【答案解析】[听力原文]

Balloons have been used for sport for about one hundred years. /There are two kinds of sport balloons: gas and hot air. /Hot air balloons are safer than gas balloons, /which may catch fire. /Hot air balloons are preferred by most balloonists in the United States because of their safety. /They are also cheaper and easier to manager than gas balloons. /Despite the ease of operating a balloon, /pilots must watch the weather carefully. /Sport balloon flights are best early in the morning or late in the afternoon, /when the wind is light. /Over the years, balloonists have tried unsuccessfully to cross the Atlantic. /It wasn't until 1978 that three American balloonists succeeded. /It took them just six clays to make the trip from their homes in the United States to Paris, France. /Their voyage captured the imagination of the whole world./

[解析] 由于这篇听力材料是介绍两种用于体育运动的气球，因此文中多处将两者的异同进行比较。听写时注意这些比较级的使用，如：safer，cheaper，easier。文中有很多名词使用复数形式，注意正确拼写及相应的动词搭配。文中的ease一词，可能会让人一时难以反应，但是从其转折的语气看，后面的内容是小心紧张的，前面就应该是放松悠闲的。另外需注意，Paris和France之间要用逗号隔开。