Today, we’re going to do an upper intermediate listening comprehension exercise using a short documentary filmed at a Brazilian festival in Japan. There are subtitles but surprise! They’re in Japanese. So you’ll have to listen very carefully to answer the questions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ROJkUqUwk

Questions

1. What is the woman featured in the video asking Brazilians to do?

2. What is “vida digna” in English?

3. How do you say “pride” in Portuguese?

4. What holiday is the festival in honor of?

5. How would you translate “como sinto sua falta” into English?

6. What do many of those interviewed cite as an advantage of living in Japan?

7. What do many of the Brazilians interviewed swear they are going to do?