Monday, March 3, 2025

03.03.25: follow-up; Silvae apud Austinopolin (Vincent) [2] listening

Listen to the text without looking at the transcript and answer the questions.

[Salvēte, sodālēs. Vincentius loquor, gubernāns raedam in viā. Quōmodo vōs habētis hodiē? Iter facimus.]

[i] What is Vincent doing while he is speaking?

[Scītisne ubi sīmus? Nōn versāmur Hustōniae neque Dallāsiī.]

[ii] What question does he ask you?

[iii] True / False? He’s travelling first to Dallas and then to Houston.

[Iter facimus ad urbem mētropolītānam, urbem prīmāriam, id est caput Cīvitātis Texānae: Austinopolis est.]

[iv] What information does he give about Austin?

[Sed nōn cōnstituī hūc venīre ut vīserem aedificia. Sēlēgī Austinopolim quia hīc sunt montēs vel potius collēs et silvae amoenae.]

[v] Which of the following statements is correct?

He came to Austin to see:

A: the buildings

B: mountains and rivers

C: forests and hills

[Diēs iūcundissimus est. Sōl lūcet. Caelum serēnum est. Nōn est calidum.]

[vi] What four points does he make about the weather?

[Apud rīvulum dēambulāmus. Hinc vidētur. Comes meus est – semper – Bao.]

[v] How does Vincent know he’s walking near a little stream?

[vi] True / False? Bao sometimes accompanies him.

[Fessī sumus omnēs, sed imprīmīs ēsurīmus. Ego maximē quia nōn sūmpsī prandium. Bene sapiat! Bene valēte! In proximum.]

[vii] How are they all feeling by the end of the day? [2]

[viii] Why does Vincent feel hungry?

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