Politics #33

ILR 3 · Politics & diplomacy · radio commentary · pausal recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

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

Question 2 of 6Why does the civil servant vote, according to the commentary?

Question 3 of 6What does "everything is in its place, except the meaning" imply?

Question 4 of 6Why does the author put "acceptable" in quotation marks?

Question 5 of 6What does "election day is merely announcement day" suggest?

Question 6 of 6What hope does the final paragraph hold out?

Vocabulary

يُحْسَدُ عَلَيْهِenviable

يَجِفُّ الْحِبْرُthe ink dries

الْمُرَاقِبُونobservers

مُهَذَّبَةpolite

طَقْسritual

عَشِيرَةclan

نِسْبَة الْمُشَارَكَةturnout

الِاقْتِرَاعpolling, voting

تُفَصَّلُ عَلَى مَقَاسِare tailored to fit

ضِمْنِيًّاimplicitly

صُورِيّtoken, nominal

عَلَى مَحْمَلِ الْجِدِّseriously