/* ───────────────────────────────────────────── Reading practice — batch 7: more A1/A2/B1 Extends window.READING_DATA ───────────────────────────────────────────── */ window.READING_DATA = (window.READING_DATA || []).concat([ /* ─── A1 · DAILY / HEALTH ─── */ { id: 'walking-to-work', level: 'A1', icon: '🚶', minutes: 3, kind: { en: 'Story', ar: 'قصة', tr: 'Hikâye' }, title: { en: 'Thirty Minutes on Foot', ar: 'ثلاثون دقيقة سيراً', tr: 'Yürüyerek Otuz Dakika' }, summary: { en: 'Murat\'s doctor gives him simple advice: walk. Murat is not happy — at first.', ar: 'طبيب مراد يعطيه نصيحة بسيطة: امشِ. مراد ليس سعيداً — في البداية.', tr: 'Murat\'ın doktoru basit bir öneri veriyor: yürü. Murat mutlu değil — ilk başta.', }, figure: { caption: { en: 'Murat walks along the seafront on his way to work.', ar: 'مراد يمشي على الكورنيش في طريقه إلى العمل.', tr: 'Murat işe giderken sahil boyunca yürüyor.' }, prompt: 'A middle-aged man walking cheerfully along a seaside promenade in the morning with a small backpack, seagulls and calm sea, soft light.', }, body: [ 'Murat works at a desk. He sits all day. He drives to work, drives home, and watches TV in the evening. At his [[check-up]], the doctor says: "Your heart needs help. My advice is simple and free: walk thirty minutes every day."', 'Murat is not happy. "I have no time," he says. But the doctor smiles: "You have time for TV. You have time for [[health]] too."', 'On Monday, Murat leaves the car at home. He walks to work — thirty-five minutes. His legs hurt, and he arrives a little [[sweaty]]. He is not sure this is a good idea.', 'But on Friday, something changes. The walk feels shorter. He knows the small shops on the way, and the man at the bakery says "Good morning!" Murat listens to a [[podcast]] and learns English words while he walks.', 'After two months, Murat walks every day — even on cold days. He sleeps better, and his doctor is happy. "The best machine for your body," Murat tells his friends now, "has no engine. It is your own two [[feet]]."', ], vocab: { 'check-up': { pos: 'noun', def: 'a general health examination by a doctor', ex: 'I have a check-up every year.' }, 'health': { pos: 'noun', def: 'the condition of your body', ex: 'Walking is good for your health.' }, 'sweaty': { pos: 'adjective', def: 'wet from sweat (water from your skin)', ex: 'He was sweaty after the run.' }, 'podcast': { pos: 'noun', def: 'an audio program you listen to on your phone', ex: 'I listen to a podcast on the bus.' }, 'feet': { pos: 'noun', def: 'the parts of your body you stand on (one foot, two feet)', ex: 'My feet hurt after the long day.' }, }, questions: [ { type:'mcq', q:'What does the doctor tell Murat?', options:['Take medicine','Walk thirty minutes every day','Stop working','Buy a bicycle'], a:1, explainEn:'"Walk thirty minutes every day."', explainAr:'"امشِ ثلاثين دقيقة كل يوم."' }, { type:'mcq', q:'How does Murat feel on Monday?', options:['Great','His legs hurt and he is sweaty','Very fast','Sleepy'], a:1, explainEn:'His legs hurt, and he arrives a little sweaty.', explainAr:'آلمته ساقاه ووصل متعرقاً قليلاً.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'What does Murat do while walking?', options:['He drives','He listens to a podcast and learns English','He reads a book','He makes phone calls'], a:1, explainEn:'He listens to a podcast and learns English words.', explainAr:'يستمع إلى بودكاست ويتعلم كلمات إنجليزية.