English Corner (Listening Practice)
National Geographic Exocus – Riddles of the bible
http://www..com/watch?v=5B-po00SJss
Questions that are raised from the programme : 1. How do the physicist try to prove about the phonemeona ‘burning bush’ saw by Moses ? 2. According to the scientists, what is the relationship of Red Tide with the death of the fishes in
the Nile Vally ?
3. How do the scientst think about the two consective insect outbreak, which is highly
abnormal ? What do the ecologists suspect on ?
4. Is there any relationship between the natural disasters discribed by the bible ? Can they be
regarded as the chain reaction ?
5. Why do the scientst sacrifice his arm to be bitten by the insects ? What does he try to show ? 6. How do the scientst explain that the death descended to the first born sons by God (according
to the bible) only affects the Egyptians but not the Israelites ?
7. How do the scientst explain that the death ony affects the first born son but not the other
siblings ? How is it relate to the food problem and starvation at that time ?
8. Do you think that the scientst provide a believable explanation about the natural disasters ?
Did those disasters actually happen ?
9. What is the view points from the archeologists ? How did the attack of sea people weaken the
empire of the Egyptians ?
10. How did the archeologsits find the trace of six hundred thousand / militray unit of Isrealites ?
(About their migration out of Egypt) Were there so many Isrealites as expected from the bible ?
11. How do the physiscist carry out the experiment relate to the ‘Wind SetDown’ to explain the
separation of Red Sea ?
12. How do the tsunami help to explain the biblical sayings ?
13. How does the sepaaration of Red Sea relate to the ‘crests’ and ‘troughs’ as explained ? 14. What are the hints provided by the volcanologists ? How do they explain the separation of
Red Sea in terms of the behaviour of volcanos ?
15. How do the obesrvation of the texture of the rocks by the geologists help to explain the
biblical sayings ? (The Lake Ballah)
16. How do the scientists trace back on the routes of the Isrealites after esacping from Egypt ?
Where did the paraoh’s army been destroyed ?
17. Can you list some points to convence the others that the bible is untrue ?
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18. What are the opinion of the Egyptologsits about the miracle of Exodus ? What are the reason
that she give ?
19. What is the standpoint of the narrator towards the miracle of Exodus ?
20. What is your opinion about the miracle of Exodus after watching the programme ?
Some useful English Oral expression that you may jot down :
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