Lesson 21

Listening tasks with open-ended responses

1. Your hometown

Listen to each question and respond in Chinese. Submit your responses as directed by your teacher.

Audio links	Your responses
PausePlay % buffered00:00 00:00 UnmuteMute Disable captionsEnable captions Settings PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreen Play	a.
PausePlay % buffered00:00 00:00 UnmuteMute Disable captionsEnable captions Settings PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreen Play	b.
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PausePlay % buffered00:00 00:00 UnmuteMute Disable captionsEnable captions Settings PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreen Play	e.
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PausePlay % buffered00:00 00:00 UnmuteMute Disable captionsEnable captions Settings PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreen Play	h.

2. Telephone message

Your friend, Sūn Píng, left a phone message for you regarding a trip. Listen to the message and write a reply to her in Chinese. Submit your responses as directed by your teacher.

audio link	narrative
PausePlay % buffered00:00 00:00 UnmuteMute Disable captionsEnable captions Settings PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreen Play	Sūn Píng’s phone message

3. Interviews

Zhōu Yú and Lánlan are being interviewed by a school newspaper reporter. Listen to their interviews and do the following:
A. In English, state the topic of the interviews. _____________________
B. In Mandarin, write a short paragraph comparing the replies of the two students on this topic.
Submit your responses as directed by your teacher.

Audio link
PausePlay % buffered00:00 00:00 UnmuteMute Disable captionsEnable captions Settings PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreen Play	Interview question for Zhōu Yú
PausePlay % buffered00:00 00:00 UnmuteMute Disable captionsEnable captions Settings PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreen Play	Zhōu Yú’s response
PausePlay % buffered00:00 00:00 UnmuteMute Disable captionsEnable captions Settings PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreen Play	Interview question for Lánlan
PausePlay % buffered00:00 00:00 UnmuteMute Disable captionsEnable captions Settings PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreen Play	Lánlan’s response