Msbs book dictation Activity Unit 1: The Olympics Listening Practice

Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 7)
Good afternoon, ________ _____ ____________. Welcome to the ____________ _________ about men’s skiing. Today, the ________ of my speech will be the ____________ between alpine and cross-country skiing. Alpine skiing and cross-country skiing are two _______ different ________. First, I want to talk about ______ skiing. Alpine skiing is much ________ ______ cross-country skiing. You have ___________ _______ alpine skiing before. It is when the skiers go down the ski ________ really fast. It __________ events like downhill, slalom, and giant slalom. Next, I will talk about cross-country skiing. Cross-country skiing is ________ _____ alpine skiing. You have probably seen cross-country skiing too. They are the ________ skiing events. Cross-country skiing ___________ _______ like men’s sprint, the 30 kilometer, and the 4-person ______ _______. _________ they are very different, both alpine skiing and cross-country skiing are very __________ Winter Olympic ________.


Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 8)
Robbie: Hey, Grace! Did you watch Canada play __________ in the Winter Olympic hockey ________?
Grace: Hey, Robbie. Yep! It was _______ __ _______ game. ____ __ _________, I ________ Canada was going to win.
Robbie: Yeah, but at the end, Sweden could not be __________! I didn’t _______ them to ________ three goals in the fourth __________ _________.
Grace: Me __________! The third goal was the biggest __________.
Robbie: Did you see how Johnson __________ the goalkeeper?
Grace: Oh, yes! It was __________! That is why he was __________ the game’s Most ___________ Player.
Robbie: I had no idea Johnson was such a ___________ player.
Grace: Me neither. He really ____________ me. Now, I can’t wait to see next year’s big Olympic _________ ________.
Robbie: Grace! The Winter Olympics only happen _______ ________ _______ years.
Grace: Oh, really? That’s ____ _____.