Msbs book dictation Activity Unit 1: The Olympics Listening Practice

Unit 10: Blood Types and Personalities
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 37)
Chris: Hi, Beth. What are you __________?
Beth: Hi, Chris. I’m reading a book about _________ ___________. Did you know that in Korea and Japan many people believe you _____ _________ _____ a person’s ____________ ___ you know their _________ ______?
Chris: Really?
Beth: Yeah, it ______ ___ ____ _______ there are some people who use _________ ______ to see if two people are ______________ for _________.
Chris: Wow. How __________!
Beth: It is really cool actually. I am blood type A, and the book says I am ___________ ____ _____. Hey, what is your blood type? I will see what the book says about _______ ____________.
Chris: My blood type is AB.
Beth: OK. _____ ____ ______.
Chris: Actually, Beth, I have to go to class, but can I __________ that book when you _____ __________?
Beth: Sure thing.


Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 38)
1) Blood type A is the most __________ blood ______ ___ ________. It is ________ that people with this blood type are __________, ___________, and _______ _____.
2) Blood type O is the _______ ______ common ________ type in Korea. It is thought that people with this blood type are ________, ___________, and very ______________.
3) Blood type B is the second most ___________ ________ ______ in Korea. It is thought that people with blood type B are _____________, _____________, and __________.
4) Blood type AB is the __________ _________ blood type in Korea. It is _________ ______ people with blood type AB have _____ ___________: they can be __________ and _____________ one day, but _____ and ________ another day.


Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 39)
Hello, everybody. I am Robert Johnson from the Japanese-American __________ _______. Since many Americans _______ _____________ people believe that blood types are ________ ___ _____________, there have been a lot of __________ coming to our ________ about how the ________ _______. From our research, we __________ the idea of blood types being linked to ____________ started in 1927 by a man ________ Takeji Furukawa. He _______ ____ ______ the _________ after working in a high school and __________ the different personalities in children. Takeji was not a __________, but his _________ became _________ _______. Later, in the 1970s, a ____________ named Mashiko Nomi ________ __ _________ of books about the idea. The books were very popular and the _________ _______ strong. There is no _________ ________ __________ the idea that blood types are linked to ___________, but it is still a _____________ _________ in Japan today. And that is one of the _________ 90% of Japanese people know their blood type. That _____________ is much _________ here in America.