LISTENING & COMPREHENSION

TASK
On the chart, listen from the links from your Moodle platform and write the information
required in the charts. Then compare charts with other classmates.

Name: Alison Sangacha

Classmate with work in this task: Jairo Poaquiza
Listening1

Add a personal comment: The global pandemic was a very strong blow for all
people, and the airports that are the connection points from one country to the other
suffered a lot, as mentioned, there were excess flight cancellations.
Add your classmate comment: The problem of the strike at the airports was caused by several
factors, one of them is the pandemic, since several flights already planned for that moment
were suspended, but for the safety of the people, those flights were suspended.

WHAT IS THE WHO OR WHAT ASK YOUR FIND NEW WORD

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IN THE PASSAGE WHAT DOES HE MEANING
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Talk about airports Mention airports I think that it is not Disagreement. - a
and the difficult and people. something that I situation in which
situation of what can experience, people have
happened in the but you could see different opinions,
pandemic. in the news the or an inability to
ugly situation of agree.
the airports.

Listening2

Add a personal comment- Personally, I think it's crazy, it's not right to create beings
in an unnatural way, I think everything has a lifetime, and even if it's sad or painful,
you have to know how to let it go.
Add your classmate comment: Personally, it seems crazy to me, it is not right to create
beings in an unnatural way, I think that everything has a lifetime, a solution so that
copies or clones are no longer created simply should not be done.

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Talks about cloning The cloning of I think it is an Clone. - A clone is
animals and how animals is interesting topic, it an animal or plant
science has mentioned. is not something that has been
advanced in this that I would do, produced
area. but it is novel to artificially, for
know how there example in a
are people who laboratory, from
have cloned their the cells of another
pet. animal or plant.

Listening 3

Add a personal comment: The demonstrations are a way of saying what the people
do not like, but the use of great force against the people who are demonstrating is
not correct, it is turning the people against themselves.
Add your classmate comment: I believe that the police should not use a lot of force on
people, because it is not the right thing to do.

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Talk about the Mentions the It is an interesting Focus. - to give
demonstrations in demonstrations topic, but it is your full attention
Russia and and the actions difficult to see that to what you are
Ukraine. taken by the the reality of other doing or to what is
president. countries is happening.
complicated.

Listening 4

Add a personal comment: the pandora papers is a very complicated subject,

personally I have not investigated beyond what is seen in the news, because there
are many painful secrets for the world.
Add your classmate comment: It is a subject that does not attract much attention to me, it
is not very interesting for me, but according to the audio it is a big problem.

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Talk about pandora is mentioned about The only thing that react. -to act in a
papers. the pandora papers catches my particular way as a
scandal. attention and my direct result of
 opinion is the something else.
amount of money
that is in this
whole situation of
the pandora
papers.

Listening 5

Add a personal comment: Divorce is a very interesting topic, it is not a problem, in

my opinion it is a solution to a damaged marriage that has no options.
Add your classmate comment: Divorce is a good option when couples no longer
understand each other, or there is no longer love.

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talk about divorce. Divorce is it is an interesting Suitable. - right or
mentioned when topic, although it is appropriate for a
couples no longer a solution, it particular person,
understand each causes pain in the purpose, or
other. family because it is situation.
destroyed.

Listening 6

Add a personal comment: It is an interview where they can talk about white
privilege, and also a little about racism and how white people have more advantages
and suffer less in society.
Add your classmate comment: It is a very real issue that does not happen very often in
Ecuador, but it is true that people who look better are treated better.

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talk about white mentions about it is important to Treatment. -  the
privilege. white people and say that white process of putting
their privilege. privilege is a a special substance
problem because it on something or
creates putting it through a
discrimination special process in
order to change its
condition.
Listening 7

Add a personal comment: It's a very nice video, and you're very right, it's always
easy for us to point out our mistakes or defects but not the qualities we have.
Add your classmate comment: I thought it was a very nice and emotional video, it is true
that women are very harsh with their appearance.

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talks about how we mention how we I liked the video; it Connotation. - a
see ourselves and describe physical is true that we feeling or idea that
others. appearance. always see our is suggested by a
defects and not the word in addition to
good things. its basic meaning,
or something
suggested by an
object or situation.

Listening 8

Add a personal comment: Personally, it is a case that I did not know, it is a case of
abuse of power because it was unfair and very aggressive, according to the audio it
is a complicated case and the injustice is evident.
Add your classmate comment: It seems to be an interesting case, it doesn't draw much
attention to me, but I think that everything that happened was really unfair.

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talks about the mentions WikiLeaks is a Extradited. - to
extradition case of WikiLeaks and complicated issue, make someone
Julian Assange. Julian Assange. but Julian Assange return for trial to
should not be another country or
extradited in this state where they
way have been accused
of doing something
illegal.

Listening 9

Add a personal comment- covid-19 was a disease that caused a lot of damage in
society, but when the vaccines came out there were expectations of improvement, at
the beginning not everyone could access to be vaccinated.
Add your classmate comment: It is interesting and good to see how the whole wave of
vaccination began. Personally, I think it is very good to get vaccinated to save lives.
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talks about mentions the It is an interesting Common. -
Pfizer/BioNTech Pfizer/BioNTech audio, personally I belonging equally
vaccines. vaccines and how think it mentions to, or shared alike
they were created. the Pfizer, it is the by, two or more or
best vaccination all in question.
option, it has been
subjected to more
tests.

Listening10

Add a personal comment: It is a subject on which I had no knowledge, I know that

Israel is a powerful and stable country, but I did not know that there was a company
that serves to spy on important people in the world.
Add your classmate comment: I know little about the Israeli company and what they do,
to be a very complicated issue, especially since it mentions that they spy on people.

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talk about Israeli mentions the he says that he Spyware. -
company NSO Israeli company finds it an software that
Group. NSO Group and interesting topic, enables a user to
that they spy on he is struck by how obtain covert
influential people. they spied on information about
people and the another's computer
things they used activities by
must be high-tech. transmitting data
covertly from their
hard drive.