English 9 -Listening (U 1-U 5)

UNIT 1 : A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
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Tim: Are you hungry, Carlo?
Carlo: Yes.
Tim: Okay. Let’s go to a restaurant downtown. If we go through the park, we can catch a
bus on Ocean Driver.
Carlo: That’s fine. I really like walking in the park. You’re lucky to have a place like this
close to your home. It’s so beautiful with all the trees and flowers and a pond in the middle.
Tim: Carlo! Be careful. You’re walking the grass. The park keeper is growing some more
- you’ll kill the new grass!
Carlo: Oh, sorry, I didn’t see the sign .
Tim: Come on. It’s time we caught the bus.
Carlo: It that our bus,Tim?
Tim: No. that’s a 103 bus. We want the number 130.
Carlo: Where are we going to eat?
Tim: It’s up to you. There’s a new Mexican restaurant in town.
Carlo: Oh, no. I can eat Mexican food at home. I love American food. I’d rather eat
hamburgers.
Tim: Okay. I know exactly where we need to go!
UNIT 2:CLOTHING
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Announcer ( on Public Announcement )
Attention please .Here is a special announcement . A little girl is reported missing . She
was last seen 20 minutes ago near the main entrance to the Car Fair . Her name’s Mary and
she is 3 years old. She has short dark hair. She’s wearing shorts - blue shorts and a long-
sleeved white blouse .She’s wearing a pair of shoes – brown shoes . She may be carrying a
large doll .If you see Mary, please bring her to the Information Desk . Her father’s waiting
for her there. Thank you.
UNIT 3 : A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
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At 6.30 in the morning , the bus collected Ba and his family from their home . After

picking everyone up , the bus continued north on Highway Number 1. It crossed the
Dragon Bridge and stopped at the gas station to get some more fuel . Then , it left the
highway and turned left onto a smaller road westward . This road ran between green
paddy fields , so the people on the bus could see a lot of cows and buffaloes . The road
ended before a big store beside a pond . Instead of turning left towards a small airport ,
the bus went in the opposite direction . It didn’t stay on that road for very long, but turned
left onto a road which went through a small bamboo forest . Finally , the bus dropped
everyone off at the parking lot ten meters from a big old banyan tree . It parked there and
waited for people to come back in the evening .
UNIT 4 : LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
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Host : Kate , Can I introduce you to Nga ? She’s studying English here in London.
Kate : Hello , Pleased to meet you.
Nga : Pleased to meet you , too .
Kate : Where are you from , Nga ?
Nga : I’m from Viet Nam.
Kate : Why are you studying English here ?
Nga : I need it for my job.
Kate : Really ? So , what do you do ?
Nga : I work for a bank , an international bank in Ha Noi.
Kate : Oh, I see . Did you learn English at school ?
Nga : Yes , and at university , too .But I’ve forget er…foreget…
Kate : Forgotten .
Nga : Yes , of course . I’ve forgotten a lot of it . I want to improve my writing skills . You
know… sometimes I have to write letter in English.
Kate : What about listening , Nga ?
Nga : It’s terrible . This is my biggest problem . People talk very quickly and I can’t
understand them .
Kate : Do you like studying English ?
Nga : Oh yes. It’s an interesting language and it’s very useful ; and I can talk to people

from all over the world…. And I can understand the words of my favorite songs , too.
Kate : Well. That’s very good . Good luck to you , Nga.
UNIT 5 : THE MEDIA
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Chau : Dad , I’m doing an assignment . Can you help me with the information ?
Chau’s father : What is the assignment about ?
Chau : It’s about the important dates of the media . Where and when did the first printed
newspaper appear , Dad ?
Chau’s father : It first appeared in the 7
th
or 8
th
century AD , in China.
Chau : And when was the telegraphy invented ?
Chau’s father : Perhaps it was in the late 19
th
century . Do you know what two new
forms of news media appeared in the early 20
th
century?
Chau : Radio and newsreels?
Chau’s father : Excellent ! And when did television become commercially viable , can
you guess ?
Chau : In the 1940s ?
Chau’s father : No . It was in the 1950s .
Chau : When did the Internet become a major force in journalism ?
Chau’s father : In the mid-and late 1990s.
Chau : Thank you , Dad. Now I can answer all the questions for my assignment.