4.2.3: Una ciudad en dos

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    “Una ciudad en dos”

    por Daniel Alarcón

    en Radio Ambulante

    Click on the image below to listen to and read along with the first 6 minutes of this podcast about one person’s experiences growing up on the Texas/Mexico border. After that, this story is about the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the mass murders that occurred at the Walmart in El Paso, Texas on August 3rd, 2019.

    Illustration of a woman with long hair, shown in two contrasting halves. One side is in blue tones with a cityscape background, the other in warm tones with mountains and clouds.

    ¡Ahora tú!

    Listen to the podcast two or three times up to minute 6. You aren’t supposed to understand everything. This is a focused listening activity, so pay close attention to any descriptions of what the border area [was/is like]; what Juarez and El Paso were like and what it was like to live/grow up on the border.

    Answer the following in Spanish.

    ¿Cómo era Juarez?

    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    ¿Cómo era El Paso?

    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    ¿Puedes hacerlo?

    • I can understand descriptions of past circumstances and how life used to be.
    • I can answer simple questions about past circumstances and how life used to be.

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