Listen for the 15 missing vocabulary items in this text. They are all short, but even so, you may need to listen several times to be able to write them all.
Yeah, (1) ________ a little story about my first International Woman’s Day or (2) ________ Day. I’m not sure which (3) ________ it is in Russia. It was a Thursday that (4) ________ – like it was in 2007 – and I (5) ________ trying to get some teachers to (6) ________ and do some work – a class or workshops – on Friday. They said, “No, we (7) ________ do that because (8) ________ a holiday on Thursday.” “Yeah,” I said, “it’s International Woman’s Day. It’s (9) ________ one day, right?” And (10) ________ said, “Yes, but Friday (11) ________ also be a holiday. And (12) ________ I said, “Okay, (13) ________ . Well, what about Wednesday?” And they said, “No, that’s the day (14) ________ International Woman’s Day. And I said, “Okay.” So, really, International Woman’s Day is in Russia (15) ________ three days long. One day is three days long.
Key: (1) here’s, (2) Women’s, (3) one, (4) year, (5) was, (6) come, (7) can’t, (8) it’s, (9) just, (10) they, (11) will, (12) so, (13) fine, (14) before, (15) at least
