Unit 1 Sports
Part A
Listening Strategy
Identifying Numbers
Numbers appear very often in every kind of listening material. The ability to
catch the exact numbers spoken in English is an important but difficult skill for a
Chinese learner. A good way is to practice over and over again the pronunciation of
the numbers, particularly the different ways to say thirteen and thirty, fourteen and
forty, etc. It also helps to practice writing down the numbers you hear quickly in
numerical forms, without translating them into Chinese.
You鈥檙e going to hear a passage abou
t Michael Jordan, a retired American
professional basketball player. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the missing
numbers.
Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. He was born on Feb.
1) 17, 2) 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. He is 3) 1.98 meters tall and weighs 4) 216
pounds. Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls team for the 5) 1984 season. In the 6) 1986
season he shot 7) 3041 points, the 8) third highest score ever. He was named NBA
Slam Dunk Champion (
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) in 9) 1987 and won the Most Valuable Player
Award in 10) 1988, an honor repeated 11) four times in the next 12) ten years to 13)