Saudi Arabic Curriculum (الكفايات اللغوية) — Grade 10, Semester 1 — Page 215

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

مَثِّلْ أَهَمِّيَّةَ الِاسْتِمَاعِ بِمُعَادَلَةٍ رِيَاضِيَّةٍ.

Express the importance of listening as a mathematical equation.

يَقُولُ أَحَدُ الْمُهْتَمِّينَ بِفَنِّ الِاسْتِمَاعِ: إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ يَسْتَمِعُ لِمَا يُعَادِلُ كِتَابًا يَوْمِيًّا، وَيَتَحَدَّثُ بِمَا يُعَادِلُ كِتَابًا أُسْبُوعِيًّا، وَيَكْتُبُ مَا يُعَادِلُ كِتَابًا سَنَوِيًّا.

An expert on the art of listening once noted that people listen to the equivalent of a book every day, speak the equivalent of a book every week, and write the equivalent of a book every year.

مَا الَّذِي سَيَتَغَيَّرُ فِي حَيَاتِكَ لَوْ كُنْتَ تَحْتَفِظُ فِي ذَاكِرَتِكَ بِكُلِّ مَا تَسْمَعُ؟

How would your life change if you remembered everything you heard?

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Vocabulary · المفردات (16 verbs · 27 nouns)

• مَثَّلَ — to represent
• قَالَ — to say
• اِسْتَمَعَ — to listen
• كِفَايَةٌ — competence
• تَوَاصُلٌ — communication
• شَفَهِيٌّ — oral