Step 2 Pre-leading

Turn to Page 35, read Exercise 1 and 2 in Listening and speaking, predict what you will hear in the listening material.

Step 3 Listening

1. Listen to the passage and then fill in the blanks.

Time Place Event The 1980s

1992

1997

2001

Now

Future

2. Listen to it again and answer some questions.

1) Why did Mary decide to work in a developing country?

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2) When Mary worked in a clinic in Malawi, why did the children die?

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3) In the Sudan, why it nearly impossible for Mary to get to the clinics when the rains came?

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4) Why were conditions in the clinic in the Sudan challenging?

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5) Why does Mary enjoy her job?