Scripts Unit 1 Listening Practice 1

Listening Practice 2

1. December 31^st is New Year’s Eve. People stay up until midnight to celebrate the New Year. They throw parties, light fireworks, and use noisemakers.

2. March 17^th is St. Patrick’s Day. People around the world wear green clothes and celebrate all things Irish.

3. The last Friday of April is Arbor Day. It is a day for celebrating the importance of trees by planting them.

4. Gwangbokjeol, the Korean Independence Day, is celebrated on the 15^th of August in South Korea. People hang national flags to commemorate this day.

Listening Practice 3

Groundhog Day is a special day in the Northern United States and Canada. Every year on February 2^nd, people gather to watch a groundhog come out of its hole. Why? People think it can predict the weather. If the groundhog sees its shadow, it will run back into its hole. This means there will be six more weeks of winter. If it doesn’t see its shadow, it means that the nice spring weather may come early. Even though the groundhog is normally wrong, people still have fun.