Palestinians in UN bid

BBC Eğitim Dairesi'nin hazırladığı Haberlerle İngilizce Dersleri'ni haftada bir gün görüntülü olarak sunuyoruz.

Bu sayfada haber metni ve Türkçe çevirisinin yanı sıra seçilen beş sözcüğün pekiştirilmesi için alıştırmalar da bulabilirsiniz.

Haber Metni

Türkçe metin

Modern çağın çözümü en zor sorunlarından birinin mekanı...

1967'den bu yana İsrail'in işgali altındaki bu topraklar uğruna iki ayaklanma yaşandı.

Şimdi, (Filistinli) yetkililer Birleşmiş Milletler'e tam üye statüsünde katılmak amacıyla bir kampanya başlattı.

Bu fikre İsrail ve yakın müttefiki Amerika Birleşik Devletleri şiddetle karşı çıkıyor, ABD bu adımı veto edeceğini söylüyor.

Sözcükler

intractable: çözümü ya da idaresi zor; yola getirilemeyen; çetin

uprising: ayaklanma; bir otoriteye karşı başlatılan şiddetli başkaldırı hareketi, isyan

launched a campaign: kampanya başlatmak, bir amaca ulaşmak için bir dizi etkinliğe girişmek

ally: müttefik; bir diğerini destekleyen kişi ya da ülke, aralarında anlaşma yoluyla bağ sağlanmış kimse veya topluluk, bağlaşık

veto: veto etme, oy kullanarak bir şeyi engelleme, karşı çıkma

Alıştırmalar

BBC haberlerinde geçen tümceleri aşağıdaki sözcüklerden uygun olanları kullanarak tamamlayın.

Not:

intractable / uprisings / launched a campaign / ally / veto1. Turkey used to be a close _______ of Syria, but has recently joined calls for Mr Assad to implement reforms. 2. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told me at the end of March that Turkey feared the chaos that might well follow the fall of President Assad. This is not like Egypt or Libya, he said. It is has the potential to become an ___________ sectarian conflict, more like Iraq. 3. But that proposal came with a caveat - a promise from Mr Obama that he would ___________ any bill eventually passed by Congress that cut healthcare but did not include new taxes on the rich. 4. Six months after they started their ___________, Syrian opposition groups have for the first time agreed on a single body to represent them. 5. Roald Dahl's family has __________________ to save the hut in which the late author wrote many of his best-loved stories.

Yanıtlar

<bold>1.</bold> Turkey used to be a close <bold>ally </bold>of Syria, but has recently joined calls for Mr Assad to implement reforms. Source: <link type="page"><caption> Syrian opposition unveils council names </caption><url href="http://bbc.in/qhxO7S" platform="highweb"/></link> <bold>2.</bold> Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told me at the end of March that Turkey feared the chaos that might well follow the fall of President Assad. This is not like Egypt or Libya, he said. It is has the potential to become an <bold>intractable </bold>sectarian conflict, more like Iraq. Source: <link type="page"><caption> Turkey's dilemma over Syrian unrest </caption><url href="http://bbc.in/mhU719" platform="highweb"/></link> <bold>3.</bold> But that proposal came with a caveat - a promise from Mr Obama that he would <bold>veto </bold>any bill eventually passed by Congress that cut healthcare but did not include new taxes on the rich. Source: <link type="page"><caption> Obama unveils plans to cut US deficit </caption><url href="http://bbc.in/oIRGWH" platform="highweb"/></link> <bold>4.</bold> Six months after they started their <bold>uprising</bold>, Syrian opposition groups have for the first time agreed on a single body to represent them. Source: <link type="page"><caption> Syrian dissidents form new united front </caption><url href="http://bbc.in/n4gZai" platform="highweb"/></link> <bold>5.</bold> The Roald Dahl's family has <bold>launched a campaign</bold> to save the hut in which the late author wrote many of his best-loved stories. Source: <link type="page"><caption> Roald Dahl hut campaign launched </caption><url href="http://bbc.in/nRpUKj" platform="highweb"/></link>