Page 20 - IP3Y 001 Listening Success BT10

A. Listen and answer the following question. Note taking

1. Which position do you think the baseball player is Who :
playing?

a b c d

B. Listen again and answer the following questions. What :

2. What is the main topic of discussion?
the difficulty of becoming a professional baseball player

learning how to throw various baseball pitches

the psychological aspect of preparedness required to
play competitive sports
Why :
strategic advice given by a coach to a baseball player

3. Which pitch does the Coach say is difficult for
batters to hit but also difficult to control?

fastball
curveball

slider

knuckleball Details :
4. Which famous baseball player is mentioned in the
dialogue?

Babe Ruth

Hank Aaron
Yogi Berra
Ty Cobb

5. Why is the baseball player frustrated?
the crowd is yelling rude comments at him

the other team has been hitting all of his pitches
he cannot control his knuckleball very well

the Coach told him that he was ugly

20 Listening Success B10