Somalia Market Listening_1 Posted by aziza on Mar 27, 2017 in Culture, Vocabulary
In this post, I present the answers of the listening exercise on the news story on Somalia Market in Dubai.
Transcription of the story:
محال الذهب والقماش، مقاه وفنادق وشركات استيراد وتصدير تصطف جنبًا الى جنب في هذا السوق المكتظ المعروف بسوق الصومال.
جميع الباعة وأصحاب المحال هنا من الجنسية الصومالية. هذا المشهد ليس في إحدى ضواحي مقديشو بل في وسط ديرة دبي في الامارات العربية المتحدة وهو خير شاهد على مقدار التبادل التجاري بين البلدين. معظم هؤلاء فروا من الحرب والاوضاع الامنية المتدهورة بحثًا عن لقمة العيش
Questions and Answers:
What sort of business you can find in Somalia Market?
There are gold shops, cloth shops, cafes, hotels and import and exports companies.
How is the market described?
The market described as crowded.
Where is the market located?
The market is located in the heart of Dirat Dubai in the UAE.
What does the marked indicate?
The market indicates the size of trade exchange between Somalia and UAE.
Why did most sellers come to Dubai?
The sellers come to Dubai to escape the war and the deteriorating situation in Somalia, and also in search of a living.
Useful vocabulary:
محال = shops
الذهب = gold
القماش = cloth
مقاه = cafes
فنادق = hotels
استيراد = import
تصدير = export
مكتظ = crowded
باعة = sellers
جنسية = nationality
ضواحي = suburbs
التبادل التجاري = trade exchange
فر = fled
الحرب = war
بحثًا عن = looking for
لقمة العيش = living
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