Listening

Politics #38

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

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the commentary's view of referendums?
Question 2 of 6What conditions does the commentator say make a referendum fair?
Question 3 of 6What does "whoever words the question owns half the answer" mean?
Question 4 of 6What does the contrast between "stability and development" and "extending the president's term" reveal?
Question 5 of 6What does the commentator suggest about 99 percent results?
Question 6 of 6What does "we shouldn't throw away the tool" imply?
Vocabulary
مُعْجَمlexicon
الِاسْتِفْتَاءreferendum
وُسَطَاءintermediaries
يَخْتَزِلُreduces, boils down
يَتَأَلَّفُ مِنْconsists of
مَادَّةarticle (of law)
يَصُوغُwords, formulates
شَتَّانَ بَيْنَwhat a difference between
تَمْدِيد وِلَايَةextending a term
نَزَاهَةintegrity, fairness
الْإِجْمَاعconsensus
حَسْم خِلَافsettling a dispute