Saudi Arabic Curriculum (لغتي) — Grade 8, Semester 1 — Page 45

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

كَانَتِ الرَّسَائِلُ فِي السَّابِقِ تُرْسَلُ إِمَّا بِالْبَرِيدِ وَإِمَّا مَعَ رَسُولٍ وَإِمَّا بِالْحَمَامِ الزَّاجِلِ.

In the past, letters were sent by mail, by messenger, or by carrier pigeon.

وَفِي الْقَرْنِ التَّاسِعِ عَشَرَ تَمَّ ابْتِكَارُ أَوَّلِ جِهَازٍ كَهْرَبَائِيٍّ لِلِاتِّصَالِ عَنْ بُعْدٍ عُرِفَ بِاسْمِ (الْبَرْقِ).

The nineteenth century saw the invention of the first electrical device for long-distance communication, known as the telegraph.

كَانَ اكْتِشَافُ (بِيرْس لِـ سْبَنْسَر) فُرْنَ الْمِيكْرُويْفِ نَتِيجَةَ ذَوَبَانِ قِطْعَةِ حَلْوَى فِي جَيْبِهِ وَهُوَ وَاقِفٌ بِجِوَارِ صِمَامٍ إلكتروني يُشَغِّلُ جِهَازَ الرَّادَارِ.

Percy Spencer discovered the microwave oven when a piece of candy melted in his pocket while he was standing near an electronic valve powering a radar unit.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (16 verbs · 47 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• أَرْسَلَ — to send
• عَرَفَ — to know
• رِسَالَة — letter
• سَابِق — past
• بَرِيد — mail