Nour wants to finish an Arabic story, so she tries one week without browsing social media. Follow her reading, a conversation with a friend and the plan she makes afterwards.
01Read the Arabic story
أُسْبُوعٌ دُونَ مَوَاقِعِ التَّوَاصُلِ
كَانَتْ نُورٌ تَقْضِي نَحْوَ سَاعَةٍ عَلَى مَوَاقِعِ التَّوَاصُلِ الِاجْتِمَاعِيِّ بَعْدَ الْعَشَاءِ. اِشْتَرَتْ قِصَّةً عَرَبِيَّةً، وَلَكِنَّهَا لَمْ تَقْرَأْ مِنْهَا إِلَّا صَفَحَاتٍ قَلِيلَةً. يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ، قَرَّرَتْ تَجْرِبَةَ أُسْبُوعٍ دُونَ تَصَفُّحِ تِلْكَ الْمَوَاقِعِ. وَضَعَتِ الْكِتَابَ بِجَانِبِ الْكُرْسِيِّ، وَكَتَبَتْ وَرَقَةً صَغِيرَةً: «وَقْتٌ لِلْقِرَاءَةِ».
فِي الْمَسَاءِ الْأَوَّلِ، أَخَذَتْ نُورٌ هَاتِفَهَا كَعَادَتِهَا، ثُمَّ رَأَتِ الْوَرَقَةَ وَتَذَكَّرَتْ خُطَّتَهَا. وَضَعَتِ الْهَاتِفَ فِي حَقِيبَتِهَا وَفَتَحَتِ الْكِتَابَ. قَرَأَتِ الْفَصْلَ الْأَوَّلَ خِلَالَ عِشْرِينَ دَقِيقَةً، ثُمَّ كَتَبَتْ ثَلَاثَ كَلِمَاتٍ جَدِيدَةٍ فِي دَفْتَرِهَا. بَقِيَ لَدَيْهَا وَقْتٌ لِتَجْهِيزِ طَعَامِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي.
يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ، اتَّصَلَتْ بِهَا صَدِيقَتُهَا وَسَأَلَتْهَا: «لِمَاذَا لَا أَرَى مَنْشُورَاتِكِ هَذَا الْأُسْبُوعَ؟» شَرَحَتْ نُورٌ التَّجْرِبَةَ وَقَالَتْ: «مَا زِلْتُ أَسْتَخْدِمُ الْهَاتِفَ لِلْمُكَالَمَاتِ وَالرَّسَائِلِ. أَنَا أُرِيدُ فَقَطْ أَنْ أُنْهِيَ قِصَّتِي». خَرَجَتَا مَعًا لِلْمَشْيِ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ ذَلِكَ الْمَسَاءَ، وَتَحَدَّثَتَا عَنْ أَخْبَارِهِمَا.
فِي مَسَاءِ الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ، أَنْهَتْ نُورٌ الْقِصَّةَ وَوَضَعَتْهَا عَلَى الرَّفِّ. نَظَرَتْ إِلَى دَفْتَرِ الْكَلِمَاتِ وَقَالَتْ: «أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُوَاصِلَ الْقِرَاءَةَ». قَرَّرَتْ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ قَبْلَ فَتْحِ الْمَوَاقِعِ، وَأَنْ تَضَعَ مُؤَقِّتًا لِرُبْعِ سَاعَةٍ عِنْدَ اسْتِخْدَامِهَا. فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي، اخْتَارَتْ كِتَابًا آخَرَ مِنَ الْمَكْتَبَةِ.
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Nour used to spend about an hour on social media after dinner. She bought an Arabic story, but had read only a few pages. On Monday, she decided to try a week without browsing those sites. She put the book beside her chair and wrote a small note: “Time to read.”
On the first evening, Nour picked up her phone as usual, then saw the note and remembered her plan. She put the phone in her bag and opened the book. She read the first chapter in twenty minutes, then wrote three new words in her notebook. She still had time to prepare food for the following day.
On Tuesday, her friend called and asked, “Why am I not seeing your posts this week?” Nour explained the experiment and said, “I am still using my phone for calls and messages. I just want to finish my story.” They went out together for a walk in the park that evening and caught up with each other’s news.
On the evening of the seventh day, Nour finished the story and put it on the shelf. She looked at her vocabulary notebook and said, “I want to keep reading.” She decided to read before opening social media and to set a timer for a quarter of an hour when using it. The next day, she chose another book from the library.
02Useful words from the story
| Arabic in the story | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| مَوَاقِعِ التَّوَاصُلِ الِاجْتِمَاعِيِّ | social media sites |
| تَجْرِبَةَ | trying; an experiment |
| تَصَفُّحِ | browsing |
| كَعَادَتِهَا | as usual |
| الْفَصْلَ الْأَوَّلَ | the first chapter |
| لِلْمُكَالَمَاتِ وَالرَّسَائِلِ | for calls and messages |
| مُؤَقِّتًا | a timer |
| لِرُبْعِ سَاعَةٍ | for a quarter of an hour |
03Check your understanding
Choose one answer for each question. Look back at the Arabic story when you need a clue. Open the English support if you need help understanding a question.
What to remember
- Nour pauses social media browsing while continuing to use calls and messages, and finishes her Arabic story during the week.
- At the end, she chooses to read first and use a short timer when she returns to social media.
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