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'True or false: After two months, Murat stops walking.', options:['True','False'], a:1, explainEn:'False — he walks every day, even on cold days.', explainAr:'خطأ — يمشي كل يوم حتى في البرد.' }, { type:'fill', q:'A general health examination is a ___. (two words with -)', a:'check-up', explainEn:'At his check-up, the doctor gives advice.', explainAr:'check-up تعني فحصاً عاماً.' }, { type:'fill', q:'An audio program on your phone is a ___.', a:'podcast', explainEn:'He listens to a podcast while walking.', explainAr:'podcast تعني برنامجاً صوتياً.' }, ], }, /* ─── A2 · EGYPT / CULTURE ─── */ { id: 'cairo-traffic-metro', level: 'A2', icon: '🚦', minutes: 4, kind: { en: 'Article', ar: 'مقال', tr: 'Makale' }, title: { en: 'Cairo: The City That Never Stops Moving', ar: 'القاهرة: المدينة التي لا تتوقف عن الحركة', tr: 'Kahire: Hareketi Hiç Durmayan Şehir' }, summary: { en: 'More than 20 million people, one great river, and Africa\'s first metro.', ar: 'أكثر من ٢٠ مليون شخص، نهر عظيم واحد، وأول مترو في أفريقيا.', tr: '20 milyondan fazla insan, tek büyük nehir ve Afrika\'nın ilk metrosu.', }, figure: { caption: { en: 'Evening traffic beside the Nile in central Cairo.', ar: 'حركة المرور المسائية بجانب النيل في وسط القاهرة.', tr: 'Kahire merkezinde Nil kıyısında akşam trafiği.' }, prompt: 'A lively evening scene of central Cairo: busy river road along the Nile, lit bridges, boats on the water, dense city lights.', }, body: [ 'Cairo is one of the biggest cities in the world. More than 20 million people live in the greater city — that is more than many whole [[countries]]. The city sits on the Nile, the river that made Egypt possible.', 'With so many people, moving around is the city\'s daily challenge. The streets are famous for their [[traffic]]: cars, buses, minibuses, motorcycles, and delivery bikes share every meter. Drivers use the horn like a language — short beeps that mean "I am here," "go ahead," or "hello, my friend!"', 'Under the busy streets, there is a quieter world: the Cairo Metro. It was the first metro in Africa, opened in 1987. Today it carries about [[millions]] of passengers every day — one of the busiest systems in the region. For many people, it is the fastest and cheapest way to cross the huge city.', 'The river offers another way. Small boats called *felucca* [[sail]] slowly on the Nile, mostly for rest and tourism, while water buses carry commuters along the river. In the evening, families sit by the water, drink tea, and watch the lights of the city.', 'Cairo can be loud, crowded, and tiring — its people joke about this more than anyone. But the city has a special energy. As a famous Egyptian saying goes: "Egypt is the mother of the world." Cairo never stops moving, and somehow, it always finds [[room]] for one more person.', ], vocab: { 'countries': { pos: 'noun', def: 'nations like Egypt, Turkey, or Japan', ex: 'People from many countries visit Cairo.' }, 'traffic': { pos: 'noun', def: 'all the vehicles moving on the roads', ex: 'The traffic is heavy at 5 p.m.' }, 'millions': { pos: 'noun', def: 'many groups of 1,000,000', ex: 'Millions of people use the metro.' }, 'sail': { pos: 'verb', def: 'to travel on water', ex: 'The boats sail slowly on the river.' }, 'room': { pos: 'noun', def: 'here: space for something', ex: 'There is room for one more in the car.' }, }, questions: [ { type:'mcq', q:'How many people live in greater Cairo?', options:['About 2 million','More than 20 million','About 200,000','100 million'], a:1, explainEn:'More than 20 million people.', explainAr:'أكثر من ٢٠ مليون شخص.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'What was special about the Cairo Metro in 1987?', options:['It was the fastest in the world','It was the first metro in Africa','It was free','It went under the sea'], a:1, explainEn:'It was the first metro in Africa.', explainAr:'كان أول مترو في أفريقيا.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'How do Cairo drivers use the horn?', options:['Only in danger','Like a language with different meanings','Never','Only at night'], a:1, explainEn:'Short beeps mean "I am here," "go ahead," or "hello!"', explainAr:'يستخدمون الزامور كلغة بمعانٍ مختلفة.