[al:全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程 2] 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're going to hear a passage about 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
