Thursday 27 June 2019



Level advanced (C1-C2)
Student Task:
Political Section is keeping a close watch on the Arabs media
Listen to the accompanying article and summarise in English the main ideas.
Write your summary in the comments section.

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الكتاب تضمن تصريحات لستيف بانون عن إدارة ترمب (رويترز)


Vocabulary may help.



نُشر  - أصدر
[v] Issue, publish
أَبْلَغَ ( 4)
[v] Informs,
• بَلَّغَ ( 2)
[v] Convey, notify, inform
مَوَّلَ ( 2) ستمول  will fund
[v] Finance, capitalize, fund
حوله around him  
وجود [اسم/مصدر] حضور
Attendance, presence
عسكرياً
[Adv] militarily
حَلَّ - محل
[v] replace, displace, oust,  
قِيَادَة
[n] leadership, commander, generalship
مَوْجُود
[adj] actual, present1,  available, being, existing



بِحَسَبِ
[prep] according to
تَجَاهَلَ ( 6)
[v] ignore, bypass, disregard, eliminate, pass over
نَصِيحَة (ج نَصَائِحُ)
[n] advice, recommendation, counsel
تَحَدَّى (مستقبل يتحدّى, 5, تحدّ)
[v] defy, brave, challenge, affront, outface

• تَحَدٍّ (أيضاً التَّحَدِّي, ج تحديات)
[n] challenge, defying, dare, defiance
مَنَحَ ( 1, ـَ )
[v] give, donate,  award
مُوَافَقَة
[n] agreement, approval
مُمَارَسَة (ج. ـات)
[n/] exercise, practice
بلطجة
[n] bullying, thuggishness


أَشَارَ إلى (أَشِرْ)
[v] indicate, refer, point out
تَوَلٍّ (أيضاً التّولّي)
[n] assuming, taking over
وِلايَة[اسم/مصدر] وصاية
[n] guardianship

[اسم/مصدر] حكم
[n] reign, rule
وِلايَة (ج. ـات)
Other meaning: [n] country, province, state
صِهْر (ج أَصْهَار) [اسم] العائلة
 [n] brother-in-law, son-in-law
قَامَ بـ ( 1, ـُ )
[v] handle, execute, manage, carry out, fulfill, deal with
هَنْدَسَة
[n] engineering, designing and planning carefully
قِلاب[اسم/مصدر] ثورة
[n/src] revolution, coup, coup d’état
وَضَعَ ( 1, ـَ , ضَعْ)
[فعل] حَطَّ
[v] sposition, put, install, place, lay
خَصَّ بـ ( 1, ـُ )
[v] favor with,) belong to us  خصنا)   
قِمَّة (ج قِمَم)
[n]  top, crown

المصدر 



Level: Beginners (A1, A2)
Scenario: An Arab student wants to know more about London. 
You want to send the following picture in an email. 
Your Task: How would you describe this picture?


Vocabulary
عزيزي dear (male) عزيزتي(female)
  برج tower.  How would you say (Tower of London) see idafa constructions page 85?
ضباب fog. How would you put this word in context in relation to the city of London?
نهر river
You  may need a newer vocabulary to expand your writing. 
Ask a native speaker through this blog where you may get an answer.