LingoflyMeasure and space
A text in Kazakh 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. Science explains the big with a small measure. At school we were told: the Earth is a planet, a satellite flies around…
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- Ғылым үлкен нәрсені кішкене өлшеммен түсіндіреді. Мектепте бізге айтқан: Жер — планета, оның айналасында жерсерік ұшады, ал ғарыш шексіз. Ұғу қиын, сондықтан мұғалім сыныпта тәжірибе жасады: доптың биіктігін, үстелдің енін және баудың ұзындығын өлшедік. Содан кейін бәрін бір қағазға түсіріп, орташа алғанда қателік екі сантиметр болғанын көрдік. Мұғалім микроскоп пен телескоп бір принциппен жұмыс істейтінін айтты: екеуі де көзге көрінбейтінді жақындатады. Сол сабақтан кейін мен өнертабыс туралы кітап оқи бастадым.Ğylym ülken närseni kishkene ölshemmen tüsindiredi. Mektepte bizge aitqan: Zher — planeta, onyñ ainalasynda zherserik ūshady, al ğarysh sheksiz. Ūğu qiyn, sondyqtan mūğalim synypta täzhiribe zhasady: doptyñ biiktigin, üsteldiñ enin zhäne baudyñ ūzyndyğyn ölshedik. Sodan keiin bärin bir qağazğa tüsirip, ortasha alğanda qatelik eki santimetr bolğanyn kördik. Mūğalim mikroskop pen teleskop bir printsippen zhūmys isteitinin aitty: ekeui de közge körinbeitindi zhaqyndatady. Sol sabaqtan keiin men önertabys turaly kitap oqi bastadym.Science explains the big with a small measure. At school we were told: the Earth is a planet, a satellite flies around it, and space is endless. It is hard to grasp, so the teacher set up an experiment in class: we measured the height of a ball, the width of a table and the length of a rope. Then we wrote it all down on one sheet and saw that on average the error was two centimeters. The teacher said that a microscope and a telescope work on one principle: both bring the invisible to the eye closer. After that lesson I began reading a book about inventions.
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 was measured at the lesson?
- What was the average error?
- What do the microscope and the telescope have in common, according to the teacher?
- What did the narrator start doing after the lesson?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Kazakh?
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.