the reader chapter (5)

Water found, Axel lost
وجود المياه وفقدان أكسيل



قوقعه / صدفه - shell
حائط لا منفذ فيه - blank wall
مفترق طرق - crossroads
يرفع - lift up
يتوقف عن- give up = stop
معول / بلطه - pickaxe
صوت كالهمس - hissing sound
نافورة مياه - jet of water
المحيط الاطلنطى - Atlantic Ocean
ينفجر - burst out
سطح - surface
يلحق ب..... - catch up with
طريق مسدود - dead end محفوظ (من التلف)- preserved
حشره - insect
فحم - cool
عطشان - thirsty
يهمس- whisper
رهيب / فظيع - dreadful
يلقى على الأرض - knock down
شغوف / متلهف - eager
يحسب- calculate
ضغط الهواء - air pressure
يخفف / يقلل الألم - relieve
يغمى عليه - faint
ينحنى - bend bent bent

The three men followed the eastern passage for three days. They were so tired because the path was going up not down. Also the rocks were different. They were walking through younger rocks, where plants and animals were preserved in the rocks.
ظل الثلاثة رجال يتابعون المسير فى الممر الشرقى لمدة ثلاثة أيام الى أن شعروا بشدة التعب لأن الممر كان صاعداً لأعلى (غير مستوى) وأيضاً كانت الصخور مختلفه. كانوا يسيرون عبر صخور ليست بقديمه حيث كانت النباتات والحيوانات محتجزه بداخلها.

Axel showed his uncle the shell of an insect preserved in the rock which he picked up, then the professor said that they made a mistake and took the wrong path. They continued to follow the eastern passage and passed through walls of cool. Bit after two days they came to a blank wall. They had to go back to the crossroads and take the western passage.
التقط أكسيل حشره كانت محتجزه داخل الصخور وأراها لعمه، حينئذ قال البروفيسور انهم أخطأوا وساروا فى الممر الخطأ فإستمروا فى إتباع المسير فى الممر الشرقى وعبروا خلال حوائط من الفحم. ولكن بعد مرور يومين وصلوا الى حائط حيث لا نمفذبه، لذلك كان يلزم عليهم الرجوع خلفاً الى مفترق الطرق والسير فى الممر الغربى.

After three days, they reached the crossroads. Axel was tired and very thirsty. He had finished the water in his bottle and felt to the ground. But after professor gave him drops of water to make him better, Axel said they had to go back. Professor promised him that if they didn't find water in the western passage, they would go back together.
وصلوا الى مفترق الطرق بعد مرور ثلاثة أيام حيث كان أكسيل متعب وعطشان. إستنفذ أكسيل الماء الذى كان معه فى زجاجته وسقط على الأرض ولكن بعدما أعطاه البروفيسور قطرات من المياه ليتحسن، قال أكسيل بأنهم يجب أن يعودوا. وعد البروفيسور أكسيل بأنهم إذ لم يجدوا مياه فى الممر الغربى سيعودون سوياً.

The passage led down through older rocks. Axel heard a noise which was a noise of running water. Somewhere on the other side of the wall of rock there was an underground river. Hans had made a large hole in the wall by using a pickaxe for an hour. A strong jet of water burst out of the wall of the rock. It was so strong that it knocked Hans down. Hans cried out in pain because the water was almost boiling. The open air made it cool down and the three men drank. It tasted better than any water they had ever tasted before.
كان الممر نازلاً لأسفل عبر صخور قديمه وسمع أكسيل صوت ضوضاء فكانت هذه الضوضاء هى صوت لمياه جاريه، وكان هناك فى مكان ما فى الناحيه الأخرى من الحائط الصخرى نهر تحت الأرض (جوفى) فصنع هانس ثقب كبير فى الحائط بإستخدام البلطه لمدة ساعه. فانفجرت نافورة مياه شديدة القوه من الثقب التى صنعه هانس وتسببت فى إلقاؤه على الأرض. صرخ هانس من الألم لأن المياه كانت تصل حرارتها تقريباً الى درجة الغليان ولكن الهواء الطلق جعل المياه أكثر بروده فشرب الثلاثة رجال. كان مذاق هذه المياه أفضل من أى مياه تذوقوها من قبل.

