Special Report
1. Fill in the information concerning the earthquake.
(1) Time:
(2) Location:
(3) Degree:
(4) Casualty: more than
people killed
2. Choose the best answer (a, b, c, or d) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) ___________ became jobless because of the widespread damage
(2) Sweatshops where seamstresses had worked were located ______________. a. in the suburbs of Mexico City b. in the heart of Mexico City c. in a small office building in the heart of downtown area d. on Uruguay Street
(3) After the earthquake, ___________ women garment workers lost their jobs. a. some of the forty thousand b. some of the fourteen thousand c. forty thousand d. fourteen thousand
(4) since the seamstresses set up the cooperative, they have realized that the old system of working for the patron or boss man had its good points because _______________. a. their income was higher b. they did not have to work hard c. they did not have to be specialized in several operations d. their machines were better
3. True or False Questions.
(1)
On the fifth floor of a small office building, some thirty garment workers are working on an assembly line just as before the earthquake.
(2)
The similarities with their past work end because each woman here cannot be specialized in just one operation.
(3)
The women are running their own cooperatives with machines they bought from their former employers.
(4)
At the cooperative, they're assembling dresses instead of producing ready-made dresses of their in this cooperative agree that it is better to elect their own boss.
(5)
All the seamstresses in this cooperative agree that it is better to elect their own boss.
(6)
They cannot get their pay punctually at the cooperative.
4. Fill in the detailed information according to what you have heard.
(1) While the seamstresses are grateful for
and
that they're getting from
, they worry about
and
like rent and phone bills. And leaving behind the tradition of
is a difficult
for Mexican women who are
from childhood to responding to
.
(2) Through the Garment Workers' Union, the seamstresses are demanding that factory owners respect the law by
a. giving
,
b. allowing
, and
c. providing
.
5. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) Many of the women began to question their position at work after the earthquake because some factory owners moved more quickly to
than to
.
(2) The nine factory owners signed agreements with the union to
.
6. Identification. Match the people in Column I to their identities in Column II.
Column I
(1) Juana Arias:
(2) Paula Socer:
(3) Marie Hernandez:
(4) Manuela Purras
Column II
a. press chief for the September 19th Garment Workers' Union
b. a seamstress who was fired for organizing the women in the factory
c. a seamstress who works at an cooperative on Uruguay Street
d. a leader of another seamstresses' cooperative
Answer: (1) —
; (2) —
; (3) —
; (4) —
.
7. Spot Dictation. Listen to the tape again and fill in the following blanks.
The garment workers still have
to fight, to secure a
for themselves and their children. In the year since the earthquake, they've made
that they get
. University students,
and
have joined the seamstresses in their fight to
at the work place. The creation of
, like
, and the forging of
between
and
may be the most
wrought from the devastation left by the earthquake.
Special Report
1. Fill in the information concerning the earthquake.
(1) Time:
(2) Location:
(3) Degree:
(4) Casualty: more than
people killed
2. Choose the best answer (a, b, c, or d) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) ___________ became jobless because of the widespread damage
(2) Sweatshops where seamstresses had worked were located ______________. a. in the suburbs of Mexico City b. in the heart of Mexico City c. in a small office building in the heart of downtown area d. on Uruguay Street
(3) After the earthquake, ___________ women garment workers lost their jobs. a. some of the forty thousand b. some of the fourteen thousand c. forty thousand d. fourteen thousand
(4) since the seamstresses set up the cooperative, they have realized that the old system of working for the patron or boss man had its good points because _______________. a. their income was higher b. they did not have to work hard c. they did not have to be specialized in several operations d. their machines were better
3. True or False Questions.
(1)
On the fifth floor of a small office building, some thirty garment workers are working on an assembly line just as before the earthquake.
(2)
The similarities with their past work end because each woman here cannot be specialized in just one operation.
(3)
The women are running their own cooperatives with machines they bought from their former employers.
(4)
At the cooperative, they're assembling dresses instead of producing ready-made dresses of their in this cooperative agree that it is better to elect their own boss.
(5)
All the seamstresses in this cooperative agree that it is better to elect their own boss.
(6)
They cannot get their pay punctually at the cooperative.
4. Fill in the detailed information according to what you have heard.
(1) While the seamstresses are grateful for
and
that they're getting from
, they worry about
and
like rent and phone bills. And leaving behind the tradition of
is a difficult
for Mexican women who are
from childhood to responding to
.
(2) Through the Garment Workers' Union, the seamstresses are demanding that factory owners respect the law by
a. giving
,
b. allowing
, and
c. providing
.
5. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) Many of the women began to question their position at work after the earthquake because some factory owners moved more quickly to
than to
.
(2) The nine factory owners signed agreements with the union to
.
6. Identification. Match the people in Column I to their identities in Column II.
Column I
(1) Juana Arias:
(2) Paula Socer:
(3) Marie Hernandez:
(4) Manuela Purras
Column II
a. press chief for the September 19th Garment Workers' Union
b. a seamstress who was fired for organizing the women in the factory
c. a seamstress who works at an cooperative on Uruguay Street
d. a leader of another seamstresses' cooperative
Answer: (1) —
; (2) —
; (3) —
; (4) —
.
7. Spot Dictation. Listen to the tape again and fill in the following blanks.
The garment workers still have
to fight, to secure a
for themselves and their children. In the year since the earthquake, they've made
that they get
. University students,
and
have joined the seamstresses in their fight to
at the work place. The creation of
, like
, and the forging of
between
and
may be the most
wrought from the devastation left by the earthquake.