"The Fall of Mubarak"

EGYPT: THE FALL OF MUBARAK

We started  hearing in the news about Egypt some weeks ago. Many things have happened since then.
First of all, you should know that Egypt´s revolution began on 25 January, called the "Day of Revolt".
What happened then? Thousands of people gathered at Cairo´s Tahrir Square in order to protest against President Mubarak and his government.

TAHRIR SQUARE

Later on, the demonstrations became more and more violent , as a result of this, the internet was shut down by the government. Anyway, it is known the crucial role of young people in the transformation of the events, thanks to the use of the new technologies, such as Twitter, Facebbok and so on. It was obvious that they managed to be in touch and fix the  meeting places and times.

On the 11February Mubarak finally agreed to step aside,therefore,thousands of people again gathered in Cairo´s Tahrir Square. At the moment the military is in charge of the country.
Not a soul has been seen near the Pyramyds ,there is a need of tourists .

A listening in the News in VOA , Special English,

with the transcript, so that we can follow the history of revolution in Egypt.

After the listening, Channel 4 News

To finish,I would like you to read this article and answer the questions that follow.