The Universal Declaration of

Human Rights

Listening Comprehension

Date :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh3BbLk5UIQ

PART 1 (6 :15 – 7 :20)

 List the 4 rights /articles mentioned.

Article 25

Article 19

Article 26

Article 4

 Tick  the numbers you actually hear pronounced in the

recording.

a- 16,000  60,000 
b- one every 4 hours  one every 5 seconds one every 5 minutes


c- thousands  thousand 
d- over a billion  over a million  over one billion 

e- 17 million people 27 billion people 

37 million people 27 million people 

f- more than twice as much as 

more than two times as many as 
more than twice as many as 
less than twice as much as 

g-the eighteen hundred  the eighty hundred  the eighteen

hundreds 
 What do all these numbers refer to?

a-
b-
c-
d-
e-
f-
g-

 Identify the problem .

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………

 Focus on the stressed words in this short passage to answer the

question

(6 :56 – 7:12) How can we account for the current situation?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………….

 Fill in the CLOZE TEST with the missing words(5 :56 – 7:12)

……………………………… finally agreed that the ………………………………… …………… should

………………………………… to ………………………………… .

And they …………………………………………………………………… happily ever after.

………………………………… for one little ………………………………… .

If ………………………………… have the………………………………… to ………………………………… and shelter,

why are ………………………………… ………………………………… dying of …………………………… every
day?………………………………… every …………………… ………………………………… .

If people have ………………………………… of ………………………………… , why are thousands in

………………………………… for speaking their ………………………………… ?
If ………………………………… ………………………………… the ………………………………… to …………………………………
, …………………………… are over a …………………………… ………………………………… unable to
………………………………… ?

If ………………………………… has truly been ………………………………… ,why are …………………………………

………………………………… people still enslaved ………………………………… ? …………………………………
than………………………………… as …………………………… as in the ………………………………… .

The ………………………………… is ,…………………………… it was …………………………………, the

……………………………………………. …………………………of ……………………………………………………………………did
……………………………have the …………………………………of law. It was …………………………………. And
despite many more …………………………………, …………………………………, ………………………………… and
…………………………………, it’s still a ………………………………… more than…………………………………on a
………………………………….So, the………………………………… is , ………………………………… will
………………………………… these ………………………………… a …………………………………?
PART 2(7 :19 – 8 :28)

 Quote the 2 famous leaders and Human Rights activists

a- b-
What did they fight for/against ?
…………………………………………………………..……………………………….………………………………………………

 Quote the famous international organization mentioned

……………………………………………….………………………………………………

 Identify the 3 time markers associated to both activists.

What do they refer to?

- 

- 

- 

 About today’s HR activists :

WHO are today’s activists?

…………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………….………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………….………………………………………………
WHAT do they fight against?

…………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………….………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………….………………………………………………

WHAT are Human Rights according to them?

ARE ARE NOT

 CLOZE TEST :Focus on stressed words and repetitions to complete

Eleanor Roosevelt’s Quote :

As Eleanor Roosevelt said “……………………………………… , after all , do Universal

……………………………………… Rights ……………………………………… ? In small ……………………………………… , close to
……………………………………… - so ……………………………………… and so ……………………………………… that they cannot
be seen on any ……………………………………… of the ………………………………………. Yet they are the
……………………………………… of the individual ………………………………………; the neighborhood he
……………………………………… in; the ……………………………………… or college he attends; the factory,
……………………………………… or ……………………………… where he ………………………………………. Such are the
……………………………………… where ………………………………………man, ………………………………………,
and………………………………………seeks equal ………………………………………, ………………………………………opportunity,
………………………………………………………………………………, without ………………………………………. Unless
these………………………………………have meaning there, they have
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………!”