Msbs book dictation Activity Unit 1: The Olympics Listening Practice

Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 48)
Teacher: OK, class. Did you _______ _________ the ___________ fairy tales today?
Students: Yes, Ms. Han!
Teacher: Good. Now, ____________ how I ______ ____ fairy tales ________ _____ and _______ the ________ _________ or life _________?
Students: Yes, Ms. Han!
Teacher: Can one student tell me ___________ they __________? Yes, Jason.
Jason: From Beauty and the Beast, I _________ not to ________ a person by their ____________.
Teacher: __________. Anyone else? How about you, Mary?
Mary: From Pinocchio, I learned that it is bad to ______ _____.
Teacher: Very good, Mary. ______ person? Dennis?
Dennis: From A Christmas Carol, I learned it is ____________ to ___ ______ to others.
Teacher: Great! ________ _____, guys. Time to ____ _________!

Review 1 Units 1 to 12

Listening Review 1

1) The 10^th Summer ____________ were _______ in Los Angeles, California, USA in 1932. _________ 37 ____________ nations, the United States won the most ________ by _______ home 41 gold medals.
2) The 5^th Winter Olympics ______ ______ ___ St. Moritz, _______________ in 1948. Among 28 participating _________, _________ won the most medals by taking ________ 4 _______ medals.
3) The 20^th __________ __________ were held in Munich, West ____________ in 1972. Among 121 ______________ ________, the Soviet Union won the most medals by _______ _______ 50 gold medals.
4) The 28^th Summer Olympics ______ _______ in Athens, _________ in 2004. Among 201 ____________ nations, the United States won the most medals by taking _______ 36 gold ________.

Listening Review 2

Chris: Wow! _________ _____ this photo, Molly. It’s ___________!
Molly: Hey, Chris. Isn’t this Mount ____________?
Chris: Yep! It is one of the top ten ________ ________ of the world. I want to go there _____ ______ and go mountain __________. Do you want to come with me?
Molly: You really ________ you can ________ _________ Everest?
Chris: ______ ______?
Molly: _____ __________, it is about 8,848 meters tall. Actually, it is the ________ mountain ___ ________. You need an ________ ______ to climb up to the ________.
Chris: How _______ do you think it would take to ________ the _______?
Molly: I think it _______ most people ________ 4 days.
Chris: Oh. I think I will just ________ the picture _________.

Listening Review 3

Wouldn’t you like to ________ to the __________ of art, ________, and love? This winter we offer a _________ tour of the ________ of Germany. On the first day, we go to ___________ Germany to see Neuschwanstein Castle. This castle was ______ for Ludwig Ⅲ, one of the ______ kings of Bavaria. It is ______ ________ ___ the _______ that __________ the story of Sleeping Beauty. On the second and third day, we will do some ____________ in Berlin and then _______ the Charlottenburg Palace. This is the largest ________ in _______. It was built at the _____ of the 17^th _________ for Sophie Charlotte, the ______ of the first King of Prussia, Frederick Ⅰ. On the ________ day, we will go to Potsdam near Berlin to visit Sanssouci, the ________ __________ of Frederick Ⅱ, the _______ and the last king of Prussia. If you are __________ in this tour, please call our ________ _______ for more ___________.

Listening Review 4

Nick: Hey, Claudia. What is that?
Claudia: Hey, Nick. It’s the __________ _______ from Jane’s sister’s wedding.
Nick: It looks _________. Can I ______ __ ______?
Claudia: Yes, but _____ ______. I will give you a _________ tomorrow morning.
Nick: I feel like _________ it now. Why tomorrow?
Claudia: I want to _______ _____ who my __________ will be, so I am going to _______ ______ this piece of wedding cake ________ ____ _________. I heard it will make me _________ of my _______ _________.
Nick: Do you really believe in that ____________?
Claudia: Well, I will tell you tomorrow ___ ___ ________.

Listening Review 5

Julie: Hey, Tim! What book are you reading?
Tim: Hey, Julie. You mean this book? It’s The Ugly __________ by Hans Christian Andersen.
Julie: Ugh, Tim. Aren’t you a ________ old to be _________ _______ tales.
Tim: No, Julie! ________ _______ are good books for ____ ______. Even my mom reads them __________.
Julie: OK. But why did you ______ The Ugly Duckling?
Tim: ___________ I feel ________, I read The Ugly Duckling. It ____________ me to be ___________ about myself.
Julie: I see. Well, ________ reading your fairy tale, Tim.