Listening Drill: First Women to Graduate Ranger School
Lesson Brief
Earlier this month, two women made history by being the first to graduate the elite Army Ranger School. This was the first time that the US Army opened the 62 day training program to woman. However, despite completing the course, the Pentagon has still not cleared women to join the actual Ranger unit.
Follow these steps for this listening drill:
- Listen to the clip without studying the flashcards
- Study the flashcards and complete the click and match exercise
- Re-listen to the clip and take the quiz below
Click and Match
- amongst the ranks
- بين الصفوف
- military school
- مدرسة عسكرية
- military training
- تدريب عسكري
- (here) female fighters
- مُقَاتِلَات
- food and sleep deprivation
- الحرمان من النوم والطعام
- graduation ceremonies
- مَرَاسِم التخرج
- hardness, cruelty
- قَسْوَة
- to make history
- صَنَعَ تَارِيخ, تَصْنَعُ تاريخ
- standing side by side
- الوقوف جنبا إلى جنب
- completely
- بشكل كامل