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Economy #49

ILR 2+ · Economy · TV news script · pausal recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 5What is the report about?
Question 2 of 5Why did one miner leave university?
Question 3 of 5Which danger is NOT mentioned?
Question 4 of 5Why does most gold go to the black market?
Question 5 of 5How does gold mining fuel conflict?
Vocabulary
حُمَّى الذَّهَبgold rush
بِطُرُق بِدائِيَّةby primitive methods
أَكْواخhuts
الزِّئْبَقmercury
التَّعْدِينmining
إِتاواتlevies, protection money
باهِظexorbitant