EAST MEETS WEST: PRACTICAL ENGLISH 5
Unit 2: Listening Tasks


1. Voices of the Past - Interviews with Two Elderly Taiwanese

You will hear intereviews with two Taiwanese citizens.
Listen closely to each interview and fill in the missing information below,
then answer the questions which follow -

	                               Mr. Ten           Mrs. Lin  

	Year of Birth                 ___________          ___________
	Birthplace                    ___________          ___________
	Father's Occupation           ___________          ___________
	Arrival in Taiwan             ___________          ___________
	Feelings About Japan          ___________          ___________
	English Study?                ___________          ___________

  1. How much older is Mr. Ten than Mrs. Lin?
  2. Which person came from a richer family?
  3. How did Mr. Ten learn Japanese?
  4. Why does Mrs. Lee have stronger anti-Japanese feelings than Mr. Ten?
  5. What did Mrs. Lee study overseas?

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2. Taiwan and Mainland China: A Comparison

First read the following seven sentences and reword each sentence,
expressing the same basic meaning in a different tape.
Then listen to the tape and decide whether each statement is true, false, or unknown.
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	1. Mainland China's land area is about 28 times larger than Taiwan's.
	   Rewording: The land area of the PRC is around 28 times bigger than the ROC's.

	2. Mainland China's population is about 15 or 16 times larger than Taiwan's. 
	   Rewording: ____________________________________________________________.

	3. Mainland China is the world's most populated country.
	   Rewording: ____________________________________________________________.

	4. Mainland China's gross national product (GNP) is roughly equal to Taiwan's.
	   Rewording: ____________________________________________________________.

	5. 50% of all people in mainland China do some kind of farm work.
	   Rewording: ____________________________________________________________.

	6. Most Taiwanese like sushi, which this isn't popular in mainland China.
	   Rewording: ____________________________________________________________.

	7. Taiwan is a one-party state.
	   Rewording: ____________________________________________________________.


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