Detroit
Syllabus topic 28: Detroit
A short listening passage with three questions on details, meaning and the speaker's perspective. Original educational audio with synthesised voices.
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What was the weakness of the first selection?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: It showed only abandoned buildings
The selection reduced the city to one kind of image.
How did the club broaden the project?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Invited residents' input
Residents suggested subjects and captions.
What happened to the difficult images?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: They remained within a wider context
They stayed but no longer represented the entire story.
What was the weakness of the first selection?
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Correct answer: It showed only abandoned buildings
The selection reduced the city to one kind of image.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: Invited residents' input
Residents suggested subjects and captions.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: They remained within a wider context
They stayed but no longer represented the entire story.
Keep learning
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