Sami saves for a laptop, but an unexpected bicycle repair changes his timetable. He records the expense and works out when he can reach his goal.
01Read the Arabic story
أَدَّخِرُ لِحَاسُوبٍ جَدِيدٍ
أَرَادَ سَامِي حَاسُوبًا مَحْمُولًا لِكِتَابَةِ وَاجِبَاتِهِ. وَجَدَ فِي الْمَتْجَرِ جِهَازًا جَدِيدًا ثَمَنُهُ مِائَتَا دِينَارٍ. كَانَ لَدَيْهِ ثَمَانُونَ دِينَارًا، وَكَانَ يَعْمَلُ فِي مَتْجَرٍ فِي عُطْلَةِ نِهَايَةِ الْأُسْبُوعِ. حَسَبَ أَنَّهُ يَسْتَطِيعُ ادِّخَارَ أَرْبَعِينَ دِينَارًا كُلَّ أُسْبُوعٍ، فَكَتَبَ فِي دَفْتَرِهِ: «سَأَشْتَرِيهِ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَسَابِيعَ».
فِي نِهَايَةِ الْأُسْبُوعِ الْأَوَّلِ، كَانَ مَعَهُ مِائَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ دِينَارًا. لَكِنَّ دَرَّاجَتَهُ تَعَطَّلَتْ، وَهُوَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهَا لِلذَّهَابِ إِلَى الْعَمَلِ. دَفَعَ أَرْبَعِينَ دِينَارًا لِإِصْلَاحِهَا، فَبَقِيَ لَدَيْهِ ثَمَانُونَ دِينَارًا مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. نَظَرَ إِلَى خُطَّتِهِ وَشَعَرَ بِخَيْبَةِ أَمَلٍ، لِأَنَّ مَوْعِدَ الشِّرَاءِ سَيَتَأَخَّرُ.
أَخْبَرَ سَامِي أَبَاهُ بِمَا حَدَثَ. قَالَ أَبُوهُ: «سَتَحْتَاجُ إِلَى أُسْبُوعٍ إِضَافِيٍّ، وَدَرَّاجَتُكَ تَعْمَلُ الْآنَ». فَتَحَ سَامِي دَفْتَرَهُ وَكَتَبَ ثَمَنَ الْإِصْلَاحِ، ثُمَّ غَيَّرَ مَوْعِدَ الشِّرَاءِ. وَاصَلَ ادِّخَارَ أَرْبَعِينَ دِينَارًا كُلَّ أُسْبُوعٍ، وَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ الْمَبْلَغَ الْجَدِيدَ فِي دَفْتَرِهِ كُلَّمَا أَضَافَ نُقُودًا.
بَعْدَ أَرْبَعَةِ أَسَابِيعَ مِنْ بِدَايَةِ الْخُطَّةِ، أَصْبَحَ لَدَى سَامِي مِائَتَا دِينَارٍ. ذَهَبَ مَعَ أَخِيهِ إِلَى الْمَتْجَرِ، وَجَرَّبَ لَوْحَةَ الْمَفَاتِيحِ وَنَظَرَ إِلَى الشَّاشَةِ. دَفَعَ الثَّمَنَ وَعَادَ بِحَاسُوبِهِ الْجَدِيدِ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ. فِي الْمَسَاءِ، كَتَبَ وَاجِبَهُ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ وَضَعَ دَفْتَرَ خُطَّتِهِ بِجَانِبِهِ وَابْتَسَمَ.
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Sami wanted a laptop for writing his homework. He found a new device in the shop that cost two hundred dinars. He had eighty dinars and worked in a shop at weekends. He calculated that he could save forty dinars each week, so he wrote in his notebook, “I will buy it after three weeks.”
At the end of the first week, he had one hundred and twenty dinars. But his bicycle broke down, and he needed it to get to work. He paid forty dinars to have it repaired, leaving him with eighty dinars again. He looked at his plan and felt disappointed because the purchase would be delayed.
Sami told his father what had happened. His father said, “You will need one extra week, and your bicycle works now.” Sami opened his notebook and recorded the repair cost, then changed the purchase date. He continued saving forty dinars each week and wrote the new total in his notebook whenever he added money.
Four weeks after starting the plan, Sami had two hundred dinars. He went to the shop with his brother, tried the keyboard and looked at the screen. He paid and returned home with his new laptop. In the evening, he typed his homework on it, then put the notebook with his plan beside it and smiled.
02Useful words from the story
| Arabic in the story | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| حَاسُوبًا مَحْمُولًا | a laptop |
| ثَمَنُهُ | its price |
| يَعْمَلُ | works |
| تَعَطَّلَتْ | broke down |
| لِإِصْلَاحِهَا | to have it repaired |
| بِخَيْبَةِ أَمَلٍ | disappointed; with disappointment |
| أُسْبُوعٍ إِضَافِيٍّ | one extra week |
| لَوْحَةَ الْمَفَاتِيحِ | the keyboard |
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
- Sami starts with 80 dinars, saves 40 per week and spends 40 on a repair, reaching 200 after four weeks.
- The repair changes his purchase date by one week while his weekly saving amount stays the same.
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