Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 6, Semester 2 — Page 14

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الْوَحْدَةُ الْأُولَى: أَنَا وَمِصْرُ.. قِصَّةُ حَضَارَةٍ وَهَوِيَّةٍ.

Unit One: Egypt and I—A Story of Civilization and Identity.

الْقِرَاءَةُ وَالْأَدَاءُ.

Reading and Performance.

أَقْرَأُ الْفِقْرَةَ الْأُولَى قِرَاءَةً جَهْرِيَّةً مُعَبِّرَةً، عَلَى أَنْ أُرَاعِيَ أَثْنَاءَ الْقِرَاءَةِ: (وُضُوحَ الصَّوْتِ - سَلَامَةَ النُّطْقِ - التَّعْبِيرَ عَنِ الْمَشَاعِرِ - الْوَقَفَاتِ الْمُنَاسِبَةَ).

Read the first paragraph aloud with expression, keeping in mind: (clear voice, correct pronunciation, emotional expression, and appropriate pauses).

مُنَاقَشَةٌ جَمَاعِيَّةٌ.

Group Discussion.

فِي مَجْمُوعَاتٍ صَغِيرَةٍ نَتَنَاقَشُ فِيمَا يَلِي:

Discuss the following in small groups:

(أ) مَا أَجْمَلُ شَيْءٍ فِي الْمُتْحَفِ الْمِصْرِيِّ الْكَبِيرِ مِنْ وِجْهَةِ نَظَرِكَ؟ وَلِمَاذَا؟

(A) What is the most beautiful thing in the Grand Egyptian Museum in your opinion? Why?

(ب) كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ لِلْمَدْرَسَةِ أَنْ تُنَظِّمَ مَعْرِضًا صَغِيرًا يُشْبِهُ الْمُتْحَفَ؟

(B) How could the school organize a small exhibition that mimics a museum?

(جـ) مَا الصِّفَاتُ أَوِ الْمَهَارَاتُ الَّتِي سَاعَدَتِ الْمِصْرِيَّ الْقَدِيمَ عَلَى بِنَاءِ حَضَارَتِهِ؟

(C) What traits or skills helped the ancient Egyptians build their civilization?

مَهَارَاتِي.

My Skills.

أَشْتَرِكُ مَعَ زُمَلَائِي فِي إِعْدَادِ مَشْهَدٍ تَمْثِيلِيٍّ قَصِيرٍ يُصَوِّرُ يَوْمًا مِنْ حَيَاةِ الْمِصْرِيِّ الْقَدِيمِ، مَعَ الِاسْتِفَادَةِ مِمَّا وَرَدَ فِي النَّصِّ.

Work with your classmates to prepare a short skit depicting a day in the life of an ancient Egyptian, drawing on information from the text.

الْقِرَاءَةُ الْمُتَحَرِّرَةُ.

Unseen Reading.

أَقْرَأُ الْفِقْرَةَ الْآتِيَةَ، ثُمَّ أُجِيبُ عَنِ الْأَسْئِلَةِ:

Read the following paragraph, then answer the questions:

بَعْدَ افْتِتَاحِ الْمُتْحَفِ الْمِصْرِيِّ الْكَبِيرِ يَقُولُ الْبَعْضُ: إِنَّ الْمُتْحَفَ الْمِصْرِيَّ الْقَدِيمَ بِمَيْدَانِ التَّحْرِيرِ أَصْبَحَ فَقِيرًا، وَلَكِنَّ الْحَقِيقَةَ أَنَّ بِهِ آثَارًا فِي قِمَّةِ الرَّوْعَةِ، مِنْهَا قِنَاعُ الْمَلِكِ بَسُوسَنِسَ الْأَوَّلِ، وَهُوَ قِنَاعٌ مَصْنُوعٌ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، وَيُعَدُّ مِنْ أَنْدَرِ الْقِطَعِ الْمَلَكِيَّةِ فِي التَّارِيخِ الْمِصْرِيِّ الْقَدِيمِ.

Since the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, some have claimed that the old Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square has lost its significance. In reality, however, it houses magnificent antiquities, including the gold mask of King Psusennes I, one of the rarest royal artifacts in ancient Egyptian history.

كَمَا أَنَّ هُنَاكَ اهْتِمَامًا كَبِيرًا بِتَرْمِيمِ الْآثَارِ الَّتِي فِيهِ.

There is also a major effort underway to restore the antiquities kept there.

