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Be Careful with NumbersI: Direction: Listen to the short talk entitled “Be Careful with Numbers.” Some important words are taken away from the written passage. Supply the missing words.Quick and _ response to numbers is very important in _ _ . Telephone numbers, _, prices, temperatures, time and _ are all closely linked with the use of numbers. Besides, numbers also play a very important part in broadcast programs such as scientific stories, _update, and reports about _events of various kinds. Although _ of numbers in print is usually easy, number identification through listening proves to be a big problem for many people. In actual listening, we are often required to get the numbers immediately after we hear them. And _ to get a correct number, sometimes a _mistake in _, can seriously affect the understanding of the whole story and therefore cause _ losses. The differences between million and billion, “-teens” and “tys” are so great that no one can simple afford to _ them.Numbers are sometimes read in different ways. For example, “seventeen point five million” or “ seventeen million five hundred thousand” can also be read as “seventeen and one half million.” _ training in numbers can help us get _with these different yet still regular way of number presentations.For easy reading and writing, numbers of more than four digits are often separated by _ into groups of three digits each. For example, 1,234,567 is one million, two hundred and thirty four thousand, and five hundred and sixty-seven. Saying numbers over to yourselves after you hear them can increase our _ to numbers.Numbers are all around us. Let us practice with numbers and learn to be good at numbers.II: Direction: You are going to hear some sentences telling you the 12 most populous countries in the world. Listen carefully and supply the missing information. Pay special attention to the numbers. Country Population 1. China _2. India _3. The United States _4. Indonesia _5. Brazil _6. Russian Federation _7. Pakistan _8. Japan _9. Bangladesh _10. Nigeria _11. Mexico _12. Germany _III:Direction: Here are some statements of some superlative world geographical statistics. Listen carefully and complete the following chart. Pay special attention to the numbers.Vocabulary: peninsula, altitude, trench, Greenland, the Sahara Desert, the Caspian Sea, Lake Superior, Mt.Qomolangma (Mt.Everest), Baikal, Mariana Trench, the Nile Geographical feature Location Size biggest _ Asia_ argest _Pacific _ sq.mi biggest _Greenland _ argest _Arabia _ argest _ Sahara _ sq.mibiggest _ Caspian sea _ sq.mibiggest _ Superior _ sq.mismallest _ Oceania _ sq.mismallest _ Arctic _ sq.mihighest_ Qomolangma _ feetlowest _ Dead sea _ feetdeepest _ Baykal _ feetdeepest _ Mariana _ feetlongest _ Nile _ miles Iv: Direction: here are some announcements broadcast at some airports. Listen carefully to each announcement and pay special attention to flight numbers, departure times and boarding gate numbers. Write them in the correct spaces. Vocabulary: Albania. Frankfurt, Karachi, Edinburgh, Nairobi, Madrid, Hamburg, Muscat, Kuala Lumpur, Dublin Airlines Destination Flight numbers Departure time Boarding gateBritish airways TokyoBritish airwaysBostonBritish airwaysKarachiTWANew YorkBritish airwaysEdinburghBA super shuttle East AfricanNairobiBritish airwaysCorkIberiaMadridLufthansaHamburgBritish airwaysSingaporeAer lingusDublinBritish airwaysAthensBe Careful with NumbersQuick and accurate response to numbers is very important in daily communication. Telephone numbers, addresses, prices, temperatures, time and dates are all closely linked with the use of numbers. Besides, numbers also play a very important part in broadcast programs such as scientific stories, statistics update, and reports about ongoing events of various kinds. Although identification of numbers in print is usually easy, number identification through listening proves to be a big problem for many people. In actual listening, we are often required to get the numbers immediately after we hear them. And failure to get a correct number, sometimes a mere mistake in digit can seriously affect the understanding of the whole story and therefore cause severe losses. The differences between million and billion, “-teens” and “tys” are so great that no one can simple afford to ignore them.Numbers are sometimes read in different ways. For example, “seventeen point five million” or seventeen and one half million.” Intensive training in numbers can help us get familiar with these different yet still regular way of number presentations.For easy reading and writing, numbers of more than four digits are often separated by commas into groups of three digits each. For example, 1,234,567 is one million,