Politics #8

ILR 2 · Politics & diplomacy · news report · broadcast recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 5What is the news about?

Question 2 of 5How many portfolios changed?

Question 3 of 5What did the prime minister promise?

Question 4 of 5What did opposition MPs demand?

Question 5 of 5What do the opposition's words 'in the policies, not the people' imply?

Vocabulary

تَعْدِيل وِزَارِيّcabinet reshuffle

حَقِيبَةportfolio

أَدَّى الْيَمِينَ الدُّسْتُورِيَّةَwas sworn in

مُتَلْفَزtelevised

ضَخّ دِمَاء جَدِيدَةinjecting new blood

قَلَّلَ مِنْ أَهَمِّيَّةِplayed down

مُبَكِّرَةearly