Security #38

ILR 3 · Security & military · radio analysis · pausal recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the analysis mainly about?

Question 2 of 6What does the analysis say the attacks forced shipping companies to do?

Question 3 of 6What does "cost is measured in reverse" mean here?

Question 4 of 6According to the author's reasoning, why can't warships alone restore trade?

Question 5 of 6What does the author imply about the source of the crisis?

Question 6 of 6What does "narrow on maps and very wide in the calculations" convey?

Vocabulary

مَمَرّ مَائِيّwaterway

مَوَازِين الْقُوَّةbalances of power

خَدْشscratch

يَرْتَدُّ عَلَىrebounds on

تَقُضُّ مَضَاجِعَkeeps awake at night, troubles

طَائِرَات مُسَيَّرَةdrones

الِالْتِفَاف حَوْلَdetouring around

مُعْتَبَرconsiderable

بِالْمَقْلُوبin reverse, upside down

حِكْرًا عَلَىthe preserve of, monopoly of

حَامِلَات الطَّائِرَاتaircraft carriers

تُحْسَمُare settled, resolved