A week of measurements
A text in Hebrew at level B1. The translation sits next to it for checking, not for support: at this level the text is read whole, and an unknown word is usually guessed from the sentence. At school we measured for a whole week how much water my family spends. The total number was very big. A third of the…
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- בבית הספר מדדנו שבוע שלם כמה מים מבזבזת המשפחה שלי. המספר הכולל היה גדול מאוד. שליש מהמים הלך למקלחת, שליש לכלים, והשאר לכביסה. כשסגרנו את המים בזמן צחצוח השיניים, השימוש התכווץ בשליש. מקלחת חדשה מבזבזת פי שניים פחות מים מהישנה. בסוף עגלנו את המספרים ועשינו מהם סולם מאחד עד עשר.бе-бейт ха-сэфер мададну шавуа шалем кама маим меваззэт ха-мишпаха шели. ха-миспар ха-колель хая гадоль меод. шлис ме-ха-маим халех ла-миклахат, шлис ла-келим, ве-ха-ношар ле-хвиса. кэ-шэ-сагарну эт ха-маим би-зман цицуах ха-шинаим, ха-шимуш хиткавец бе-шлис. миклахат хадаша меваззэт пей шнаим пахот маим ме-ха-йешана. бе-соф агальну эт ха-миспарим ве-асину мехем сулам ме-эхад ад эсэр.At school we measured for a whole week how much water my family spends. The total number was very big. A third of the water went to the shower, a third to the dishes, and the rest to laundry. When we closed the water while brushing teeth, the use shrank by a third. The new shower spends twice less water than the old one. In the end we rounded the numbers and made a scale of them from one to ten.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- What did they measure at school?
- Where did a third of the water go?
- By how much did the use shrink without an open tap?
- Why is the new shower better than the old one?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Hebrew?
B1. That means: everyday topics are behind you, you know about three thousand words, and an unknown word is more often guessed from the sentence than looked up.
How to read a text in an unfamiliar language usefully?
First all the way through without peeking at the translation — just to catch the familiar words. Then with the translation. Then all the way through again: the second pass brings noticeably more, and that feeling matters more than any rule.