Algeria Grows as a Hub for Electronics and Home Appliances
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Algeria is working to become a big center for electronics and home appliances.
The country makes many electronic and home products now.
This is part of a plan to produce more goods at home.
There is also new news about a special fair.
A national fair for school and paper supplies will happen in Annaba.
The fair will run from 10 to 14 September.
It will show products for school made in Algeria.
This includes paper, notebooks, and other supplies.
The goal is to support local factories.
Local factories make products inside the country.
This helps Algeria buy less from other countries.
It also helps create more jobs for people.
Many people will visit the fair in Annaba.
They can see new Algerian products there.
The fair shows Algeria's growing industry.
Vocabulary15 words
- produce
- to make something
- fair
- an event where people show and sell products
- supplies
- things people need for a job or task
- local
- from the same country or area
- electronics
- machines that use electricity, like phones
- appliances
- machines used at home, like fridges
- industry
- companies that make things
- goods
- things people buy or sell
- factory
- a place where things are made
- national
- about the whole country
- hub
- an important center for an activity
- products
- things that are made and sold
- import
- to bring goods from another country
- job
- work that people do to earn money
- school supplies
- things students need, like paper or pens
Quiz
Answer key
1. Electronics and home appliances 2. Annaba 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Algeria is working to become a big center for _____ and home appliances.
The country makes many electronic and home _____ now.
This is part of a plan to produce more goods at _____.
A national fair for school and paper supplies will happen in _____.
The fair will run from 10 to _____ September.
It will show products for school made in _____.
This includes paper, notebooks, and other _____.
The goal is to support _____ factories.
This helps Algeria buy less from other _____.
It also helps create more _____ for people.