Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13610702
Vocabulary:
vivid – (adj.) having or producing a strong, clear picture in your mind;
I’ve been having extraordinarily vivid dreams recently.
It was a vivid description of a wedding.
bullet – (n) a small piece of metal that is shot from a gun and causes serious damage to the person or thing it hits
She was hit by an assassin’s bullet.
The bullet hit her in the arm.
mob – (v) to gather round sb, with a large crowd of people, because you are angry or are very interested in them;
An angry mob surrounded the palace.
The pop star was mobbed as he left the hotel.
slab – (n) piece of sth;
I like eating a slab of bread for breakfast.
Our city is a stone slab commemorating the World War II.
failure – (n) lack of success;
The failure of the exam was the reason for my sadness.
Her life's failures were the lack of faith in yourself.
flee – (v) to run away or escape from sth;
Earthquake victims have been forced to flee their homes.
Police caught up with one of the gang, but the other three fled.
tale – (n) a story about imaginary events or people;
I have heard a lot of tales about the people who live in that house.
These tales were written by my grandmother.
Precis:
June 1, 1942 pogrom against the Jews erupted in Baghdad. Jewish children were witness to spill blood. Today, they remember these events as adults. Thousands of armed Iraqi Muslims passed through the city. People were shouting and begging God for help. The fire spread in the city. Jewish homes were marked and looted. Jewish family defended themselves as able. Children threw bricks and stones from the roofs of houses. Some people owed their lives to help Muslims. By 1941, Jews and Arabs were peaceful to each other in Baghdad. However, the radio began to broadcast Nazi propaganda. British troops could intervene in the tragic events because they were only 8 kilometers from the town in those days, but they did not do it. After the tragedy of Jewish life has changed in Baghdad. They were often arrested on false accusations or well-known Jews were murdered in public. In 1950, Jews were forced to abandon their property and bank accounting in exchange for peace.
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