حَقًّا إِنَّ آثَارَ مِصْرَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْتَوْعِبَهَا مُتْحَفٌ أَوِ اثْنَانِ، وَلَوْ أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَضَعَ كُلَّ آثَارِ مِصْرَ فِي مَتَاحِفَ فَلَنْ تَكْفِيَهَا كُلُّ مَتَاحِفِ الْعَالَمِ.

Egypt's antiquities are truly too vast for one or two museums to hold; even if we tried to house them all, every museum in the world would not be enough.

(أ) أَسْتَخْرِجُ مِنَ الْفِقْرَةِ: مَعْنَى (إِصْلَاحٍ).

(A) Find a word in the paragraph that means 'restoration'.

(ب) أَضَعُ عَلَامَةَ (√) أَوْ عَلَامَةَ (X) أَمَامَ الْعِبَارَاتِ الْآتِيَةِ:

(B) Mark the following statements as (√) or (X):

تَمَّ نَقْلُ جَمِيعِ الْآثَارِ الْقَيِّمَةِ وَالنَّادِرَةِ إِلَى الْمُتْحَفِ الْمِصْرِيِّ الْكَبِيرِ.

All valuable and rare antiquities have been moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum.

هُنَاكَ اهْتِمَامٌ كَبِيرٌ بِتَرْمِيمِ الْآثَارِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي الْمُتْحَفِ الْمِصْرِيِّ.

There is great interest in restoring the antiquities housed in the Egyptian Museum.

(جـ) أَكْمِلْ: مِنْ أَهَمِّ الْآثَارِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي الْمُتْحَفِ الْمِصْرِيِّ بِمَيْدَانِ التَّحْرِيرِ قِنَاعُ الْمَلِكِ...

(C) Complete: One of the most important artifacts in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square is the mask of King...

جَمْعُ (أَثَرٍ):

The plural of 'antiquity':

Vocabulary · المفردات (25 verbs · 60 nouns)

• قَرَأَ — to read
• عَبَّرَ — to express
• رَاعَى — to observe
• تَنَاقَشَ — to discuss
• وَلِيَ — to follow
• أَمْكَنَ — to be possible
• نَظَّمَ — to organize
• أَشْبَهَ — to resemble
• سَاعَدَ — to help
• بَنَى — to build
• اشْتَرَكَ — to participate
• صَوَّرَ — to depict
• وَرَدَ — to be mentioned
• أَجَابَ — to answer
• قَالَ — to say
• أَصْبَحَ — to become
• صَنَعَ — to make
• عَدَّ — to count
• اسْتَوْعَبَ — to contain
• أَرَادَ — to want
• وَضَعَ — to place
• كَفَى — to suffice
• اسْتَخْرَجَ — to extract
• نَقَلَ — to move
• أَكْمَلَ — to complete
• وَحْدَة — unit
• قِصَّة — story
• حَضَارَة — civilization
• هَوِيَّة — identity
• قِرَاءَة — reading
• أَدَاء — performance
• فِقْرَة — item/paragraph
• وُضُوح — clarity
• صَوْت — voice
• سَلَامَة — safety
• نُطْق — pronunciation
• تَعْبِير — expression
• مَشَاعِر — feelings
• وَقْفَة — pause
• مُنَاقَشَة — discussion
• مَجْمُوعَة — group
• شَيْء — thing
• مُتْحَف — museum
• وِجْهَة — point of view
• نَظَر — view
• مَدْرَسَة — school
• مَعْرِض — exhibition
• صِفَة — trait
• مَهَارَة — skill
• زَمِيل — colleague
• إِعْدَاد — preparation
• مَشْهَد — scene
• يَوْم — day
• حَيَاة — life
• اسْتِفَادَة — benefit
• نَصّ — text
• سُؤَال — question
• افْتِتَاح — opening
• بَعْض — some
• مَيْدَان — square
• تَحْرِير — liberation
• حَقِيقَة — truth
• أَثَر — relic
• قِمَّة — peak
• رَوْعَة — splendor
• قِنَاع — mask
• مَلِك — king
• ذَهَب — gold
• قِطْعَة — piece
• تَارِيخ — history
• اهْتِمَام — interest
• تَرْمِيم — restoration
• عَالَم — world, universe
• مَعْنَى — meaning
• إِصْلَاح — repair
• عَلَامَة — mark
• عِبَارَة — phrase
• نَقْل — transportation
• مَوْجُودَة — existing
• مَصْنُوع — made
• أَكْبَر — bigger
• مُعَبِّرَة — expressive (feminine adjective)
• جَمَاعِيَّة — collective
• أَجْمَل — most beautiful
• جَهْرِيَّة — aloud