Palestinian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 7, Semester 2 — Page 8

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

نَسْتَمِعُ إِلَى نَصٍّ بِعُنْوَانِ (خَيْرُ النَّاسِ)، وَنُجِيبُ عَنِ الْأَسْئِلَةِ الْآتِيَةِ: ١-

We will listen to a text titled "The Best of People" and answer the following questions:

مَنْ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ؟ ٢-

Who are the best of people?

نُعَدِّدُ الْآثَارَ الَّتِي يَتْرُكُهَا عَمَلُ الْخَيْرِ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ، وَعَلَى النَّاسِ. ٣-

List the effects that doing good has on both the doer and others.

نُوَضِّحُ سَبَبَ تَفْضِيلِ الصَّحَابِيِّ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ السَّعْيَ فِي حَاجَةِ النَّاسِ عَلَى الِاعْتِكَافِ. ٤-

Explain why the Companion Ibn Abbas preferred helping people with their needs over religious seclusion.

مَا الصُّورَةُ الَّتِي رَسَمَهَا الْكَاتِبُ لِفَاعِلِ الْخَيْرِ؟ ٥-

What image did the author paint of someone who does good?

نُوَضِّحُ مَعْنَى عِبَارَةِ: الْجَزَاءُ مِنْ جِنْسِ الْعَمَلِ. ٦-

Explain the meaning of the phrase: "The reward is of the same nature as the deed."

نَذْكُرُ مَوَاقِفَ نُسَاعِدُ فِيهَا زُمَلَاءَنَا. ٧-

Mention situations in which you help your classmates.

نُوَظِّفُ عِبَارَةَ (يَتَعَاهَدُنِي) فِي جُمْلَةٍ مُفِيدَةٍ. ٨-

Use the phrase "he looks after me" in a complete sentence.

مَا الَّذِي أَعْجَبَنَا فِي النَّصِّ؟ ٩-

What did you like about the text?

نُبَيِّنُ رَأْيَنَا فِي الْقَوْلِ: بَعْضُ النَّاسِ يَعُدُّ مُسَاعَدَةَ الْآخَرِينَ مَنْقَصَةً تُشْعِرُ صَاحِبَهَا أَنَّهُ خَادِمٌ لِغَيْرِهِ.

State your opinion on the following claim: Some people view helping others as a sign of weakness that makes them feel like servants.

Vocabulary · المفردات (14 verbs · 36 nouns)

• اِسْتَمَعَ — to listen
• أَجَابَ — to answer
• عَدَّدَ — to enumerate
• تَرَكَ — to leave
• وَضَّحَ — to clarify
• رَسَمَ — to draw
• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• سَاعَدَ — to help
• وَظَّفَ — to employ
• تَعَاهَدَ — to look after
• أَعْجَبَ — to please
• بَيَّنَ — to explain
• عَدَّ — to consider
• أَشْعَرَ — to make feel
• اِسْتِمَاع — listening
• حِفْظ — control
• لِسَان — tongue
• نَصّ — text
• عُنْوَان — title
• خَيْر — good
• نَاس — people
• سُؤَال — question
• أَثَر — effects
• عَمَل — work
• صَاحِب — person
• سَبَب — reason
• تَفْضِيل — preference
• صَحَابِيّ — companion
• سَعْي — striving
• حَاجَة — need
• اِعْتِكَاف — seclusion
• صُورَة — image
• كَاتِب — writer
• فَاعِل — doer
• مَعْنَى — meaning
• عِبَارَة — phrase
• جَزَاء — reward
• جِنْس — kind
• مَوْقِف — situation
• زَمِيل — colleague
• جُمْلَة — sentence
• مُفِيد — useful
• رَأْي — opinion
• قَوْل — saying
• بَعْض — some
• مُسَاعَدَة — help
• آخَر — other
• مَنْقَصَة — deficiency
• خَادِم — servant
• غَيْر — other