【听力原文】
Michael: Would you like coffee or tea?
Susanne: Coffee, please.
Michael: It's over here. Just help yourself. Where do you come from, Susanne?
Susanne: I was born in Freiburg, in the south of Germany.
Michael: Really? I thought you were American.
Susanne: Well, I was brought up in the States. My  father worked there.
Michaeh Oh, that explains the accent! Where did you live?
Susanne: We moved around, but mostly we lived on the East Coast.
Michael: Did you go to university there?
Susanne: No, I studied in London. And I've been in  England since I graduated.
Michael: Do you miss your family?
Susanne: Well, my sister is in England, too, and my parents come over to visit sometimes.
Michael: Do you get back to the States much?
Susanne: Once or twice a year. In my first job after  graduation, I used to travel around a lot so I saw my parents more often.
Mietmel: What were you doing?
Sugamne: I was a trainee buyer for a fashion house in  London.
Micheml: That sounds fun!
~u~enne: It was, but after a couple of years, I decided the fashion business wasn't for me.
Michael: Why was that?
Susanne: Oh, I don't know. The fashion business is very ...
Michael: I guess it's very competitive? Lots of beautiful people?
Sugamne: That's right. It's all about image, as you would expect.
Michael: So how exactly did you end up in this line of business?
Susanne: Well, that's a long story...
【原文大意】
文中Susanne谈论了自己的经历。她在德国出生，美国长大，在伦敦上大学并且毕业后在那里从事时尚相关的工作。由于竞争等原因她辞职，并且转向了现在所在的行业。
【答案解析】
south。由原文“1 was born in Germanv．in P1"eiburg，in the south of Germany．”可知答案。