21- listening 1
1. A: Hey, Usa, are you free Thursday night? Some friends and I are going to see the new Halle Berry movie. Would you like to come along?
B: Oh, I'd love to go! She's so beauttful. Didn't she win a bunch of beauty pageants when she was younger?
A: Yeah. she did. And she's so talented, too. She's the first African American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.
B: Yeah! That was really exciting.
2. A: Would you hand me that book on the table?
B: Sure. Here you go. What's it about?
A: It's about Gandhi.
B: Oh, yeah? He helped India become independent, right?
A: Right. It's interesting stuff. He inspired so many people. But did you know he started out as a lawyer?
B: No, I had no idea. So when did he become such an important leader in India?
A: Not until he was in his 40s.
3. A: You look tired today, Nick. Here. Have a cup of coffee.
B: Thanks. Could you pass me the cream? I was up all night reading the new Stephen King novel.
A: He's the one who writes those horror stories, right?
B: That's right.
A: And haven't they made a lot of his books into movies?
B: Yeah, like Carrie and The Shining. They're really good, and the books are even better. And really scary, too. This new book is giving me nightmares.
4. A: How's it going, Amy?
B: Oh, all right. I'm writing a research paper on Leonardo da Vinci, so I've been spending a lot of time in the library.
A: Isn't he the one who painted the Mona lisa?
B: Yeah. He also did a lot of other great paintings. And he was a scientist and an inventor, too!
5. A: Hey, Josh! Is that a Bob poster?
B: Yeah. Do you like his music?
A: I sure do. He made pop music famous all over the world. I love that song of his called "No Cry." Have you heard that one?
B: Yeah. I downloaded a great version of it just last week. Do you want to hear it?
6. A: Hey, Jen, do you know where Albert Einstein was from? I need it for this crossword puzzle I'm doing.
B: Well, he's from Germany, originally. That's where he discovered the Theory of Relativity. It completely changed the study of physics.
A: Yeah, I know. I somehow thought he was American.
B: No. but he lived in the United States for a long time. He taught science at Princeton University.
