Msbs book dictation Activity Unit 1: The Olympics Listening Practice

Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 42)
1) In the _________ States, many people think that the _________ 13 is _________. For this _________, lots of tall buildings do not have a “13^th _________.”
2) For many years in Japan, people believed ___ a person saw a white snake, he would have _______ _______ _____ ______. Even today, some people put ________ of ________ snakes on the walls of their house.
3) In _________, some people believe if a _______ sees a ________ ________ before the _________, she will have bad luck. ______________ brides often ________ the soon-to-be _________ to see the __________ ________.
4) In Korea, many people ________ if there is a _____ in your ________, you will have ______ _______. If a Korean sees a _____ ___ _____ _________, he might go out and ______ _________ tickets the next day.


Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 43)
Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Alberto Zafra. Today, the ________ of my __________ will be American ____________. We don’t have _________ time to ____ _______ all of them, so I will just talk about my __________ ________. Number one: Americans say “_____ ________ _____!” when someone ____________. They do this because long ago people ________ when a person ___________ evil _______ could _______ ____ _______. Number two: Americans believe if you ______ _______ on a table, you will have bad luck. __________ enough, they believe if you ________ some ______ _______ your ______ __________ after you spill it, you will have good luck ________. And _________, number three: Americans believe if you ________ a ________, you will have bad luck for seven years! ________, they say if you ______ seven hours to ________ ___ the _________ glass, you will have good luck again.


Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 44)
Tamara: Hey, Jason. Did you see the _____________ today?
Jason: Hey, Tamara. Yeah, I did. Why?
Tamara: There is an interesting ________ _______ the _________ __________ and superstitions.
Jason: Oh, I read that! I thought it was funny that some _________ don’t have a _____ 13 because some people are _________ ___ the number 13.
Tamara: Yeah, it’s ________, right? Did you see that All Nippon ________ from Japan does not have a ____ 4, 9, or 13 because 4 and 9 are ________ in Japan?
Jason: Yeah. I also ______ that Seoul’s _____________ _________ does not have a ______ 4, 13, or 44 because the number 4 is ___________ unlucky in Korea.
Tamara: I thought the __________ _______ was how US Airways in America _______ _______ _________ #777 and #711 to Las Vegas.
Jason: Because Las Vegas is ______ ___ _________ and the numbers 7 and 11 are ________ numbers in the US, right?
Tamara: Exactly.