Economy #45

ILR 2+ · Economy · news analysis · natural recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 5What does the analysis weigh?

Question 2 of 5How much will the pipeline cost?

Question 3 of 5What political risk is mentioned?

Question 4 of 5Why might European demand fall?

Question 5 of 5What is the economists' core worry?

Vocabulary

خَطّ أَنَابِيبpipeline

حُقُول بَحْرِيَّةoffshore fields

تُقَدَّرُ بِـis estimated at

مَرْكَزhub, center

طَالَمَاlong, for a long time

الْمُشَكِّكُونskeptics

مُتَنَازَع عَلَيْهَاdisputed

التَّحَوُّل نَحْوَthe shift toward

يُفْتَرَضُis supposed to

عِبْءburden