Environment #51

ILR 3 · Environment & health · analysis · pausal recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the analysis's main argument?

Question 2 of 6What is one tactic of the "cold war over water" mentioned?

Question 3 of 6Why does the author note that "a dam that is bombed irrigates no one"?

Question 4 of 6What does "a state that owns the tap doesn't need to fire a bullet" imply?

Question 5 of 6What chain of effects does the author trace inside states?

Question 6 of 6What does the closing question suggest about conflicts labeled religious or ethnic?

Vocabulary

تُبَشِّرُنَاbring us good news

تُنْذِرُنَاwarn us

تَتَشَاجَرُquarrel

يُقْصَفُis bombed

الْمَنَابِعheadwaters, sources

الْمَصَبّdownstream, river mouth

جَدَاوِل مَلْءfilling schedules

أَوْرَاق ضَغْطbargaining chips

حِصَص الرَّيّirrigation quotas

يَهْجُرُabandons

شَرَارَةspark