dateline: 22 February 2011
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Libyans Next to Seek Freedom
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- regime: a government, especially an authoritarian one
- ripple effect: the spreading and continuing results of some action
- optimism: a sense of hope; a positive outlook
- virus: an illness that gets passed easily from one person to the next
- opposition: the main political group that is on the opposite side of the political group in power
- stop at nothing: do anything to reach one’s goals
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Libyans Next to Seek FreedomComprehension Questions
- Which two countries recently had a successful political uprising?
- Why does the report mention Yemen’s president?
- Why is it so difficult to know how many people have been killed during the Libyan protests?
Discussion Question: Some sources suggest that pro-Gaddafi agencies have been bribing citizens by offering them free meat, fish, nuts, and other luxuries to join Gaddafi’s side. If this is true, do you think these tactics will be successful? Would they work in your country?
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Bijan says:
Hi Tara,๐บ
First, thank you for this audio news report.
Second, I could understand the subject without seeing the text and could fill in the blanks all words except “youth” and “journalists”.
Third, after nearly 9 years, there’s not any Colonel Gaddafi and he has joined to the history forever.
I’m surprised that why don’t some leaders look at the history for getting advice?In addition, why are some leaders so bad with their people?
Fourth, our world is changing so fast and I myself think the world after Corona will be very different than now.
๐นTeacher Tara,๐น
I see The Love and Peace for the new world that is coming toward us.Thank you and best wishes, ๐ฉ๐ท๐ธ๐น๐บ๐
Bijan from the Persian Gulf ๐๐ท๐ธ๐น๐บ๐น๐บ๐น๐บ