{"id":19356,"date":"2020-11-09T18:40:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T18:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=19356"},"modified":"2020-11-09T18:33:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T18:33:03","slug":"comprehension-piece-another-lockdown-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/comprehension-piece-another-lockdown-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparations for a 2nd lockdown in England (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Last Thursday \u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0645\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0636\u064a<\/strong>, <strong>England entered \u062f\u062e\u0644\u062a \u0625\u0646\u062c\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0627<\/strong> <strong>another national lockdown \u0625\u063a\u0644\u0627\u0642\u064b\u0627 \u0639\u0627\u0645\u064b\u0627 \u0622\u062e\u0631<\/strong>. The lockdown is <strong>partial \u062c\u0632\u0626\u064a as schools \u0641\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0633 and universities \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u0627\u062a<\/strong> <strong>are still open \u0644\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0644\u062a \u0645\u0641\u062a\u0648\u062d\u0629. <\/strong>However,<strong> non-essential shops \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0627\u062c\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u062a\u0628\u064a\u0639 \u0633\u0644\u0639 \u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0623\u0633\u0627\u0633\u064a\u0629 <\/strong>are not<strong>. <\/strong>Because of this, <strong>people made sure that \u062d\u0631\u0635 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633 \u0639\u0644\u0649 they went shopping \u0627\u0644\u0630\u0647\u0627\u0628 \u0644\u0644\u062a\u0633\u0648\u0651\u0642<\/strong> to get what they would need during the lockdown. What do you think people bought? Let&#8217;s find out by briefly studying an article that&#8217;s put together by BBC Arabic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19357\" style=\"width: 408px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/EcPW5yjPmQM\" aria-label=\"Volodymyr Hryshchenko EcPW5yjPmQM Unsplash 350x221\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19357\" class=\" wp-image-19357\"  alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"251\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/volodymyr-hryshchenko-EcPW5yjPmQM-unsplash-350x221.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/volodymyr-hryshchenko-EcPW5yjPmQM-unsplash-350x221.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/volodymyr-hryshchenko-EcPW5yjPmQM-unsplash-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/volodymyr-hryshchenko-EcPW5yjPmQM-unsplash-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/volodymyr-hryshchenko-EcPW5yjPmQM-unsplash-1536x969.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/volodymyr-hryshchenko-EcPW5yjPmQM-unsplash-2048x1293.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unspplash.com<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>?To access the article, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/arabic\/world-54826463?at_custom2=twitter&amp;at_custom4=85EA075E-1F78-11EB-9DB2-2A574D484DA4&amp;at_custom3=BBC+Arabic&amp;at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&amp;at_medium=custom7&amp;at_campaign=64\">here ?<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">two-part<\/span>, <strong>comprehension-focused post<\/strong> so please make sure you read the article carefully before engaging with the exercises below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">*Let&#8217;s start with the title<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<div class=\"GridComponent-nf79gm-0 etXUcB\" dir=\"rtl\">\n<div class=\"GridComponent-nf79gm-0 etXUcB\" dir=\"rtl\">\n<h4 id=\"content\" class=\"Headline-sc-1kh1qhu-0 StyledHeadline-sc-1ffcmag-0 eHbCpT\">*\u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0633 \u0643\u0648\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627: \u0645\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0634\u064a\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u064a\u0634\u062a\u0631\u064a\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633 \u0641\u064a \u0622\u062e\u0631 \u0644\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0642\u0628\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u063a\u0644\u0627\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0645\u061f<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GridComponent-nf79gm-0 fVkQTG StyledTimestamp-xrn5hv-1 biWAgs\" dir=\"rtl\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>?CoronaVirus: what are the things that people buy the night before the national lockdown*<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"GridComponent-nf79gm-0 etXUcB\" dir=\"rtl\">\n<div class=\"GridComponent-nf79gm-0 fVkQTG StyledTimestamp-xrn5hv-1 biWAgs\" dir=\"rtl\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>:The article starts as following<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0647\u0630\u0647 \u0623\u0645\u062b\u0644\u0629 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0635\u0648\u0631 \u0645\u0646 \u0628\u0639\u0636 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0634\u064a\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u064a\u0642\u0628\u0644 \u0633\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0646\u062c\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0634\u0631\u0627\u0626\u0647\u0627 \u0642\u0628\u064a\u0644 \u0628\u062f\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u063a\u0644\u0627\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0645.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">These are examples (with photos) of some of the things that people who live in England were keen to buy before the start of the national lockdown<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Comprehension Questions?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>?\u0623\u0633\u0626\u0644\u0629 \u0644\u0627\u062e\u062a\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0647\u0645<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0661.<\/p>\n<p>\u0643\u0645 \u0633\u064a\u0633\u062a\u0645\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u063a\u0644\u0627\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0645 \u0641\u064a \u0625\u0646\u062c\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0627\u061f<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">?How long will the second national lockdown last in England<\/p>\n<p>\u0662.<\/p>\n<p>\u0645\u0627\u0647\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u064a\u0648\u0627\u0641\u0642 \u0644\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u063a\u0644\u0627\u0642\u061f<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">?Which day was the lockdown eve<\/p>\n<p>\u0663.