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Environment #56

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

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the main subject of the discussion?
Question 2 of 6What does Suad say much climate finance actually consists of?
Question 3 of 6What does Suad mean by "a bank wearing a life jacket"?
Question 4 of 6What is Suad's point about the "army of consultants"?
Question 5 of 6How would you describe Tariq's stance compared with Suad's?
Question 6 of 6What does the host's closing remark suggest?
Vocabulary
تَتَعَهَّدُpledges
بِالْقَطَّارَةby the eyedropper, in dribs and drabs
مِنَحgrants
يَسْتَدِينُborrows
سُتْرَة نَجَاةlife jacket
الْمَرَارَةbitterness
مُنْصِفِينfair
الْخَزَائِنcoffers
مَدْرُوسَةwell-studied
الْمَانِحdonor
مَتَاهَةmaze
يُجِيدُis good at