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Society #60

ILR 3 · Society · radio essay · pausal recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the essay's main reflection?
Question 2 of 6When does the author say people still open their doors generously?
Question 3 of 6What does the grandfather's saying about the "abandoned house" imply?
Question 4 of 6What irony appears in the author's meeting with his friend?
Question 5 of 6What does the author suggest by mentioning women cooking "without anyone asking their opinion"?
Question 6 of 6What worries the author most?
Vocabulary
اسْتِئْذَانasking permission
الْعَابِرpassing, passerby
الْمَائِدَةdining table
عَيْن سِحْرِيَّةpeephole
عَامِل التَّوْصِيلdelivery man
الْكَرَمgenerosity
الْأَعْرَافcustoms
عَارًا لَا يُمْحَىindelible disgrace
الْتِزَامobligation
الْمَآتِمfunerals, wakes
بِسَخَاءlavishly
الْعَفْوِيَّةspontaneous