<\/p>\n<p>\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u0641\u0639\u0644\u062a &#8220;<strong>\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646<\/strong>&#8221; \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0633\u0645\u0627\u0639\u0647\u0627 \u0628\u062e\u0628\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u063a\u0644\u0627\u0642 (\u0623\u0630\u0643\u0631 <strong>\u0634\u064a\u0626\u064a\u0646<\/strong>)<strong>\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">What did <strong>Joanne<\/strong> do after she knew about the lockdown news? List two things<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u0664.<\/p>\n<p>\u0643\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0628\u0644\u063a \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u0623\u0646\u0641\u0642\u062a\u0647 &#8220;<strong>\u0633\u0648<\/strong>&#8221; \u0641\u064a \u0644\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u063a\u0644\u0627\u0642\u061f<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">?How much did <strong>Sue<\/strong> spend on lockdown eve<\/p>\n<p>\u0665.<\/p>\n<p>\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u064a\u0639\u0645\u0644 &#8220;<strong>\u0641\u064a\u0644<\/strong>&#8220;\u061f<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">?What does <strong>Phil<\/strong> do for a living<\/p>\n<p>\u0666.<\/p>\n<p>\u0645\u0646 \u0630\u0647\u0628 \u0645\u0639 &#8220;<strong>\u062c\u064a\u0646\u064a<\/strong>&#8221; \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0633\u0648\u0651\u0642 \u0644\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u063a\u0644\u0627\u0642\u061f<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">?Who went shopping with <strong>Jenny<\/strong> on the lockdown eve<\/p>\n<p>\u0667.<\/p>\n<p>\u0645\u0627\u0647\u064a \u0648\u0638\u064a\u0641\u0629 &#8220;<strong>\u0631\u0648\u0632<\/strong>&#8220;\u061f<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">?What&#8217;s <strong>Rose<\/strong>&#8216;s job<\/p>\n<p>\u0668.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u0628\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627<\/strong><\/span> \u0633\u062a\u062d\u062a\u0641\u0644 <strong>\u0631\u0648\u0632<\/strong> \u0645\u0639 \u0639\u0627\u0626\u0644\u062a\u0647\u0627\u061f <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u0648\u0645\u062a\u0649<\/strong><\/span> \u0633\u064a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062d\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0644\u061f<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">?What is it that <strong>Rose<\/strong> and her family are celebrating? And when is it going to be<\/p>\n<p>\u0669.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0645\u064e\u0646<\/span><\/strong> \u0645\u0650\u0646 \u0647\u0624\u0644\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0634\u062e\u0627\u0635 \u064a\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0643\u0647\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0626\u064a\u064b\u0627\u061f<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">?Which one of these people work as an electrician<\/p>\n<p>\u0661\u0660.<\/p>\n<p>\u0643\u0645 \u0639\u062f\u062f \u0623\u0648\u0644\u0627\u062f\/\u0623\u0637\u0641\u0627\u0644 &#8220;<strong>\u0633\u0627\u0631\u0629<\/strong>&#8220;\u061f<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">?How many kids does <strong>Sarah<\/strong> have<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0= = = = = = = =<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>??Vocabulary Quiz<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u0627\u062e\u062a\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u0637\u0644\u062d\u0627\u062a\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0641\u0631\u062f\u0627\u062a??<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below is a list of the items (appear in the article) that people bought when they went shopping on the lockdown eve. These items are listed in both Arabic and English.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">*Match the Arabic word for each item with its English equivalent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19417 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-17.47.39-350x147.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-17.47.39-350x147.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-17.47.39-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-17.47.39.png 982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19416 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-18.22.17-350x158.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-18.22.17-350x158.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-18.22.17-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-18.22.17.png 927w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0= = = = = = = =<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>See you soon, in the 2nd part of this blog post ?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>?\u0646\u0644\u062a\u0642\u064a \u0642\u0631\u064a\u0628\u064b\u0627<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-17.47.39-350x147.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-17.47.39-350x147.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-17.47.39-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-17.47.39.png 982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Last Thursday \u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0645\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0636\u064a, England entered \u062f\u062e\u0644\u062a \u0625\u0646\u062c\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0627 another national lockdown \u0625\u063a\u0644\u0627\u0642\u064b\u0627 \u0639\u0627\u0645\u064b\u0627 \u0622\u062e\u0631. The lockdown is partial \u062c\u0632\u0626\u064a as schools \u0641\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0633 and universities \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u0627\u062a are still open \u0644\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0644\u062a \u0645\u0641\u062a\u0648\u062d\u0629. However, non-essential shops \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0627\u062c\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u062a\u0628\u064a\u0639 \u0633\u0644\u0639 \u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0623\u0633\u0627\u0633\u064a\u0629 are not. Because of this, people made sure that \u062d\u0631\u0635 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633 \u0639\u0644\u0649 they went shopping&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/comprehension-piece-another-lockdown-in-england\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":19417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3525,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19356","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arabic-language","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19356"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19427,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19356\/revisions\/19427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}