Why do I travel (Lesson - P1)

Question 1

يَعِيشُ فَارِسٌ فِي مَدِينَةٍ سَاحِلِيَّةٍ تُطِلُّ عَلَى البَحْرِ الأَبْيَضِ المُتَوَسِّطِ

Answer 1

Faris lives in a coastal city overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

Question 2

وَهُوَ الأَخُ الأَصْغَرُ مِنْ بَيْنِ ثَلَاثَةِ إِخْوَةٍ،

Answer 2

He is the youngest brother of three siblings.

Question 3

كَانَ مُرْتَبِطًا اِرْتِبَاطًا شَدِيدًا بِأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

Answer 3

He was closely related to his mother and his father,

Question 4

أَصْبَحَ وَحِيدًا فِي البَيْتِ بَعْدَمَا سَافَرَ أَخُوهُ الأَكْبَرُ إِلَى العَمَلِ وَأُخْتُهُ إِلَى الدِّرَاسَةِ

Answer 4

He became alone at home after his older brother travelled to work and his sister for studies.

Question 5

كَانَ فَارِسٌ يَرْفُضُ المُشَارَكَةَ فِي أَيِّ رِحْلَةٍ مَدْرَسِيَّةٍ

Answer 5

Faris would refuse to participate in any school trip

Question 6

مُبَرِّرًا ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَتْرُكَ وَالِدَيْهِ بِمُفْرَدِهِمَا،

Answer 6

justifying this by saying that he does not like to leave his parents alone,

Question 7

كَمَا أَنَّهُ لَا تُوجَدُ مَدِينَةٌ بِجَمَالِ مَدِينَتِهِ

Answer 7

and that there is no city with the beauty of his city,

Question 8

لَكِنْ – فِي الحَقِيقَةِ – أَصْبَحَ لَدَى فَارِس مُنْذُ الصِّغَرِ خَوْفٌ مَرَضِيٌّ (فُوبِيَا) مِنَ السَّفَرِ

Answer 8

but - in reality - Faris began to have since childhood a pathological fear (phobia) of travelling.

Question 9

فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ يُذْكَرُ مَوْضُوعُ السَّفَرِ أَمَامَ فَارِسٍ، يَتَخَيَّلُ السَّفَرَ كَالثُّقْبِ الأَسْوَدِ الَّذِي يَبْتَلَعُ النَّاسَ،

Answer 9

Every time the topic of travelling is mentioned in front of Faris, He imagines traveling as a black hole that swallows people,

Question 10

وَيَجْهَلُ مَا وَرَاءَهُ، كَمَا كَانَ يَتَصَبَّبُ عَرَقًا ثُمَّ يُنْهِي الحَدِيثَ مُبَاشَرَةً.

Answer 10

and ignores what is behind it, and he would sweat and then he ends the conversation right away.