How much water is used
A text in Polish 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 for a week we took a measurement of the water in our homes. The total number of litres turned out bigger than…
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- W szkole przez tydzień robiliśmy pomiar wody w naszych domach. Łączna liczba litrów była większa, niż myślałem: prawie tysiąc na tydzień. Jedna trzecia poszła na prysznic, jedna czwarta na zmywanie, reszta na pranie i gotowanie. Pomiar pokazał, że nowy prysznic zużywa dwa razy mniej wody niż stary, choć wygląda tak samo. Na koniec zaokrągliliśmy liczby i pokazaliśmy je na skali od jednego do dziesięciu.At school for a week we took a measurement of the water in our homes. The total number of litres turned out bigger than I thought: almost a thousand a week. A third went to the shower, a quarter to washing dishes, the rest to laundry and cooking. The measurement showed that a new shower uses twice less water than the old one, although it looks the same. At the end we rounded the numbers and showed them on a scale 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.
- How much water did the family use in a week?
- Where did a third of the water go?
- How is the new shower different?
- What was done with the numbers at the end?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Polish?
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.