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'What is a felucca?', options:['A type of bus','A small sailing boat on the Nile','A metro station','An Egyptian food'], a:1, explainEn:'Small boats called felucca sail on the Nile.', explainAr:'الفلوكة قارب شراعي صغير على النيل.' }, { type:'fill', q:'All the vehicles moving on the roads are the ___.', a:'traffic', explainEn:'Cairo\'s streets are famous for their traffic.', explainAr:'traffic تعني حركة المرور.' }, { type:'fill', q:'To travel on water is to ___.', a:'sail', explainEn:'Feluccas sail slowly on the Nile.', explainAr:'sail تعني يبحر.' }, ], }, /* ─── A2 · TECH / DAILY ─── */ { id: 'life-without-batteries', level: 'A2', icon: '🔋', minutes: 4, kind: { en: 'Article', ar: 'مقال', tr: 'Makale' }, title: { en: 'A Day Without Batteries', ar: 'يوم بلا بطاريات', tr: 'Pilsiz Bir Gün' }, summary: { en: 'Imagine all batteries stop working for one day. What would your morning look like?', ar: 'تخيل أن كل البطاريات تتوقف عن العمل ليوم واحد. كيف سيبدو صباحك؟', tr: 'Bütün pillerin bir günlüğüne çalışmayı durdurduğunu hayal et. Sabahın nasıl görünürdü?', }, figure: { caption: { en: 'Everyday devices that quietly depend on batteries.', ar: 'أجهزة يومية تعتمد بهدوء على البطاريات.', tr: 'Sessizce pillere bağımlı olan günlük cihazlar.' }, prompt: 'A flat-lay of everyday battery-powered items: phone, wireless earbuds, watch, remote, car key, toothbrush, laptop — arranged neatly on a table.', }, body: [ 'Here is a small thought [[experiment]]: imagine that tomorrow morning, every battery in the world stops working for one day. Not electricity from the wall — only batteries. What happens?', 'Your morning starts badly. Your phone is dead, so there is no [[alarm]]. Your electric toothbrush is silent. Your wireless earbuds are useless. You cannot [[unlock]] your car with the key fob — and if your car is electric, it is not going anywhere at all.', 'At work, laptops work only next to the wall. The mouse and keyboard are dead if they are wireless. Warehouse robots stand still. Delivery drones sit on the ground. Even many watches stop [[ticking]].', 'Hospitals feel it most — but they are ready. Important machines switch to wall power, and hospitals have large [[emergency]] generators. Engineers plan for exactly this kind of problem: it is called *redundancy* — always having a second way.', 'The experiment shows something interesting: batteries are everywhere, but we almost never think about them. They are a quiet [[servant]] of modern life. So the next time your phone reaches 1% and finds a charger just in time — say a small thank you to the battery.', ], vocab: { 'experiment': { pos: 'noun', def: 'a test to learn or discover something', ex: 'A thought experiment happens only in your mind.' }, 'alarm': { pos: 'noun', def: 'a sound that wakes you or warns you', ex: 'My alarm rings at 6:30.' }, 'unlock': { pos: 'verb', def: 'to open a lock', ex: 'Use the card to unlock the door.' }, 'ticking': { pos: 'verb', def: 'making the small regular sound of a clock', ex: 'The clock was ticking loudly.' }, 'emergency': { pos: 'noun', def: 'a serious, unexpected situation that needs quick action', ex: 'Call this number in an emergency.' }, 'servant': { pos: 'noun', def: 'someone or something that serves and helps', ex: 'Technology is a good servant but a bad master.' }, }, questions: [ { type:'mcq', q:'What stops working in the thought experiment?', options:['All electricity','Only batteries','Only phones','Only cars'], a:1, explainEn:'Not wall electricity — only batteries.', explainAr:'ليست كهرباء الجدار — البطاريات فقط.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'Why does your morning start badly?', options:['It rains','Your phone is dead, so no alarm','The bus is late','The coffee is cold'], a:1, explainEn:'The phone is dead, so there is no alarm.', explainAr:'الهاتف فارغ فلا منبّه.