Language
English
CEFR Level
A0
Theme
Numbers & Counting
Linked course
English A0

Core words

Story

Noah Counts to Twenty

  1. The room is quiet and dark.

    الغرفة هادئة ومظلمة.

  2. Noah sits in bed and looks at the star stickers on his wall.

    نوح يجلس في السرير وينظر إلى ملصقات النجوم على حائطه.

  3. Noah wants to count from eleven to twenty before sleep.

    نوح يريد أن يعد من أحد عشر إلى عشرين قبل النوم.

  4. He starts, 'eleven, twelve, thirteen,' and then he stops.

    يبدأ بالعد: «أحد عشر، اثنا عشر، ثلاثة عشر»، ثم يتوقف.

  5. Do you know the next number, Mom?

    أمي، هل تعرفين الرقم التالي؟

  6. Mia smiles and says, 'Yes, I do.'

    تبتسم ميا وتقول: «نعم، أفعل.»

  7. Mia puts one more star on the wall.

    تضع ميا نجمة أخرى على الحائط.

  8. She says, 'There are fourteen now.'

    تقول: هناك أربعة عشر الآن.

  9. Noah says, 'fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,' and he smiles.

    نوح يقول أربعة عشر، خمسة عشر، ستة عشر، ويبتسم.

  10. They go on, 'seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.'

    يواصلون: «سبعة عشر، ثمانية عشر، تسعة عشر، عشرون.»

  11. Noah whispers, 'I can count to twenty now,' and he hugs Mia.

    نوح يهمس: «أستطيع العد إلى عشرين الآن»، ويحتضن ميا.

  12. He closes his eyes, and the room is calm.

    يغلق عينيه، والغرفة هادئة.

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