Listen for vocabulary:
1) According to the reporter in her first line, what is there in Brazil
these days?
There's a _______ ________ ________ ________ Brazil's ____________ these
days.
2) The expression 'gravity has struck' is used at 0:05-0:11. To what is
the reporter referring?
3) What has this emerging had success in doing? 0:13-0:20
4) This sentence explains an example of question 3): "He is
_______ _______ into Brazil's ________ ___________ __________
________." 0:23-0:32
5) What is the reputation of Rio's shanty towns? 1:01-1:11
"These ________ have been _________ ________, and _______ _______
_______ ________."
6) What is the example that Brazil is full of contradictions? 1:15-1:22
7) How has this situation become possible? 1:43-1:51
8) What is the synopsis of the TV show Avenida Brasil? 2:27-2:37
9) How did the TV producer explain the recent change in Brazil?
2:41-2-56
Answers
1) According to the reporter in her first line, what is there in Brazil
these days?
There's a stubborn cloud hovering over Brazil's
economy these
days.
2) The expression 'gravity has struck' is used at 0:05-0:11. To what is
the reporter referring? In this case, she means
that the economy has fallen, like anything falling due to gravity; so
it's like gravity has struck, or attacked, the economy.
3) What has this emerging had success in doing? 0:13-0:20
It has brought people out of poverty.
4) This sentence explains an example of question 3): "He is
heading up into Brazil's
new expanded middle class." 0:23-0:32
5) What is the reputation of Rio's shanty towns? 1:01-1:11
"These neighbourhoods have been
notoriously violent, and
they can still explode."
6) What is the example that Brazil is full of contradictions? 1:15-1:22
Poverty today comes with a large flat screen TV.
7) How has this situation become possible? 1:43-1:51
It is because of a deliberate government policy to
reduce inequality.
8) What is the synopsis of the TV show Avenida Brasil? 2:27-2:37
It grabbed the reality of classes getting closer
together.
9) How did the TV producer explain the recent change in Brazil?
2:41-2-56
He said that nowadays a cab driver and a doctor
got the same income (revenue). |