Listening comprehension, women1 Posted by aziza on Mar 12, 2018 in Culture, Vocabulary
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In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercise on the most important issues that Arab women face. The report is from Al-Jazeera.
English Questions and Answers:
What does a quick look at the situation of Arab women show?
A quick look at the situation of Arab women show that there are some positive and some negative indicators.
In which field have women achieved remarkable progress?
Women achieved remarkable progress in education.
How does the number of women who join university compare to men?
The number of women who join university exceeds the number of men.
What does the gender gap report reveal about the political participation of Arab women?
The political participation of Arab women doubled compared to 2006, yet it is much lower than the international level.
How does Arab women’s participation in the work force compare to world percentages?
Arab women’s participation in the work force is 25%, compared to 50% worldwide.
Arabic Questions and Answers:
كيف تغير معدل وفيات الأمهات في العالم العربي في العقدين الماضيين؟
انخفض معدل وفيات الأمهات في العالم العربي في العقدين الماضيين بنسبة 60 بالمئة
ما هما الدولتان الاستثناء؟
الدولتان الاستثناء هما اليمن وجيبوتي
ما الفئة العمرية الأكثر تعرضاً للاكتئاب؟
الفئة العمرية الأكثر تعرضاً للاكتئاب هي بين 15 و49 عاماً
ما المشكلة المزمنة الكبرى لنساء المنطقة؟
المشكلة المزمنة الكبرى لنساء المنطقة هي السمنة
ما نسبة النساء الكويتيات اللاتي يعانين من السمنة؟
نسبة النساء الكويتيات اللاتي يعانين من السمنة هي 55 بالمئة
Useful Vocabulary:
إطلالة = look/glance
مؤشرات = indicators
إيجابي = positive
سلبي = negative
مجال = field
التعليم = education
قفزات = leaps
المشاركة السياسية = political participation
حضور = presence
الفجوة بين الجنسين = gender gap
نسبة = percentage
القوى العاملة = work force
متدنياً = low
تحسّن = improvement
وفيات = deaths
عقد = decade
البقاء على قيد الحياة = survival
الولادة = giving birth
استثناء = exception
لا سيما = particularly
النفسية = psychological
الاكتئاب = depression
فئة عمرية = age group
السمنة = obesity
مزمنة = chronic
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Comments:
Morimar:
Such exercises are really great and very helpful. A transcript for this one would be very useful too. Thanks and do post more like this.