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'How are hospitals prepared?', options:['They close for the day','Wall power and emergency generators','They use candles','They have extra phones'], a:1, explainEn:'Machines switch to wall power; hospitals have emergency generators.', explainAr:'تتحول الأجهزة لكهرباء الجدار وتوجد مولدات طوارئ.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'What is "redundancy" in engineering?', options:['Extra costs','Always having a second way','Working slowly','Removing batteries'], a:1, explainEn:'Redundancy = always having a second way.', explainAr:'redundancy تعني وجود طريقة ثانية دائماً.' }, { type:'fill', q:'A serious, unexpected situation is an ___.', a:'emergency', explainEn:'Hospitals have emergency generators.', explainAr:'emergency تعني طارئاً.' }, { type:'fill', q:'A test to learn something is an ___.', a:'experiment', explainEn:'This is a thought experiment.', explainAr:'experiment تعني تجربة.' }, ], }, /* ─── B1 · SAUDI / CULTURE-TECH ─── */ { id: 'falconry-tech', level: 'B1', icon: '🦅', minutes: 5, kind: { en: 'Article', ar: 'مقال', tr: 'Makale' }, title: { en: 'Falcons and Drones: An Old Art Meets New Tools', ar: 'الصقور والطائرات المسيّرة: فن قديم يلتقي بأدوات جديدة', tr: 'Şahinler ve Dronlar: Eski Sanat Yeni Araçlarla Buluşuyor' }, summary: { en: 'Falconry is a thousand-year-old tradition in the Gulf. Today, GPS trackers and drones are part of it.', ar: 'الصقارة تقليد عمره ألف عام في الخليج. اليوم، أجهزة تتبع GPS والمسيّرات جزء منها.', tr: 'Şahincilik Körfez\'de bin yıllık bir gelenek. Bugün GPS takip cihazları ve dronlar bunun bir parçası.', }, figure: { caption: { en: 'A falcon wearing a small GPS tracker returns to its trainer.', ar: 'صقر يحمل جهاز تتبع GPS صغيراً يعود إلى مدربه.', tr: 'Küçük bir GPS takip cihazı taşıyan şahin, eğitmenine dönüyor.' }, prompt: 'A majestic falcon landing on the gloved hand of a trainer in the desert, a tiny GPS tracker on its back, warm golden light.', }, body: [ 'For more than a thousand years, people in the Arabian Peninsula have trained falcons. In the past, falconry was not a sport — it was [[survival]]. A trained falcon could catch food in the desert that no human could reach. Today, the falcon is a national symbol in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and falconry is a beloved [[heritage]] — practiced with some very modern tools.', 'The first change is tracking. A hunting falcon can fly kilometers away in minutes, and losing a trained bird — which can be worth as much as a car — was always the falconer\'s greatest fear. Now, falcons carry tiny GPS [[transmitters]] on their backs, lighter than a few coins. If the bird flies too far, the falconer follows it on a phone map, exactly like finding a lost phone.', 'The second change is training. Traditionally, falconers trained birds using a lure — a piece of food swung on a rope. Today, many use drones. The drone lifts the lure high into the sky, and the falcon learns to climb and chase at heights that a human arm could never reach. Trainers say the birds become stronger and faster this way — the drone gives them a better [[workout]].', 'Technology has also arrived in falcon health care. Special falcon hospitals — some of the busiest bird hospitals in the world are in the Gulf — use digital X-rays and lab tests. And at falcon "beauty contests" and races, judges use high-speed cameras and electronic timing to [[measure]] performance to the millisecond.', 'Some people ask: does technology hurt the tradition? Most falconers say no — the heart of falconry is the [[bond]] between the human and the bird, built through months of patience. The GPS tracker does not create that bond; it just protects it. The tools change, they say, but the tradition stays the same: a person, a falcon, and the wide desert sky.', ], vocab: { 'survival': { pos: 'noun', def: 