Video Press Class
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Session 08 Video Press Mon 94.08.11 Russian Plane Crash 1. Dashed such hope = ruined 2. The wreckage = ruins 3. Sinai peninsula = شبه جزيره سينا 4. Barely recognizable as a passenger plane = not recognizable 5. Lost radar contact 23 minutes into the flight = after the flight 6. The plane plummeted from cruising altitude = 7. Killing all aboard 8. Many of the dead were strapped to seats 9. Cell phones scattered about were ringing 10. The plane was headed to that place = was going 11. Resort town of Sharm ul Sheikh 12. A special reception area was set up for the families of the victims 13. We are waiting for forensic experts 14. By nightfall both of the blackboxes had been found 15. Morgue = 1. a building or room, usually in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept until they are buried or cremated SYN mortuary 2. be (like) a morgue to be a place that is very quiet or dull – used humorously 16. Sinai is the scene of an insurgency = violent rebellion 17. ISIS took the plane down = shot it down 18. To punish Russia for its military campaign in Syria = attack 19. A claim Russia dismisses = rejects 20. Egypt's civil aviation minister = وزير هوا ترابری غير نظامی 21. The pilot was trying to make an emergency landing 22. A Russian team is headed to Egypt 23. Putin has declared Sunday a national day of mourning = عزای عمومی Good luck The link |
