Politics #26

ILR 3 · Politics & diplomacy · radio analysis · broadcast recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the analysis's central claim about youth and politics?

Question 2 of 6Which example of youth activity does the analysis give?

Question 3 of 6What does the analyst mean by the "comfortable conclusion"?

Question 4 of 6What does "rooms young people enter only to hang posters" suggest?

Question 5 of 6What limit of the alternative path does the beach example reveal?

Question 6 of 6What does the sports metaphor at the end imply?

Vocabulary

لِلْوَهْلَة الْأُولَىat first glance

غَارِقdrowning, immersed

الشَّأْن الْعَامّpublic affairs

الْعُزُوف عَنْturning away from, reluctance

حَمْلَة تَطَوُّعِيَّةvolunteer campaign

مُبَادَرَةinitiative

تُرْدَمْbe filled in

الْمُلْصَقَاتposters

مَحْدُود الْأَثَرof limited effect

تَفْضَحُexposes

مُسَيَّسُونpoliticized, politically engaged

هَامِش الْمَلْعَبthe sidelines