FINAL LISTENING EXAM: Blowin’ in the Wind /50 (20%)

1.What is Percy Schmeiser’s problem? Percy doesnt like to use GM ceeds and the wind brings them into his lands./4


2.What is Roundup used for? to kill weeds and change the ceeds DNA to a better prodact./4


3.How did the chemical company invent Roundup? They made this new DNA ceeds so that they invest money with selling it to farmers to make a better product. /4

4.What has Monsanto accused Schmeiser of doing? Of stealing Monsantos DNA for his lands. /4

5.Why are the farmers pissed off? Because it is not their fault. The nature and wind transfers the DNA. /4

6.How did Monsanto initially learn about Schmeiser? Because Schmeiser was the only one who never bought Roundup prodacts and because Monsanto took a sample of Schmeiser land without permission. /4

7.Did the company respect its policy on dealing with the farmer? Yes or no. Give a reason. No they did not. Because they should not enter their properties without permission./4

8.What tactics did the company use with another farmer? They sue them and they told them that they stole their Gene ./4

9.How did another farmer, Zilinski, get Monsanto’s DNA in his crops? The nature brought their gene and Zilinski said that he cant control the nature./4

10.How did the company treat Zilinski? The company sue Zilinski/4

11.What is Schmeiser’s next step? He wants to protect his lands from GM products and he never allows them to enter his lands again. /4

12.The narrator ends the segment with this question: “But the real question is this, can Monsanto or anybody put a patent on a piece of nature?” What do you think? People can not control nature because nature does what it has to. So Monsanto could not expect farmers to not use their product. It is not their fault. /6