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واليوم بعد عناء طويل سجلت ,, انا عم قدم بكلوربا حرة ولغتي الاساسية فرنسي
وبالانجليزي بالمرة ,, هي توقعات انجليزي ان شاء الله تجي منها ونستفيد معكم,,
وبعتذر كتير عالتأخير وان شاء الله حدا يلحق يشوفها
Read the following text then do the tasks below .
1-Once upon a time , there was a framer called Rip Van Winkle . He lived in a village with his
wife and two young children : a daughter and a son .Rip was very happy and kind man .However ,
he was very lazy . He was happy to do just enough work to get by . His family was very poor
and his wife used to get at him . After arguments with his wife , Rip always went for walk. One
day , after another argument ,Rip went further than usual in the woods and came to a beautiful
valley , high in the mountains .Suddenly , he heard a strange voice calling his name .An old man ,
dressed in old – fashioned clothes , took Rip to a cave , where there were more people , all dressed
in the same strange clothes .Rip immediately fell into a deep sleep .Rip immediately fell into a
deep sleep .Some time later , he woke up under a tree in the same valley .He was alone .He knew
he was going to get into more trouble with his wife .Then he noticed a curious thing – his hair
was over his shoulders and his beard was over a foot long .
- Answer the following questions .
1-Why did Rip's wife argue with him ? – Because he was lazy .
2- In what way did the people in the cave look different? – They all dressed in the same strange
clothes .
3- Who did Rip live with ? He lived with his wife and two young children .
4- What happened to Rip in the cave? - He fell into a deep sleep .
- Find words in the text which mean the following .
5- stopped sleeping . = woke up .
6-problem . = trouble.
7-large natural underground hole . = valley .
8 –mange to continue your way of life . = get by .
- Rewrite these sentences about the text to correct the information .
9- Rip woke up in a tree and saw that his hair was too short . = under / over his shoulders
10-Rip went in the woods and came to a beautiful cave between two mountains . = valley high in
the mountains .
2- Rip couldn’t understand what had happened .He decided to get back to the village .As soon as
he got there , he realised that everything was different , and there were lots of new houses. The
people in the village stared at him with his long hair and beard and old clothes .When he got to
his house , he saw that it was old and abandoned .He went to the corner of the village and
everything there had changed completely .Rip described his wife , family and friends and asked
the people where they were .Apparently , his wife had died two years before and all of his
friends had either died or left the village but his children were still there .They pointed to young
man sleeping under a tree .Rip realised it was his son .Then a young woman carrying a baby
came towards him . It was his daughter . In the end , Rip went to live with his daughter .He still
didn’t get round to doing much work though .He spent his time telling stories about life in the
old days , how he had met some strange people in the mountains – and how he had gone to sleep
for twenty years .
- Answer the following questions .
1- What did his house look like ? – It was old and abandoned.
2- How long had Rip slept ?- For twenty years .
3- When did his wife die ? – two years before .
4- How did Rip spend his time ? – telling stories about life in the old days .
- Find words in the text which mean the following
5- looked fixedly . = stared .
6-hair on the man's face . = beard .
7- stopped living . = died.
8- gave details about something . = described .
- Rewrite these sentences about the text to correct the information .
9- Rip knew that he was going to be happier with his wife . – in trouble .
10- Then an old woman carrying a baby came towards him .It was his wife . - young / daughter
3-Storytellers were still common in Syria in the 1930 but since then the practice has gone into
a slow decline . The delightful 13th – century building that is home to the al –Nofara Café stands
near the eastern gate of the Umayyad Mosque in Old Damascus . In 1990 , the owner of the café
found himself with a problem . He had promised his customers some entertainment- a hakawati –
but none was to be found .Previously , two hundred people at a time had crowded into the al-
Nofara to see and to see and hear Abu Ahmad Mounis , whom many regarded as the last of the
great hakawatis , but Abu Ahmad was dead , and the café had gone quiet . So the owner called
upon his good friend ,Abu Shadi , a neighboring shopkeeper who sold such everyday foods sugar
and rice , for help . At first , Abu Shadi refused , saying that he didn’t know how to tell stories ,
that he simply couldn't do it . But the café owner insisted and it was not long before Abu Shadi
gave his first performance .
- Answer the following questions .
1-Why was the al-Nofara café quiet in 1990 ? – Because Abu Ahmad was dead .
2- Who persuaded Abu Shadi to become a storyteller .?- The owner of the café did .
3- Why did Abu-Shadi refuse to be Al hakawati ?Because he didn’t know how to tell stories.
4- Where is al –Nofara café located ? It is near the eastern gate of the Umayyad Mosque in Old
Damascus .
- Find words in the text which mean the following
5- trouble . = problem
6- amusement .=entertainment .
7- no longer alive . = dead
8- people who buy goods or services .= customers
- Rewrite these sentences about the text to correct the information .
