Economy #62

ILR 3 · Economy · radio analysis · natural recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What question does the analysis set out to answer?

Question 2 of 6Which obstacle does the analysis attribute to borders?

Question 3 of 6What does the image of the two orange growers illustrate?

Question 4 of 6What does the traders' joke about great halls and small offices suggest?

Question 5 of 6Why does the author say diplomats "whisper" the third answer?

Question 6 of 6What does the closing image of the family house imply?

Vocabulary

كُتْلَةbloc

التِّجَارَةُ الْبَيْنِيَّةintra-regional trade

مُتَوَاضِعَةmodest

التَّبَاعُدdistance, divergence

بَحْتpurely

بُسْتَانorchard

تَهْذِيبpoliteness, refinement

الْمَعْبَرborder crossing

مُسْتَثْنَاةexcluded, exempted

كَفِيل بِـenough to, capable of

بَيْنَ لَيْلَةٍ وَضُحَاهَاovernight

حَنِينnostalgia, longing