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Listening comprehension exercise, answers and transcription. Posted by on Aug 17, 2012 in Arabic Language, Vocabulary

In the previous post, I presneted a listening comprehension exercise. In this post, I present the answsers of the questions and the transcription of the news item.

1-      What is Qatar requesting?

Qatar requests to purchase 200 tanks.

2-      What is the value of the weapons transaction?

The value of the weapons deal can reach 2 billion dollars.

3-      What is the purpose of the purchase?

The purpose of the deal is to give Qatar the ability to respond to any aggression from Iran.

4-      What is Emirates seeking?

Emirates seeks to reinforce its arsenal by planes and missiles.

5-      How much have the Emirati and Saudi weapons import rates increased?

Emirates doubled the rate of its weapon import, whereas Saudi Arabia has increased the rate of its weapons import by 7%.

Here is the transcription of the news story:

تقدمت قطر بطلب شراء مئتي دبابة من طراز (ليبورد 2) من ألمانيا ضمن صفقة كبرى لشراء أسلحة قد تصل قيمتها إلى ملياري دولار ستمنحها القدرة على التصدي لأي عدوان من الجانب الإيراني.
الإمارات كذلك تسعى لدعم ترسانتها بالطائرات والصواريخ فقد زادت معدل استيرادها للأسلحة بأكثر من الضعف وفقا لمؤسسة ستوكهولم الدولية لبحوث السلام, كما زادت السعودية معدل الإستيراد بمعدل سبعة في المئة

شراء = purchase

دبابة = tank

صفقة = deal/transactoin

أسلحة = weapons

التصدي ل = respond to

عدوان = aggression

ترسانة = arsenal

طائرات = aeroplanes

صواريخ = missiles

زاد = increased

معدل = rate

استيراد = import

 

 

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