Audio Drill: Tragedy in the Mediterranean
Lesson Brief
רשות השידור
On April 18, hundreds of Somali migrants were reported dead after their ship capsized in the Mediterranean. 41 people were reported to have survived the tragedy, which comes exactly one year after the sinking of a migrant boat en route from Libya that resulted in the deaths of up to 800 people. This set will focus on preparing you to listen to the Israeli news broadcast of this event. The men in the video speak at a moderate speed and are using intermediate level vocabulary.
Click and Match
- testimony, testimonies
- עֵדוּת , עֵדוּיוֹת
- refugee(s)
- פָּלִיט , פְּלִיטִים
- to be killed, they were killed
- לְהֵיהָרֵג , נֶהֱרְגוּ
- to take place, it takes place
- לְהִתְרָחֵשׁ , מִתְרָחֵשׁ
- (here) they were moved
- הוֹעָבְרוּ
- a small boat(s)
- סִירָה , סִירוֹת
- you choose the expression
- אַתָה תִּבְחַר את הבִּיטוּי
- migrant(s)
- מְהַגֵּר , מְהַגְּרִים
- to occur, it occured
- לְאָרֵעַ , אֵירֵעַ
- to try, they tried
- לְנַסוֹת , נִיסּוּ