Msbs book dictation Activity Unit 1: The Olympics Listening Practice

Listening Practice 3 (CD 2, Track 11)
Good evening, everyone. ___________ ___ day one of our six-day ________ ________ _________ Living a Happy Life. The topic of today’s _________ is the ________ of having too much _________. We all know that _________ some stress is good. It helps us ________ ________, ____________, and __________. And if you don’t have _________ stress, you will become ______ and ___________. The problem, of _________, is when we have _____ ________ stress. Too much stress is bad. It makes us ______ _______, ________, and can even ________ ____ ______. The _____ ___ having a happy life is to find the ________ ________ of stress in your life. This can be done by remembering three _________________ rules: One, remember to _______ your ______ ___________. Two, have a good _________ _________ _______ and play. And three, have __________ and ________ who can help you when things ________ __________. If you __________ those three ________, your life will be a lot __________. I ___________ it.
Listening Practice 4 (CD 2, Track 12)
Stephen: Wow, that Mr. Bergen sure is interesting. I ________ _____ in today’s class _________ that there are really two ___________ _______ of stress: eustress and distress.
Lucy: Oh, really? What is the difference, Stephen?
Stephen: Well, eustress is _______ __________, and ___________ is bad stress.
Lucy: Hmm. I thought all stress was bad. What _________ eustress?
Stephen: Mr. Bergen told us that eustress is stress that is ____________ or good, like winning a _______, getting a _______________ ___work, or _________ _________.
Lucy: Oh, I get it. And what did Mr. Bergen say __________ ____________?
Stephen: Things like school _______, problems ___ ______, or a ______ in the family.
Lucy: I see. Well, the _______ _______ he tries to give you an _______, tell him you can’t ______ ___ because it would _________ you too much distress.
Stephen: Good ______.


Unit 16: Study Skills