Msbs book dictation Activity Unit 1: The Olympics Listening Practice

Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 26)
1) The tallest _______ buildings in the world are the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, __________. Including the ________, they are 451meters tall.
2) The tallest ___________ ________ in the world is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada. __________ the ___________, it is 553 meters tall.
3) The tallest building in _______ America is the Willis Tower in Chicago, USA. Including the ___________, it is 527 meters tall.
4) The tallest ________ _________ in the world is the Kingda Ka at Six Flags in New Jersery, USA. It is 139 meters tall and ________ 206 km ____ _______!


Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 27)
Hello, class! The topic of my _________ _______ is the ____________ ________ _________ and modern buildings. First, I want to talk about ancient buildings. This is a very interesting _________ for me because I studied ancient history in __________. Ancient buildings were __________ ________ of _______, and they took many years to __________. They were also much smaller than ________ buildings. The tallest building of the ancient ________ was the __________ of Giza in Egypt. It was 146 meters tall. But now, let’s look at ________ _________. They are a lot ________ ______ the buildings of the ancient world. They are normally _______ ___ _______ and ___________, and they only take __ _____ _______ to __________. They are also much _________ ______ ancient buildings. The tallest building of the modern world is the Burj Khalifa in the United Arab __________. It is 818 meters tall.
Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 28)
Daniel: Yumi, we _________ ______ ___! Here we are ___ _______ ___ the tallest ________ in the _______ world, the Eiffel Tower in France!
Yumi: Umm, Daniel. I _______ ___ _______ _____, but the Eiffel Tower has not been the tallest structure in the world ________ 1930.
Daniel: Really? What ________ ___ taller than this?
Yumi: Well, the _________ State Building in New York City, the CN Tower in _________, and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur _______ ___ _______ __ _____.
Daniel: __ _____. So what is the _________ __________ in the world?
Yumi: A building called the Burj Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates. It is 818 _______ _______. The Eiffel Tower is only 324 meters tall.
Daniel: So are you _________ ____ this isn’t ______ ______ ____ ______ ___ the tallest building in the world?
Yumi: _______, Daniel. I _________ I am not ________.
Daniel: Man! I am ________ _______.