The underground river would run beside them as they descended. It would show them the quickest way down. This made Axel more eager to continue the journey. Professor told Axel one day that they were two hundred kiometres west of their starting point or they were under the Atlantic Ocean. Axel felt a pain in his ear because of the increased air pressure. Professor asked him to breathe quickly to relieve the pressure.
بينما كان الثلاثة رجال نازلون، كان النهر الجوفى يجرى بجوارهم فكأنه يوضح لهم أسرع طريق للنزول الى أسفل مما جعل أكسيل أكثر شوق لإكمال الرحلع.أخبر البروفيسور أكسيل بأنهم على بُعد مائتان كيلومتر غرباً من نقطة البدايه لرحلتهم أو أنهم تحت المحيط الأطلنطى. شعر أكسيل بالم فى أذنه بسبب ضغط الهواء الزائد فطلب منه البروفيسور أن يتنفس بطريقه سريعه ليقلل الضغط؟

The three men walked in silence. Axel was in front of Hans and the professor carrying the torch. Axel turned to speak to his uncle but he didn't find him or Hans. He was alone. He waited for a quarter of an hour, but there was no sign of them.
ساروا الثلاثة رجال فى هدوء وكان أكسيل يسير حاملاً البطاريه أمام هانس والبروفيسور. إلتف أكسيل ليتحدث مع عمه ولكنه لم يجده ولم يجد هانس أيضاً. كان أكسيل وحيداً. إنتظر أكسيل حوالى ربع ساعه ولكن لم يكن يوجد أى أثر لهم.

He tried to go backwards to find them by following the river, but the rocks were dry. He walked upwards for half an hour, but he hit a rock wall and fell down. The torch dropped and was broken. Axel lay in a complete darkness. He ran back down the path waving his arms and shouting like a mad man. He ran against the rocks and cut himself. At last he fell on the floor and fainted.
حاول أكسيل الرجوع للخلف لإيجادهم عن طريق إتباع مسار النهر ولكن كانت الصخور جافه. سار أكسيل لأعلى لمدة نصف ساعه ولكنه إصطدم بحائط صخرى وسقط لأسفل. البطاريه أيضاً سقطت وتحطمت وظل أكسيل فى ظلام حالك. رجع أكسيل وجرى الى أسفل الممر وهو يلوح بيديه ويصرخ مثل رجل مجنون. جرى أكسيل فى اتجاه عكس طريق الصخور وجرح نفسه. وفى النهايه سقط أكسيل على الأرض وأغمى عليه.







1- Which path did the professor take first?
He took the eastern path.


2- Why did Axel think that they had taken the wrong path?
Axel thought that they had taken the wrong path because it was going up not down and they were walking through younger rocks where plants and animals were preserved.

3- What did the men find at the end of the eastern passage?
They found a blank wall.

4- Why did the men have to go back to the crossroads and take the western passage?
Because they found a blank wall at the end of the eastern passage.

5- What happened to Axel at the crossroads?
Axel was tired and thirsty, so he fell to the ground. His uncle gave him the last drops of water that he had.

6- Why did Axel try to persuade his uncle to stop the journey and go back? What did his uncle tell him?
Axel thought that they would die of thirst. His uncle told him that if they didn't find water in the western passage the following day, he would stop the journey.

7- How was the western passage different from the eastern passage?
The rocks of the western passage were older. The eastern passage was going up, but the western passage was going down.

8- What did they hear in the western passage?
They heard the noise of running water on the other side of the rock wall. There was a strong jet of water that hit Hans. He cried out of pain because the water was almost boiling.

9- Where did the western path take the three men? How did they know?
The western path took them down under the Atlantic Ocean. The professor calculated their position by using his scientific instruments.

10- What did the increased air pressure do to Axel? What was the professor's advice?
The increased air pressure caused pain in Axel's ears. The professor advised him to breathe quickly in order to relieve the pressure.


11- How did Axel get lost? Did he find the other two men immediately?
Axel was walking in front of his uncle and Hans. When he turned to talk to his uncle, he didn't find him or Hans. He waited for a quarter of an hour then called out but there was no answer.

12- What did Axel do when he got lost?
He walked backwards to meet the professor and Hans but he hit a wall, fell down and his torch was broken. Then he stood up and ran down the passage in complete darkness waving his arms and shouting like a mad man.

13- What happened to Axel at last?
At last he fell on the floor and fainted.