dateline: 21 February 2018
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Syrian Civilians Trapped in Eastern Ghouta
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- catastrophic: causing great harm or damage
- dire: very serious
- humanitarian: related to help for people in need
- civilian: a person who is not in the armed forces or police
- access: the ability to get or have
- ceasefire: an agreement to stop fighting for a time period
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Syrian War Catastrophic in Eastern Ghouta
Comprehension Questions
- What fear do Syrian civilians in Eastern Ghouta have?
- According to the article, which organization wants to provide humanitarian assistance but can’t?
- What has the UN called for?
Discussion Questions
Do you agree that the world has forgotten about Syria? What role does the media have?
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3 comments
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Bruce Wayne says:
Dear Mr. Joe Essberger,
I AM writing this email to thank your for helping my learning. I was visiting your website and I read this text that is about the difficult to the UN and Red Cross help syrians in the region because don’t have a ceasefire in the area to ends up the war.
Sincerely,
Bruce Wayne -
Susie Campbell says:
This resource will be invaluable for my weekly English conversation class (EFL)
I will look forward to making full use of it. -
Bijan says:
Hi Tara,
First, thank you for this week’s news report.
Second, this news report is easy for me because could understand it without seeing the text in the first step.
In addition, I could fill in the blanks except one word (evacuate).
Third, I’m so sorry for Syrian civilians and am sorry for international organizations that cannot help them.
Fourth, it’s nearly 40 years that we can see the war everywhere in the Middle East (Iran and Iraq, Iraq and Kuwait, the Persian Gulf’s war, Syria’s war, ISIS’s war and so on).
A lot of people were killed and were injured by these wars and also have lost everything in their life.Finally, I hope the Middle East will see the peace soon, if the leaders of countries want to end these wars because the people of these countries are innocent and don’t have any role in creating the wars.
I wish love and peace for all countries and all people around the world regardless of nationality, religion, race and so on.
Teacher Tara,
Thank you for telling us about innocent people in your news reports.
Best wishes and have a great weekend in nice Canada,
Bijan from the Persian Gulf