English 9 Listening U 1U 5

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<b>UNIT 1 : A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL</b>

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<b>Tim:</b> Are you hungry, Carlo?

<b>Carlo</b>: Yes.

<b>Tim:</b> Okay. Let’s go to a restaurant downtown. If we go through the park, we can catch
a bus on Ocean Driver.

<b>Carlo:</b> 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.

<b>Tim:</b> Carlo! Be careful. You’re walking the grass. The park keeper is growing some
more - you’ll kill the new grass!

<b>Carlo</b>: Oh, sorry, I didn’t see the sign .

<b>Tim:</b> Come on. It’s time we caught the bus.

<b>Carlo:</b> It that our bus,Tim?

<b>Tim:</b> No. that’s a 103 bus. We want the number 130.

<b>Carlo:</b> Where are we going to eat?

<b>Tim:</b> It’s up to you. There’s a new Mexican restaurant in town.

<b>Carlo:</b> Oh, no. I can eat Mexican food at home. I love American food. I’d rather eat
hamburgers.

<b>Tim:</b> Okay. I know exactly where we need to go!

<b>UNIT 2:CLOTHING</b>

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<b>Announcer</b> ( 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.

<b>UNIT 3 : A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE</b>

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<b>UNIT 4 : LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE</b>

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<b>Host </b>: Kate , Can I introduce you to Nga ? She’s studying English here in London.

<b>Kate </b>: Hello , Pleased to meet you.

<b>Nga</b> : Pleased to meet you , too .

<b>Kate</b> : Where are you from , Nga ?

<b>Nga</b> : I’m from Viet Nam.

<b>Kate </b>: Why are you studying English here ?

<b>Nga </b>: I need it for my job.

<b>Kate </b>: Really ? So , what do you do ?

<b>Nga</b> : I work for a bank , an international bank in Ha Noi.

<b>Kate</b> : Oh, I see . Did you learn English at school ?

<b>Nga </b>: Yes , and at university , too .But I’ve forget er…foreget…

<b>Kate</b> : Forgotten .

<b>Nga</b> : 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.

<b>Kate</b> : What about listening , Nga ?

<b>Nga </b>: It’s terrible . This is my biggest problem . People talk very quickly and I can’t
understand them .

<b>Kate</b> : Do you like studying English ?

<b>Nga </b>: 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.

<b>Kate </b>: Well. That’s very good . Good luck to you , Nga.

<b>UNIT 5 : THE MEDIA</b>

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<b>Chau</b> : Dad , I’m doing an assignment . Can you help me with the information ?

<b>Chau’s father</b> : What is the assignment about ?

<b>Chau :</b> It’s about the important dates of the media . Where and when did the first printed
newspaper appear , Dad ?

<b>Chau’s father</b> : It first appeared in the 7th _{or 8}th_{century AD , in China.}

<b>Chau :</b> And when was the telegraphy invented ?

<b>Chau’s father</b> : 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?

<b>Chau </b>: Radio and newsreels?

<b>Chau’s father</b> : Excellent ! And when did television become commercially viable ,
can you guess ?

<b>Chau</b> : In the 1940s ?

<b>Chau’s father</b> : No . It was in the 1950s .

<b>Chau :</b> When did the Internet become a major force in journalism ?

<b>Chau’s father</b> : In the mid-and late 1990s.

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