Daily Reading Practice · Beginner passage
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Numbers are everywhereeverywhere (adv)In all places.≈ Synonym: all over🇺🇿UZ: hamma joyda🇷🇺RU: везде in our liveslife (noun)The time a person is alive; how someone lives.≈ Synonym: existence🇺🇿UZ: hayot🇷🇺RU: жизнь! Today, our teacher asks us questions with numbers. “How old are you, Aziz?” she asks. “I am twenty-two,” I answer.
“What is your phone number?” “My phone number is nine nine eight, seven one, three four five six seven,” I say slowlyslowly (adv)Not fast; taking time.≈ Synonym: gradually🇺🇿UZ: sekin, asta🇷🇺RU: медленно. “Where is your house? What is the addressaddress (noun)The place where you live, with a street and number.≈ Synonym: location🇺🇿UZ: manzil🇷🇺RU: адрес?” “My address is house number fifteen, on Navoi Streetstreet (noun)A road in a town with houses on it.≈ Synonym: road🇺🇿UZ: ko'cha🇷🇺RU: улица.”
Then the teacher asks Maria, “How many people are in your family?” “There are four people: my mother, my father, my brother, and me,” says Maria. “And how much is a coffeecoffee (noun)A hot drink made from coffee beans.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: qahva🇷🇺RU: кофе in Spain?” the teacher asks. “A coffee is about two euros,” Maria says.
We learnlearn (verb)To get new knowledge or a new skill.≈ Synonym: study🇺🇿UZ: o'rganmoq🇷🇺RU: учиться that numbers help us in many ways. We use numbers for our ageage (noun)How many years old a person is.≈ Synonym: years🇺🇿UZ: yosh🇷🇺RU: возраст, our phone number, our address, and the priceprice (noun)How much money something costs.≈ Synonym: cost🇺🇿UZ: narx🇷🇺RU: цена of things. Withoutwithout (prep)Not having something.≈ Synonym: lacking🇺🇿UZ: -siz🇷🇺RU: без numbers, life is difficultdifficult (adj)Not easy; hard to do.≈ Synonym: hard🇺🇿UZ: qiyin🇷🇺RU: трудный!
At the end of the lesson, the teacher gives us a funfun (adj)Enjoyable; something you like doing.≈ Synonym: enjoyable🇺🇿UZ: qiziqarli, zavqli🇷🇺RU: весёлый tasktask (noun)A piece of work to do.≈ Synonym: job🇺🇿UZ: topshiriq, vazifa🇷🇺RU: задание: “Ask your partnerpartner (noun)A person you work with.≈ Synonym: pair🇺🇿UZ: hamkor, juftlik🇷🇺RU: партнёр five questions with numbers.” I ask Piotr, “How old are you? What is your phone number?” It is a fun and usefuluseful (adj)Helpful; good to use.≈ Synonym: helpful🇺🇿UZ: foydali🇷🇺RU: полезный lesson.