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Culture #53

ILR 3 · Culture & religion · radio essay · pausal recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the essay's central reflection?
Question 2 of 6What did the gas station attendant recommend to the father?
Question 3 of 6What does "we arrived an hour late, but we came back with a story" suggest?
Question 4 of 6What does knowing the way to the hotel but not where the sea is illustrate?
Question 5 of 6What distinction does "you haven't really traveled; you've been transported" draw?
Question 6 of 6What does the author fear in the final sentence?
Vocabulary
مَطْوِيَّةfolded
دُرْج السَّيَّارَةglove compartment
حَوَافّedges
مُمَزَّقَةtorn
لَا تُفَوِّتْهُdon't miss it
الزِّحَامtraffic, crowding
التِّيهwandering, being lost
الْجِدَالarguing
تُطِيعَobey
انْعَطِفْturn
نُقِلْتَyou were transported
الضَّيَاعgetting lost