9-Since the 1930 , the practice of story telling has developed and flourished greatly . = gone into a
slow but steady decline
وبالانجليزي بالمرة ,, هي توقعات انجليزي ان شاء الله تجي منها ونستفيد معكم,,
وبعتذر كتير عالتأخير وان شاء الله حدا يلحق يشوفها
Read the following text then do the tasks below .
1-Once upon a time , there was a framer called Rip Van Winkle . He lived in a village with his
wife and two young children : a daughter and a son .Rip was very happy and kind man .However ,
he was very lazy . He was happy to do just enough work to get by . His family was very poor
and his wife used to get at him . After arguments with his wife , Rip always went for walk. One
day , after another argument ,Rip went further than usual in the woods and came to a beautiful
valley , high in the mountains .Suddenly , he heard a strange voice calling his name .An old man ,
dressed in old – fashioned clothes , took Rip to a cave , where there were more people , all dressed
in the same strange clothes .Rip immediately fell into a deep sleep .Rip immediately fell into a
deep sleep .Some time later , he woke up under a tree in the same valley .He was alone .He knew
he was going to get into more trouble with his wife .Then he noticed a curious thing – his hair
was over his shoulders and his beard was over a foot long .
- Answer the following questions .
1-Why did Rip's wife argue with him ? – Because he was lazy .
2- In what way did the people in the cave look different? – They all dressed in the same strange
clothes .
3- Who did Rip live with ? He lived with his wife and two young children .
4- What happened to Rip in the cave? - He fell into a deep sleep .
- Find words in the text which mean the following .
5- stopped sleeping . = woke up .
6-problem . = trouble.
7-large natural underground hole . = valley .
8 –mange to continue your way of life . = get by .
- Rewrite these sentences about the text to correct the information .
9- Rip woke up in a tree and saw that his hair was too short . = under / over his shoulders
10-Rip went in the woods and came to a beautiful cave between two mountains . = valley high in
the mountains .
2- Rip couldn’t understand what had happened .He decided to get back to the village .As soon as
he got there , he realised that everything was different , and there were lots of new houses. The
people in the village stared at him with his long hair and beard and old clothes .When he got to
his house , he saw that it was old and abandoned .He went to the corner of the village and
everything there had changed completely .Rip described his wife , family and friends and asked
the people where they were .Apparently , his wife had died two years before and all of his
friends had either died or left the village but his children were still there .They pointed to young
man sleeping under a tree .Rip realised it was his son .Then a young woman carrying a baby
came towards him . It was his daughter . In the end , Rip went to live with his daughter .He still
didn’t get round to doing much work though .He spent his time telling stories about life in the
old days , how he had met some strange people in the mountains – and how he had gone to sleep
for twenty years .
- Answer the following questions .
1- What did his house look like ? – It was old and abandoned.
2- How long had Rip slept ?- For twenty years .
3- When did his wife die ? – two years before .
4- How did Rip spend his time ? – telling stories about life in the old days .
- Find words in the text which mean the following
5- looked fixedly . = stared .
6-hair on the man's face . = beard .
7- stopped living . = died.
8- gave details about something . = described .
- Rewrite these sentences about the text to correct the information .
9- Rip knew that he was going to be happier with his wife . – in trouble .
10- Then an old woman carrying a baby came towards him .It was his wife . - young / daughter
3-Storytellers were still common in Syria in the 1930 but since then the practice has gone into
a slow decline . The delightful 13th – century building that is home to the al –Nofara Café stands
near the eastern gate of the Umayyad Mosque in Old Damascus . In 1990 , the owner of the café
found himself with a problem . He had promised his customers some entertainment- a hakawati –
but none was to be found .Previously , two hundred people at a time had crowded into the al-
Nofara to see and to see and hear Abu Ahmad Mounis , whom many regarded as the last of the
great hakawatis , but Abu Ahmad was dead , and the café had gone quiet . So the owner called
upon his good friend ,Abu Shadi , a neighboring shopkeeper who sold such everyday foods sugar
and rice , for help . At first , Abu Shadi refused , saying that he didn’t know how to tell stories ,
that he simply couldn't do it . But the café owner insisted and it was not long before Abu Shadi
gave his first performance .
- Answer the following questions .
1-Why was the al-Nofara café quiet in 1990 ? – Because Abu Ahmad was dead .
2- Who persuaded Abu Shadi to become a storyteller .?- The owner of the café did .
3- Why did Abu-Shadi refuse to be Al hakawati ?Because he didn’t know how to tell stories.
4- Where is al –Nofara café located ? It is near the eastern gate of the Umayyad Mosque in Old
Damascus .
- Find words in the text which mean the following
5- trouble . = problem
6- amusement .=entertainment .
7- no longer alive . = dead
8- people who buy goods or services .= customers
- Rewrite these sentences about the text to correct the information .
9-Since the 1930 , the practice of story telling has developed and flourished greatly . = gone into a
slow but steady decline
