TOEFL Listening Practice Skill 1-3 (Longman TOEFL PBT)

Task 3:

Fill in the story elements of “The Unfortunate Lebai” in the table below.

TEXT 3: THE UNFORTUNATE LEBAI (Mosque Servant, Riau, Malay)

Story Elements of the Text: “The Unfortunate Lebai”
Setting	Character	Plot/events	Problem	Solution
-          Two big villages namely downstream village and upstream village -          Ritual meals or feast day -          In Sampan to the feast -          Closing time of the ritual	-          Lebai Malang -          His dog -          All people in both villages -          Imams	-          Lebai Malang was invited to have ritual meals by two villages, upstream and downstream village. He confused about which feast he would like to attend. Villagers in upstream slaughtered only one buffalo but they cooked it deliciously. Villagers in downstream slaughtered two buffaloes but they cooked it less delicious.	-          Lebai Malang wanted to attend ritual meals from both of the villages. -          Because of his greediness and being wishy-washy, he couldn’t have the right time to get his spare. -          His chili paste was thrown away and his dog ate his rice.	He got nothing and felt hungry.
		-          He kept thinking that way and still felt confused on the way to the feast. He could not get his decision whether he attended the feast or ritual meals in upstream or downstream. When he rowed to downstream for a certain distance, he remembered he would get two horns in upstream village. And he returned upstream. When he returned upstream for a certain distance, he remembered the delicious meals in downstream. He did like that back and forth in two or three times. Then he rowed upstream and found that his spare upstream was gone. The Imam (leader) of the ritual meals was already reciting the prayer when he arrived. Then, we rowed seriously downstream and found that he lost his spare, too there because the Imam was also already reciting the prayer. -          Then, he arranged to go fishing or his meal for the next fortune. He decided to row back to fetch the fishing line and some cold rice with chili and shrimp paste. He also brought his dog because he thought if there wasn’t any fish he got, he would hunt mouse deer. He did fishing and put his dog behind him. -          While the fishing line was in the water, he felt hungry. He opened the puck of rice. When he wanted to take the chili sauce, he dropped it to the water unintentionally. When he bowed his head and his hand was in the water, his dog jumped at the rice and ate it.