《初中英语拓展阅读1》听力部分录音稿

1 初中英语拓展阅读初中英语拓展阅读 BREAKAWAY 1 听力部分录音稿听力部分录音稿 Unit 1 Listening Kent takes our dog Rocco for a walk every morning Rocco is always happy to see Kent Kent picks him up at seven o clock and brings him back at eight thirty Rocco has a great time He loves walks on the beach best Unit 2 Listening I called an ambulance once for my son Ben when he was four years old Ben was climbing a tree and he fell and cut his arm There was a lot of blood and I didn t know what to do So I called for an ambulance It came quickly in about ten minutes The two paramedics talked to Ben and checked his arm They cleaned it and put a bandage on it We were lucky Ben didn t have to go to hospital Those two paramedics did a great job Unit 3 Listening I m tired this morning because I didn t get much sleep I finished work at three o clock in the morning We re really busy at work because we re helping to create a new game It s a racing game with lots of cars racing through a city It s going to be a really exciting game but right now we re testing it and we ve found some bugs That s good because that s what the company pays us to do We work long hours They don t want us to stop working through the night so they give us pizza to eat That s one part of the job that I like Unit 4 Listening Hi I m Simon and I m one of the trainee chefs here at Green Garden Restaurant We re busy this afternoon Lunch is finished but now we re getting ready for dinner At the moment I m making bread I ll put it in the oven soon and then I ll go and help Jackie She s chopping vegetables And Peter is preparing the fish We ve got a lot of people coming for dinner at six o clock so we ve got a lot to do Unit 5 Listening I ve been working hard here for the last two weeks and now I m waiting for the helicopter to come and take me back to land I have two weeks off I m looking forward to seeing my wife and my family During my time off I usually just relax I ll do things like taking my dog for walks along the beach And I play football I m playing a game this Saturday You can t do things like that on an oil platform Oh and I help my wife around the house of course Then in two weeks time I ll be back here to start work again 2 Unit 6 Listening We were on a holiday in Zambia in Africa and we went on a boat trip down a river There were lots of birds to see in the trees beside the river and we were having a nice time Then someone shouted Look hippos There were about twenty hippos ahead of us Some of them were in the water and some were beside the river in the mud One of the hippos went under the water and then about two minutes later it came up very close to our boat It was amazing I was glad that it didn t attack us Unit 7 Listening We went fishing on the Kenai River in Alaska in July It s a good time for fishing because a lot of salmon are migrating up the river then We went out in the river in a boat and put our lines in the water We caught lots of salmon that day Some of them were really big and heavy We didn t keep them all We put some of them back into the water But we did eat salmon for dinner all that week Unit 8 Listening When my family were on holiday in the south of France we went to the Camargue We love birds and we wanted to see the pink flamingos that live there One day we went horseback riding We rode Camargue horses They re quite small and they re a light gray color We rode along the beach and then we rode beside some shallow lakes And that s where we saw the flamingos There were thousands of them I took some great photos There was just one thing we didn t like getting bitten by mosquitoes But that didn t stop us from enjoying the day Unit 9 Listening I saw a leafy sea dragon when I was diving at Rapid Bay in South Australia The water was about 5 meters deep There was a lot of seaweed and sea grass at the bottom At first I didn t see the leafy sea dragon I thought I was looking at seaweed Then it moved and I realized what I was looking at It was a leafy sea dragon I followed it and watched it for about fifteen minutes They re amazing looking fish They swim slowly and they really do look just like seaweed They re so beautiful Unit 10 Listening Some people ask me what my dogs eat during the Iditarod race They eat meat and sometimes fish and also a special dog food They need to eat a lot because they run for so many hours each day They eat a lot more than I do We can t carry all the food with us Before the race the mushers put food into bags We have to put our names on the bags Then the bags are sent out to the places where we re going to stop in the race to rest So during the race when we arrive at a rest stop the food is waiting for us Unit 11 Listening Okay Alec I hope you have practiced your clarinet this week You know it is very important to practice every week You should practice your clarinet three times a week You should play for 30 minutes each time First you should play some simple music Then you should play some of your more difficult music Okay let s begin 3 Unit 12 Listening Max and I made a glass orchestra It was fun We used red yellow green and blue food coloring We tried to play some simple tunes on our glass orchestra I played Happy Birthday and Max played Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Unit 13 Listening I went to Inner City Rock School for a week in my school holidays It was amazing I learned how to sing in a rock band I joined a rock band called Stomp We wrote two great songs We played our songs on stage at the concert I sang both songs I loved it I really made my dream come true Unit 14 Listening Playing a flute is not easy There is a hole at one end of the flute You put your mouth over the hole Then you blow gently across the hole It can be difficult to make a sound You may need to practice a lot Unit 15 Listening I listen to music all the time Music makes me feel happy Sometimes I listen to music in my room and dance I also listen to music when I am doing my homework I listen to music when I go to bed at night But my dad always comes into my room and tells me to go to sleep Unit 16 Listening I climbed an active volcano in Guatemala last year At first it was okay I was with a group of five other tourists We didn t think it was dangerous We could see smoke coming out of the volcano but we weren t worried But then someone at the front of the group started to shout They could see that the volcano was erupting Suddenly there was lava coming down the volcano toward us We turned around and ran as fast as we could It was so frightening Unit 17 Listening We went to the Maldives for a holiday We flew in to Mal the capital city but we didn t stay there We went to a small island and stayed there for a week It was a really beautiful place It had beautiful beaches with white sand Most days the weather was very good so we could go swimming But one day there was a storm with strong winds and big waves The water came up over the beach The next morning a lot of the beach was washed away The people of the island say that happens a lot It s a real problem for them Unit 18 Listening I ve just come back from New Zealand I had a great holiday there with my husband and two children We went to the North Island and the South Island The two islands are quite different We saw lots of animals like whales seals and kiwis I bought some beautiful woodcarvings My daughter bought some nice stone jewelry We really had a good time in New Zealand 4 Unit 19 Listening I went to Russi