{"id":9358,"date":"2014-07-06T23:51:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T23:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=9358"},"modified":"2014-07-07T12:02:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T12:02:32","slug":"reading-comprehension-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/reading-comprehension-ramadan\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading comprehension, Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read the text and answer the following questions. You can use the vocabulary list at the end of the post to facilitate your comprehension.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Source: (<\/span>http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/arabic\/interactivity\/2014\/06\/140629_comments_ramadan.shtml<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/address>\n

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Answer the following questions:<\/span><\/h2>\n

1- What do most Arab markets suffer at the beginning of Ramadan?<\/span><\/h3>\n

2- What traditionally characterises the month of Ramadan?<\/span><\/h3>\n

3- What has characterised Ramadan in recent\u00a0years?<\/span><\/h3>\n

4- What is the percentage of increase in vegetables prices in Saudi Arabia?<\/span><\/h3>\n

5- What is the percentage of increase in meat prices in Egypt?<\/span><\/h3>\n

6- In which country have the prices of fruits and vegetables increased by 45-55%?<\/span><\/h3>\n

7- What makes fasting harder this Ramadan?<\/span><\/h3>\n

8- What do Gaza, Egypt and Yemen suffer from recently?<\/span><\/h3>\n

9- Why is the situation crueller in Syria and Iraq?<\/span><\/h3>\n

10- How many people have been displaced in Iraq since the beginning of the year?<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Useful vocabulary:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0628\u0644<\/span><\/span> = receive\/welcome<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u062a\u0639\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0645\u0646 <\/span><\/span> = suffer from<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0627\u0631\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0639<\/span><\/span> = rise\/increase<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0627\u0633\u0639\u0627\u0631<\/span><\/span> = prices<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u063a\u0630\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0629<\/span><\/span> = foods<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u064a\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0648\u062d\u064a\u0629<\/span><\/span> = religious and spiritual aspects <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u064a\u0645\u064a\u0632<\/span><\/span> = characterise <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0627\u0644\u0635\u064a\u0627\u0645<\/span><\/span> = fasting <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u062a\u0644\u0627\u0648\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0622\u0646<\/span><\/span> = reciting the Quran <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0645\u0645\u062a\u0632\u062c \u0628<\/span><\/span> = mixed with <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0623\u0632\u0645\u0627\u062a<\/span><\/span> = crises<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u062a\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0648\u0632<\/span><\/span> = exceed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0645\u0631\u0627\u062f\u0641<\/span><\/span> = synonym<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0646\u0634\u0627\u0637<\/span><\/span> = activity<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0647\u0644\u0627\u0643<\/span><\/span> = consumption<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0644\u0648\u062d\u0638<\/span><\/span> = it was noted<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0645\u062a\u0648\u0627\u0626\u0645 \u0645\u0639<\/span><\/span> = consistent with<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u064a\u0645\u062a\u0646\u0639 \u0639\u0646<\/span><\/span> = refrain from <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0636\u0631\u0648\u0627\u062a<\/span><\/span> = vegetables<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0627\u0644\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0645<\/span><\/span> = meat<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0648\u0627\u0643\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062c\u0641\u0641\u0629<\/span><\/span> = dried fruits<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u062a\u0624\u0631\u0642<\/span><\/span> = trouble (v.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0645\u0634\u0642\u0629<\/span><\/span> = hardship<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0642\u0637\u0627\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0643\u0631\u0631 \u0644\u0644\u0643\u0647\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0621<\/span><\/span> = repeated power cut off<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0642\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0627\u062f<\/span><\/span> = Lack of resources<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u062a\u0643\u062a\u0648\u064a \u0628\u0646\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0628<\/span><\/span> = suffer from wars<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u062a\u062f\u0641\u0642<\/span><\/span> = flow<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0633\u0628\u0648\u0642<\/span><\/span> = unprecedented<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0645\u0634\u0631\u062f<\/span><\/span> = homeless<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0644\u0627\u062c\u0626<\/span><\/span> = refugee<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0646\u0632\u0648\u062d<\/span><\/span> = displacement <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Read the text and answer the following questions. You can use the vocabulary list at the end of the post to facilitate your comprehension. \u00a0 \u0643\u064a\u0641 \u0627\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0628\u0644\u062a\u0645 \u0634\u0647\u0631 \u0631\u0645\u0636\u0627\u0646 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0645\u061f \u0645\u0639\u0638\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u0648\u0627\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u062a\u0639\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0645\u0639 \u062d\u0644\u0648\u0644 \u0634\u0647\u0631 \u0631\u0645\u0636\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0631\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0639 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0633\u0639\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u063a\u0630\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0629. \u0631\u0628\u0645\u0627 \u0638\u0644\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u064a\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0648\u062d\u064a\u0629 \u0623\u0647\u0645 \u0645\u0627 \u064a\u0645\u064a\u0632 \u0634\u0647\u0631 \u0631\u0645\u0636\u0627\u0646…<\/p>\n

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