Environment #55

ILR 3 · Environment & health · radio essay · broadcast recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the essay mainly about?

Question 2 of 6According to the essay, how has the rain changed?

Question 3 of 6What does the comparison with receding shade convey about how villages empty?

Question 4 of 6Why does the author say the different descriptions "miss the essence"?

Question 5 of 6Why is unpredictable rain described as crueler than outright drought?

Question 6 of 6What does "the land they left waits for no one" imply?

Vocabulary

حَافَّةedge

دُفْعَةً وَاحِدَةًall at once

يَتَرَاجَعُ الظِّلُّthe shade recedes

مُتَتَالِيَيْنconsecutive

رُؤُوس الْمَاشِيَةhead of livestock

قَامُوسvocabulary, dictionary

الِاحْتِرَارwarming

الْجَوْهَرessence

يَجْرِفُsweeps away

التَّقَلُّبvolatility, fluctuation

اسْتِنْزَاف الْمُدَّخَرَاتdraining savings

حَيّ مِنَ الصَّفِيحshantytown

بِالْيَوْمِيَّةas day laborers