Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Issues outstanding after Southern Sudan referendum

قضايا عالقة بعد استفتاء جنوب السودان





Video from BBC Arabic

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Shark attacks in Sharm al-Shaykh

شرم الشيخ: إغلاق الشواطئ بعد مقتل ألمانية هاجمها قرش



لقيت سائحة ألمانية حتفها بعد ان هاجمتها سمكة قرش فيما كانت تسبح في منتجع شرم الشيخ على البحر الأحمر في مصر.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Recycling in Romania

إعادة تدوير الورق: السبيل لتحقيق تنمية مستدامة

Watch this 8 minute Euronews video here

and answer the questions below  (coming shortly)

Saturday, November 13, 2010

The world around us (articles for this A Level topic)

See the links below for articles on this site and elsewhere on the web for the AS and A2 level topic The world around us

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Could the Red Sea have parted to let the Israelites flee Egypt?

The Book of Exodus in the Bible tells how the waters of the Red Sea parted leaving a passage of dry land that the Israelites used to cross the sea and escape from Egypt. Scientists have produced computer simulations to show that this might really have happened...

Watch this short video on BBC Arabic, and compare it to the English version here

دراسة للرياح قد تفسر انشقاق البحر الأحمر

وجد باحثون أمريكيون تصورا علميا يفسر الكيفية التي يعزى إليها شق البحر الأحمر، كما ورد في سفر الخروج بالتوراة

فقد أشار علماء بالمركز الوطني للمناخ وبجامعة كولورادو إلى أن هبوب ريح شرقية يمكن أن يكون قد دفع الماء عند منعطف جغرافي قديم، ليكشف عن ممر يابس يمكن العبور عليه
 


Vocabulary

رياح - winds
فسر - explain
انشقاق - parting
 باحث -researcher
 تصوّر - visualisation
 علمي  -scientific
الكيفية  - the way in which /how
يعزى إليها شق البحر الأحمر
التوراة
مناخ - climate
هبوب
منعطف
ممر - passage, corridor
يابس  - dry


 

 



Monday, January 26, 2009

Euronews

The the Euronews website is a great place to practice listening to and reading Arabic. This site broadcasts daily in 10 languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish and Farsi.

Because the site has video clips and transcripts, it's perfect for practising various skills as well as learning up-to-date, media vocabulary. And having the English translation on a parallel page means you don't need the dictionary to hand.

If you're new to this level of language, you could start by reading the transcript/news item, and then listen to the clip to hear how the words are pronounced. More advanced students can listen to the clip first and then check your comprehension against the transcript. The transcript isn't always an exact reflection of what the presenter says, but it usually covers a lot of the material.

Enjoy!