'continuing to live, especially in hard conditions', ex: 'In the desert, water means survival.' }, 'heritage': { pos: 'noun', def: 'traditions and culture passed down from the past', ex: 'Falconry is part of the national heritage.' }, 'transmitters': { pos: 'noun', def: 'small devices that send signals', ex: 'The tracker\'s transmitter sends the bird\'s position.' }, 'workout': { pos: 'noun', def: 'a session of physical exercise', ex: 'The chase gives the falcon a real workout.' }, 'measure': { pos: 'verb', def: 'to find the size, speed, or amount of something', ex: 'Cameras measure the falcon\'s speed.' }, 'bond': { pos: 'noun', def: 'a strong connection between two beings', ex: 'The bond between falcon and trainer takes months to build.' }, }, questions: [ { type:'mcq', q:'What was falconry in the past?', options:['A sport only','A way to survive — catching food in the desert','A type of racing','A school subject'], a:1, explainEn:'It was survival: a falcon could catch food no human could reach.', explainAr:'كانت وسيلة بقاء: يصطاد الصقر طعاماً لا يصله الإنسان.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'Why do falcons carry GPS transmitters?', options:['To fly faster','So the falconer can find them if they fly far','To take photos','To scare other birds'], a:1, explainEn:'If the bird flies too far, the falconer follows it on a map.', explainAr:'إذا ابتعد الطائر يتتبعه الصقار على الخريطة.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'How do drones help training?', options:['They carry the falcon','They lift the lure high so falcons learn to climb and chase','They replace the falcon','They film the desert'], a:1, explainEn:'The drone lifts the lure high; the falcon becomes stronger and faster.', explainAr:'ترفع المسيّرة الطُعم عالياً فيصبح الصقر أقوى وأسرع.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'What do most falconers say about technology?', options:['It destroys the tradition','It protects the bond; the tradition stays the same','It is forbidden','It makes falcons lazy'], a:1, explainEn:'The tracker does not create the bond; it protects it.', explainAr:'الجهاز لا يصنع الرابطة بل يحميها.' }, { type:'fill', q:'Traditions passed down from the past are called ___.', a:'heritage', explainEn:'Falconry is a beloved heritage.', explainAr:'heritage تعني التراث.' }, { type:'fill', q:'A strong connection between two beings is a ___.', a:'bond', explainEn:'The heart of falconry is the bond between human and bird.', explainAr:'bond تعني رابطة.' }, ], }, /* ─── B1 · WORLD / SCIENCE ─── */ { id: 'internet-under-sea', level: 'B1', icon: '🌐', minutes: 5, kind: { en: 'Article', ar: 'مقال', tr: 'Makale' }, title: { en: 'The Internet Lives Under the Sea', ar: 'الإنترنت يعيش تحت البحر', tr: 'İnternet Denizin Altında Yaşıyor' }, summary: { en: 'Your messages don\'t travel by satellite — they cross oceans through cables on the sea floor.', ar: 'رسائلك لا تسافر عبر الأقمار الصناعية — بل تعبر المحيطات عبر كابلات في قاع البحر.', tr: 'Mesajların uyduyla değil — okyanusları deniz tabanındaki kablolarla geçiyor.', }, figure: { caption: { en: 'A cable ship lays fiber-optic cable across the ocean.', ar: 'سفينة كابلات تمد كابل ألياف ضوئية عبر المحيط.', tr: 'Bir kablo gemisi okyanusa fiber optik kablo döşüyor.' }, prompt: 'A specialized cable-laying ship at sea feeding a long cable down into deep blue water, cross-section view showing the cable resting on the ocean floor.', }, body: [ 'When you send a message from Riyadh to a friend in New York, how does it travel? Most people say "by satellite." In fact, more than 95% of international internet [[data]] travels through cables lying on the bottom of the ocean.', 'These submarine cables are surprisingly thin — about the width of a garden hose. Inside, protected by layers of steel and plastic, are hair-thin [[fibers]] of pure glass. Information