Brown, 75, (S9) a retired⁶ construction engineer who underwent the voice lift several years ago, “I don’t know if I sound younger, but the hoarseness⁷ is gone, which is such a great improvement.”
(S10) Voice lift can also benefit people like performers, lawyers, teachers, and telephone operators who need to have a strong voice and hope to shave years off the sound of their voice.