Culture #57

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

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the essay's explanation for radio's survival?

Question 2 of 6What does the essay say radio has migrated to?

Question 3 of 6What does calling radio "a companion, not a master" imply about screens?

Question 4 of 6Why does the essay say a voice is closer to intimacy than an image?

Question 5 of 6What does "as if apologizing for being merely a voice" suggest about stations adding video?

Question 6 of 6What does the closing line emphasize as radio's unique value?

Vocabulary

تَنَبَّأَpredicted

شَاهِد قَبْرgravestone, epitaph

الْمُؤَشِّرdial, pointer

زَحْمَة السَّيْرtraffic jam

يَحْتَكِرُmonopolizes

رَفِيق لَا سَيِّدa companion, not a master

التَّوَاضُعmodesty

الْحَمِيمِيَّةintimacy

الْمَوْجَاتairwaves

يَعْتَذِرُapologizes

مُؤَجَّلdeferred

تَنْجُوsurvives