travels through them as flashes of laser light, at nearly the speed of light itself. A single modern cable can carry the video calls, games, and bank transfers of entire [[continents]] at once.', 'Laying a cable across an ocean is one of the great quiet achievements of engineering. Special ships carry thousands of kilometers of cable and lower it slowly to the sea floor, sometimes five kilometers below the surface — deeper than most mountains are tall. Near the coast, where ships\' anchors and fishing nets are a danger, robots [[bury]] the cable under the seabed.', 'The first undersea cable was laid in 1858, between Ireland and North America — for telegraph messages. Queen Victoria sent the first official message to the American president; it took about seventeen hours to arrive. Today, the same journey takes a few hundredths of a second.', 'Cables do break — about a hundred times a year, mostly from fishing and anchors, sometimes from earthquakes or even shark bites. When it happens, repair ships find the break, lift the cable from the deep, and [[splice]] it back together — surgery on the ocean floor. Because the internet has many cables, traffic usually flows around the break, and most users never notice.', 'So here is a thought for your next video call: your voice becomes light, dives under the ocean, passes fish and shipwrecks in total darkness, and rises on another continent — in less time than it takes to [[blink]]. Engineers made the world that small.', ], vocab: { 'data': { pos: 'noun', def: 'information stored or sent by computers', ex: 'The cable carries huge amounts of data.' }, 'fibers': { pos: 'noun', def: 'very thin threads — here, of glass that carry light', ex: 'Each fiber is thinner than a hair.' }, 'continents': { pos: 'noun', def: 'the great land areas of the world', ex: 'The cable connects two continents.' }, 'bury': { pos: 'verb', def: 'to put something under the ground (or seabed)', ex: 'Robots bury the cable near the coast.' }, 'splice': { pos: 'verb', def: 'to join two ends of a cable or rope together', ex: 'The crew spliced the broken cable.' }, 'blink': { pos: 'verb', def: 'to close and open your eyes very quickly', ex: 'It happens faster than you can blink.' }, }, questions: [ { type:'mcq', q:'How does most international internet data travel?', options:['By satellite','Through cables on the ocean floor','By radio towers','By airplanes'], a:1, explainEn:'More than 95% travels through undersea cables.', explainAr:'أكثر من ٩٥٪ عبر كابلات تحت البحر.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'What carries the information inside the cable?', options:['Electricity in copper','Flashes of laser light in glass fibers','Sound waves','Magnetic fields'], a:1, explainEn:'Laser light travels through hair-thin glass fibers.', explainAr:'ضوء الليزر عبر ألياف زجاجية رفيعة كالشعرة.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'What usually breaks the cables?', options:['Whales','Fishing and ships\' anchors','Cold water','Waves'], a:1, explainEn:'Mostly fishing and anchors — about a hundred breaks a year.', explainAr:'غالباً الصيد والمراسي — نحو مئة قطع سنوياً.' }, { type:'mcq', q:'Why do most users never notice a cable break?', options:['Breaks never happen','Traffic flows around the break through other cables','The internet stops politely','Repairs take one minute'], a:1, explainEn:'The internet has many cables; traffic flows around the break.', explainAr:'توجد كابلات كثيرة فيلتف المرور حول القطع.' }, { type:'fill', q:'To join two ends of a cable together is to ___ it.', a:'splice', explainEn:'Repair ships splice the cable back together.', explainAr:'splice تعني وصل طرفي الكابل.' }, { type:'fill', q:'Information stored or sent by computers is ___.', a:'data', explainEn:'95% of international data uses these cables.', explainAr:'data تعني البيانات.' }, ], }, ]);