FLO Skills listening end of Mod 8
Yu laoshi¡¯s trip to Mexico (Austin and Nuevo Laredo, pp1-3 of printout. Recording simplified from the original script)
Paragraph 1
1. What did I think of when I boarded Greyhound bus? (2)
P 2
2. What is the young man doing?
3. Why did I assume he was from what country or area?
P3
4. What did I do in Blythe?
P4
5. Why did I think ¡°desert¡± should not be translated into ¡°sha1mo4¡±?
P5
6. Give tree details about the Mexican woman on the bus
P6
7. What was the travel route of the Mexican family?
8. What was so remarkable about the female family members?
9. What did I ask them? Why did they laugh?
P7
10. What impressed me in El Paso?
P8
11. What happened at Greyhound station in San Antonio?
P9
12. What did I think on Highway 35?
P10
13. What was the difference between the buffet restaurant there and the one in Monterey (actually Seaside)?
P11
14. What were the hobbies of the gentleman?
15. Why were his Chinese rock artifacts inexpensive?
P12
16. Sum up the family info about my Austin friend.
P13
17. What party did I go?
18. Give three details about the Chinese-speaking American young man.
19. How many people at the party were looking for jobs? Who were they?
20. What is the subject of the lecture?
21. According to the lecturer, why did the Chinese build the Great Wall?
P14
22. How is the food described here?
P15
23. Give two details about my friend¡¯s friend.
24. Give two details about the lady she met at the party
P16
25. What three things did I do on the 19th?
26. What surprising thing happened at the first occasion?
27. What music did I listen to at the third occasion?
P17
28. Where did I go to do what on the morning of 20th?
P18
29. Give three details about the retired professor. Transcribe his name with tone marks.
P19
30. What was my original plan at Nuevo Laredo? Why did I have to change it?
31. What was my impression of the center of the city? What did I compare it to?
32. What was often seen on the street?
33. Why did I have no appetite for street food?
34. Sum up the conversation between the Mexican woman and me
35. How did I solve my food problem eventually? What two reasons did I give for not eating indiscriminately?