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Listening Comprehension 3- answers Posted by on Jun 5, 2014 in Arabic Language, Culture, Vocabulary


In this post, I present the transcription of the news story published earlier and the answers of the questions. You only need to listen to the first 40 seconds.



Transcription:
اعتبرت مصر التحرش الجنسي ضد النساء جريمة، وذلك بموجب قانون أصدره الرئيس المصري المؤقت عدلي منصور للمرة الأولى في تاريخ البلاد في محاولة للحد من هذه الظاهرة المستشرية في الشارع المصري. وسيواجه الرجال الذين يتحرشون بالنساء في الأماكن العامة أو الخاصة عقوبة تصل إلى السجنلخمس سنوات. ويعدّل القانون الجديد القانون الحالي الذي لا يجرّم التحرش الجنسي صراحة، ويشير إليه بإشارات غير واضحة.

Questions and answers:
1-   How is sexual harassment viewed in Egypt now?
Sexual harassment is viewed in Egypt now as a crime.

2-   What made this possible?
This was made possible by a law issued by the interim Egyptian president

3-   What is the punishment that men may face if they harass women?
Men may face if they harass women my face 5 years in prison

4-   How did law regard harassment before it was amended?
Law did not criminalize harassment before it was amended.

5-   Did law mention harassment explicitly in the past?
Law did not mention harassment explicitly in the past.

Useful vocabulary:

إعتبرت = considered
التحرش الجنسي = sexual harassment
جريمة = crime
بموجب = according to
قانون = law
مؤقت = interim/temporary
سيواجه = will face
عقوبة = punishment
سجن = prison/imprisonment
يعدّل = amend
يجرّم = criminalize
صراحة = explicitly
يشير = indicate/point to

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