dateline: 03 January 2011
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New Year’s Bomb Explodes in Egypt
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- gather: to get together
- midnight Mass: a late night service in a Christian church
- riot: an outbreak of violence, generally caused by sudden anger by a group of people against the government or an institution
- originally: at first; in the beginning
- blast: explosion
- Copt: a person who descended from ancient Egyptian Christians
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New Year’s Bomb Explodes in Egypt
Comprehension Questions
- What time did the bomb go off?
- What type of attack did people think had happened at first?
- What did Egypt’s President say about the attack?
Discussion Question
President Mubarak stated that “terrorism does not distinguish between Copt and Muslim.” Do you agree with his statement? Why or why not?
Answers
New Year’s Bomb Explodes in Egypt
Just ten minutes into 2011, a bomb at an Egyptian church killed at least 25 people and injured more than 70 others. About 1000 people had gathered at a Christian mass in Alexandria. The bomb took place as the service ended. A riot between police and Christians continued through the night and into the next day. The President argued that the terrorist attack was not tied to any religion. A Muslim mosque was also damaged in the attack. Originally the bomb was thought to come from a car bomb. Investigators later said that the blast came from a suicide bomber in the crowd.
- The bomb went off ten minutes after midnight on New Year’s Day.
- Originally people thought a car bomb had exploded.
- The President said that the terrorist attack was not tied to a religion.
4 comments
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Ahmad says:
Thank you so much
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Kid says:
Thanks a lot!
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The King Of Love From IRAN says:
I wish you love & peace,
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Bijan says:
Hi Tara!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First, you don’t know how much I am happy because I’m here on your lessons again and also because of two following reasons:
1. I found you here at the first of audio news report, so I can begin your lessons from the one of them.
2. There were two issues on some of your audio news reports that English Club and dear Mr.Josef resolved them as soon as I informed them.Thanks to Teacher Josef, Technical Support and English Club.
Second, this audio news report was so easy for me and I understood it at first listening without seeing the text and could fill in the blanks all words except “mosque”.
Third, I think there’s a difference between the text and what I hear:
I hear “…from a caravan” while I see into the line of seven of the text “…from a car bomb.”Maybe, I hear incorrectly. If I’m incorrect, please tell me kindly.
THANKS to Dear Teacher Josef and English Club again and again.
Thanks to Teacher Tara for these wonderful audio news reports that brought me here again.
Best wishes,
Bijan
From the Persian Gulf