PAU Anglès 2010 · Setembre · Sèrie 2 · Part 3 · Listening comprehension

Part 3: Listening comprehension A JOURNALIST IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE In the following interview you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean. Pulitzer Prize: un premi periodístic molt important / un premio periodístico muy importante slaughterhouse: escorxador / matadero obituary: esquela numbness: insensibilitat / insensibilidad feedback: reacció, resposta / reacción, respuesta stand up: afrontar / hacer frente a outlook: perspectiva Ready? Now read the questions on the next page. Read them carefully before listening to the conversation. Charlie LeDuff, 34, is a reporter for The New York Times. He started his journalism career at age 29, after earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California. Part Native American, LeDuff was one of several reporters who worked at The New York Times series that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in April 2001. He spent one month working at a pork slaugh- terhouse in North Carolina. Text adapted from <JournalismJob.com> (March 31, 2001) [Now listen to the interview.] QUESTIONS Choose the best answer according to the recording. Only ONE answer is correct. [0.25 points each correct answer. Wrong answers will be penalized by deducting 0.08 points. There is no penalty for unanswered questions.] 0. Charlie earned a master’s degree in journalism No 0. Charlie earned a master’s degree in journalism No from the University of California. Correcta Incorrecta contestada I the local paper. I the local paper. I the high school paper. 2. Why did Charlie decide to become a journalist? I Because some friends convinced him. I Because he thought it would be cool. I To make his parents proud. I Because of the good salary. 3. Charlie LeDuff picked the North Carolina slaughterhouse for his history because… I it’s the biggest in the world. I it’s in North Carolina. I his editor told him to pick it. I of the different races that worked there. 4. When he applied for the job at the slaughterhouse, Charlie was… I both scared and excited. I excited to write about something important. I excited because he was working for The Times. I interested in the kind of work done there. 5. What surprised Charlie most about his work in the slaughterhouse was that… I the workers had a 15-minute break every hour. I all the workers worked as mechanics. I the workers were so numb and that there were so many Mexicans. I there were not many Mexican workers. 6. When Charlie wrote his articles, the feedback he got was… I positive. I negative. I both positive and negative. I non-existent. 7. Winning the Pulitzer Prize… I is important to Charlie. I is not important to Charlie, but it is to other people. I would be funny, according to Charlie. I is not important to anyone. 8. Charlie thinks that being part Native American… I affects his work as a journalist because it is part of who he is. I does not affect his work as a journalist. I makes him more honest. I affects his work as a journalist only when he lives in New York.