Culture #47

ILR 3 · Culture & religion · literary essay · broadcast recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the essay mainly about?

Question 2 of 6Who does the essay say knows the city's secrets better than any journalist?

Question 3 of 6What does comparing night workers to the heart imply?

Question 4 of 6What contrast does the author draw with the advertisements?

Question 5 of 6Why does the author imagine stories behind the lit windows?

Question 6 of 6What does "no one will thank those who kept watch over it" convey?

Vocabulary

يَخِفُّsubsides, lessens

يَكْنُسُsweeps

يَعْجِنُkneads

مُنَاوَبَةshift

نِصْف مُغْمَضَتَيْنhalf-closed

يَنْتَبِهُnotices

لَامِعَةgleaming

حَتَّى الْمَلَلto the point of boredom

غَامِضmysterious

يُذَاكِرُstudies

تَسْهَرُ عَلَىstays up tending to

سَهِرُوا عَلَيْهَاkept watch over it