Arabic Language Blog
Menu
Search

Listening comprehension – Raids in Syria – answers Posted by on Dec 26, 2014 in Arabic Language, Vocabulary

In this post, I present the answer of the listening comprehension exercise and the transcription of the news story.

Questions and Answers:

  1. How many raids were launched by the Assad warplanes in 60 hours?

    Assad warplanes launched at least 435 raids in 60m hours.

  2. How many raids targeted Damascus and areas around it?

    242 raids targeted Damascus and areas around it.

  3. How many explosive barrels were dropped?

    More than 193 barrels were dropped.

  4. How many civilians were killed?

    89 civilians were killed.

  5. How many people were injured?

    More than 300 people were seriously injured.

Transcription

نفذت الطائرات الحربية التابعة لنظام الأسد ما لا يقل عن 435 غارة على مناطق عدة خلال 60 ساعة، حسب ما أفاد المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان، بينها 242 غارة استهدفت محافظات دمشق وريفها، إضافة إلى حلب والرقة، ودير الزور، وحمص، وحماة كما قصفت طائرات النظام بأكثر من 193 برميلاً متفجراً مناطق في محافظات القنيطرة، ودرعا، وإدلب، وحلب، واللاذقية. وأسفرت الغارات عن مقتل 89 مدنياً، و10 نساء، و60 رجلاً وإصابة أكثر من 300 آخرين بجراح خطرة.

 Useful Vocabulary:

نفذت  = Carried out

 الطائرات الحربية = Warplanes

 نظام  = regime

 ما لا يقل عن  = no less than

غارة  = raid

المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان  = Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

 استهدفت = Targeted

قصفت  = Bombed

برميل = Barrel

 متفجر= Explosive

أسفرت عن  = Resulted in

مقتل  = death

مدني = Civilian

إصابة  = injury

خطرة = serious

Tags: , , , , ,
Keep learning Arabic with us!

Build vocabulary, practice pronunciation, and more with Transparent Language Online. Available anytime, anywhere, on any device.

Try it Free Find it at your Library
Share this:
Pin it