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Environment #27

ILR 2 · Environment & health · TV news script · broadcast recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 5What is the report about?
Question 2 of 5How long have firefighters been working?
Question 3 of 5What makes the fire hard to control?
Question 4 of 5How many villages were evacuated?
Question 5 of 5What does 'as a precaution' suggest about the evacuated villages?
Vocabulary
أَلْسِنَة اللَّهَبtongues of flame
السَّيْطَرَة عَلَىcontrolling
الْتَهَمَتْconsumed
احْتِيَاطِيًّاas a precaution
تُرَجِّحُconsiders likely
إِشْعَالlighting (a fire)