Msbs book dictation Activity Unit 1: The Olympics Listening Practice

Unit 6: Beautiful Palaces
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 21)
Brian: Hey, Anna. What do you _______ ____ ___________ during your trip ________ Europe this summer?
Anna: Hey, Brian. I am _____ _________ _______. Do you have ______ _______?
Brian: Well, what are you __________ ____?
Anna: Hmm. It ________ ___ _______ to see some of Europe’s ________ __________. I think it would be interesting to ________ ______ where some of those famous __________ __________ lived, but I don’t know ________ ones are ________ visiting.
Brian: I do. You should go to Versailles in __________, Schonbrunn in Austria, and Buckingham Palace in __________. Those are the best three palaces ___ ________.
Anna: Ah, thanks! _____ ________ _________?
Brian: Yeah. When you visit _____________ ________, _______ ______ you go ______ to ______ _____ _________. It gets really _______ in the _____________.
Anna: I ___________ will. I ____________ the ___________. Do you have any summer plans?
Brian: Not this summer, but next __________, I want to go to Japan and check out the __________Palace in Tokyo.
Anna: That ________ awesome!


Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 22)
1. The ________ Palace of Madrid is one of the most __________ palaces in Spain. The Palace is still the ________ ____________ of the Royal Family of Spain, but they do not live there __________. Today, it is mostly used for ___________ _________.
2. The Royal Palace of Phnom Penh is the _________ _______ in Cambodia. _______ many other palaces, it is _____ __ _________. The King ________ lives there.
3. The Pink House is a large ______ _________ in the ________ ___ Buenos Aires, Argentina. It ________ ___ an office for the ___________ of Argentina, but he does not ______ there.
4. Schonbrunn Palace in ___________ is a very large palace in _________. _____ _______, it was the summer ____________ for the Hapsburgs, one of the most __________ ________ _________ in _________ history. Today, it is used as a _________.