Wednesday, January 26, 2011

He came to the United States twenty years ago.

The country he came from___is__Mexico.
His first job in the U.S. He was a migrant farm worker.
The place where he works now is a Jhons Hopkins_University.
The three parts of his present job are a neurosurgeon ,professor and a researcher.
What he is looking for in his research is the treatment of brain cancer.
Distance of his hometown from the U.S. border is a 60 miles south of it.
His first job in his life (at age five) was a gastation worker.
His grandmother’s two jobs was a village healer and a midwife.
The year Mexico’s economy collapsed was in the mid-1970s.
Alfredo’s age when he first became a teacher was 18 years old.
Three crops he picked on farms in the U.S. were cotton, tomatoes and cantaloupes.
Price of the camper he bought to live in was $300.
Condition of the camper was a broken-down.
What his cousin told him he would be a farmworker for the rest of his life.
Where he studied English was a community college.
Where he attended university on a scholarship was the University of California, Berkeley.
Where he studied medicine was a Harvard Medical School.
Who Alfredo Quinones says he owes his success to the many people who have extended a hand to him throughout his life.

1 Comments:

Blogger the blog said...

Very well done! This wasn't easy listening, but you understood everything and wrote well. Let's continue working on pronunciation. I suggest you listen to the story again and try to speak at the same speed as the reporter. It's good practice even if you miss some words.

Wed Jan 26, 07:52:00 PM  

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