Scripts Unit 1 Listening Practice 1

Unit 14

Listening Practice 1

Kelly: Hey, Sean. What are you reading?

Sean: Around the World in Eighty Days. It’s really good.

Kelly: What is it about?

Sean: A man who makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days or less.

Kelly: That’s easy. He can just take an airplane.

Sean: Well, It was written a long time ago, so there weren’t any airplanes then.

Kelly: Oh, so how did he get around the world?

Sean: He took trains, ships, wagons, coaches, and elephants.

Kelly: Cool. I’ll have to borrow that when you’re done.

Sean: Sure!
Listening Practice 2

1) Bicycles were the most popular means of transportation before cars were invented. The first bicycle was invented by Karl Von Drais in 1818 in Germany.

2) A long time ago in Europe, people traveled in coaches driven by horses. Nobody knows when or who invented it, but the first coach was said to be seen in England in 1555.

3) Sledges, which are now known as sleds, were used by slaves in Egypt to transport heavy objects, like obelisks.

4) The hot air balloon, the first flying machine, was invented in 1783 in France by the Montgolfier brothers. It made history by flying over 8 kilometers in 25 minutes.