Unit1SportsPartAListeningStrategyIdentifyingNumbersNumbersappearveryoftenineverykindoflisteningmaterial
TheabilitytocatchtheexactnumbersspokeninEnglishisanimportantbutdifficultskillforaChineselearner
Agoodwayistopracticeoverandoveragainthepronunciationofthenumbers,particularlythedifferentwaystosaythirteenandthirty,fourteenandforty,etc
Italsohelpstopracticewritingdownthenumbersyouhearquicklyinnumericalforms,withouttranslatingthemintoChinese
You’regoingtohearapassageaboutMichaelJordan,aretiredAmericanprofessionalbasketballplayer
Listencarefullyandfillintheblankswiththemissingnumbers
MichaelJordanisthegreatestbasketballplayerofalltime
HewasbornonFeb
1)17,2)1963,inBrooklyn,NewYork
Heis3)1
98meterstallandweighs4)216pounds
JordanjoinedtheChicagoBullsteamforthe5)1984season
Inthe6)1986seasonheshot