Listening Practice 1. Listening Practice 2. Listening Practice 3

Unit 10

Listening Practice 1

Chris: Hi, Beth. What are you reading?

Beth: Hi, Chris. I’m reading a book about Asian cultures. Did you know that in Korea and Japan many people believe you can figure out a person’s personality if you know their blood type?

Chris: Really?

Beth: Yeah, it says in the book there are some people who use blood types to see if two people are compatible for marriage.

Chris: Wow. How interesting!

Beth: It is really cool actually. I am blood type A, and the book says I am individualistic and shy. Hey, what is your blood type? I will see what the book says about your personality.

Chris: My blood type is AB.

Beth: OK. Let me look.

Chris: Actually, Beth, I have to go to class, but can I borrow that book when you are finished?

Beth: Sure thing.

Listening Practice 2

1. Blood type A is the most common blood type in Korea. It is thought that people with this blood type are artistic, trustworthy, and often shy.

2. Blood type O is the third most common blood type in Korea. It is thought that people with this blood type are social, creative, and very self-confident.

3. Blood type B is the second most common blood type in Korea. It is thought that people with blood type B are individualistic, strong-minded, and impulsive.

4. Blood type AB is the least common blood type in Korea. It is thought that people with blood type AB have split personalities: they can be outgoing and confident one day, but shy and timid another day.

Listening Practice 3

Hello, everybody. I am Robert Johnson from the Japanese-American Research Center. Since many Americans know Japanese people believe that blood types are linked to personalities, there have been a lot of questions coming to our office about how the belief started. From our research, we believe the idea of blood types being linked to personality started in 1927 by a man named Takeji Furukawa. He came up with the theory after working in a high school and observing the different personalities in children. Takeji was not a scientist, but his theory became popular news. Later, in the 1970s, a journalist named Mashiko Nomi wrote a series of books about the idea. The books were very popular and the belief stayed strong. There is no scientific evidence supporting the idea that blood types are linked to personality, but it is still a well-known belief in Japan today. And that is one of the reasons 90% of Japanese people know their blood type. That percentage is much smaller here in America.

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