Clinton’s health complicates presidential race
Lesson Brief
RT Arabic
On November 12, RT Arabic reported that news of Hilary Clinton's Pneumonia diagnosis has complicated the presidential elections. The article cited sources as stating that the Democratic Party has begun looking for a potential replacement candidate, which could be Vice President Joe Biden or Clinton's former rival Senator Bernie Sanders. News of Clinton's diagnosis came after she was seen collapsing at a memorial for the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. This set features a unique combination of political and health-related vocabulary. The attached video uses most of the vocabulary from the article as well.
Click and Match
- the public debate
- المناظرة العامة
- to resume
- ُاِسْتَأْنَفَ ، يَسْتَأْنِف
- illness, ailment
- وَعْكَة
- to warn
- حَذَّرَ من ، يُحَذِّرُ من
- informed party sources
- مصادر حزبية مطلعة
- a speedy recovery
- الشفاء العاجل
- Vice President
- نائب الرئيس
- a violent coughing fit
- نوبة سُعَال عَنِيف
- I hope, it is my hope
- إنني آمل
- to plan
- ُخَطَّطَ ، يُخَطِّط