Society #57

ILR 3 · Society · radio commentary · pausal recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

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

Question 2 of 6Who, according to the commentator, are those who leave?

Question 3 of 6What does the suitcase "that no one sees" represent?

Question 4 of 6Why does the commentator say official rhetoric "spares us the harder question"?

Question 5 of 6What does "a slow death on the sidewalk" refer to?

Question 6 of 6What irony does the commentator point out about expertise?

Vocabulary

نِيَّةintention

نِصْف سَاخِرَةhalf-sarcastic

الْوِجْهَةdestination

مُغَرَّر بِهِمْmisled, duped

تُغْوِيهِمْtempts them

الرَّغِيدَةeasy, comfortable

يَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْlures them

مُتَهَالِكrickety, decrepit

سَاذَجnaive

أَهْوَنeasier, lesser (evil)

الْحِرَفِيّcraftsman

النَّزِيفbleeding, hemorrhage