
1. To become familiar with monetary units presented as a listening focus;
2. To improve listening comprehension through specific exercises.

Measurements were invented to help know the physical environment in which we live. We cannot express ourselves accurately without using measurements to describe the things surrounding us. This section focuses your attention on an aspect of authentic, day-to-day English: measurements.
1. Listen to each of the following statements, paying particular attention to the measurements. Then complete each sentence with the correct measurement from among the four choices given.
2. Listen to the following statements, each of which will be spoken twice. During the pause after each statement, fill in the blank(s) with the correct measurement.


A. News Item One
Directions: Listen to the following news item and then, for each question, select the best answer from among the four choices given.
Idaho | (美国)爱达荷州 |
food stamp card | (美国发给失业者或贫民的)食品票(或卡) |
biological father | 生父 |
toddler | n. 学步的小孩 |
Fox 28 | 美国新闻台 |
scruffy | a. 肮脏的 |
bearded | a. 胡子拉碴的 |
balance | n. 余额 |
for good | 永久地
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B. News Item Two
Directions: Listen to the following news item and then, for each question, select the best answer from among the four choices given.
poise | vt. 保持……姿势 |
eclipse | vt. 使黯然失色 |
slump | vi. 暴跌 |
trade in goods | 货物贸易 |
exceed | vt. 超过 |
US Commerce Department | 美国商务部 |
shortfall | n. 差额 |
at an all-time high | 历史最高纪录 |
fuel | vt. 促使 |
crude oil | 原油 |
collapse | vi. 暴跌
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A. Conversation One
Directions: Listen to the following long conversation and then, for each question, select the best answer from among the four choices given.
B. Conversation Two
Directions: Listen to the following long conversation and then, for each question, select the best answer from among the four choices given.

A. Passage One
Directions: Listen to the following passage and then, for each question, select the best answer from among the four choices given.
B. Passage Two
Listen to the following passage and then, for each question, select the best answer from among the four choices given.