Listening for ielts 7 Unit 1

 
Unit 1
: Listening Activity No. 19 
 
1.
A
: When's Lincoln's birthday?
B
: It's February the 12
th
.
2.
A
: Do you know Valentine's Day?
B
: Yes, it's February 15
th
, oh sorry. 14
th
.
3.
A
: When's Washington's Birthday?
B
: It's the 21
st
of February.
4.
A
: Do you know when April Fool's Day is?
B
: Yes, of course. It is April the 1
st
.
5.
A
: When's Easter?
B
: It is the 3
rd
of April.
6.
A
: When's Mother's Day?
B
: It's May the 8
th
.
7.
A
: What date is Memorial Day?
B
: It's May 30
th
. 
8.
A
: Do you know when Father's Day is?
B
: Yes, it's the 19
th
of June.
9.
A
: Do you know when Independence Day is?
B
: It's July the 4
th
.
10.
A
: Is there a friendship Day?
B
: Yes. It's on August 7
th
.
11.
A
: When's Halloween?
B
; It's on October the 31
st
.
12.
A
: When's Thanksgiving Day?
B
: It's the 24
th
of November.

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Listening for IELTS
Unit 1
: Listening Activity No. 20 
 
The British are a nation of newspaper readers. Many of them even have a daily paper delivered to their 
homes in time of breakfast. British newspapers can be divided into two groups: quality and popular. 
Quality newspapers are more serious and cover home and foreign news thoughtfully while popular 
newspapers like shocking, personal stories as well as some news. These two groups of papers can be 
distinguished easily because quality newspapers are twice the size of popular newspapers.
Now you are going to hear the circulation of some of these two groups of newspapers in 2003, and 
when they were founded.
First, quality daily newspapers:
The Daily Telegraph
was founded in 1855 and its circulation was 990,000 in 2003. The circulation of 
The Times
was 690,000, and it was founded in 1785. 
The Guardian
was founded in 1821 and its 
circulation was 410,000 in 2003. 
The Financial Times
was founded in 1888 and its circulation was 
450,000.
Now come to quality Sunday newspapers:
The Sunday Times
was established in 1822 and its circulation was 145,000 and the circulation of 
The 
Observer
was 480,000. 
The Observer
was founded in 1791. 
The Sunday Telegraph 
was established in 
1961 and its circulation was 830,000 in 2003.
Now let us look at the circulation for popular daily newspapers in 2003. 
The Daily Express
was 
founded in 1900 and its circulation was 1,000,000 and 
The Sun 
was founded in 1964 and its circulation 
was 3,730,000. 
The Mirror 
was established in 1903 and its circulation was 2,130,000. The circulation of 
Daily Mail
was 2,470,000 and it was founded in 1896.
Now look at the popular Sunday newspapers:
News of the World
was founded in 1843 the circulation of it was 4,100,000. 
Sunday Mirror
was 
founded in 1963 and the circulation was 1,880,000. 
The People
was founded in 1881 and its circulation 
was 1,390,000. 
The Mail on Sunday
was founded in 1982, and the circulation was 710,000. 
Sunday 
Express
was founded in 1918 and the circulation was 850,000.