On this half two submit, we’ll proceed listening to a clip in regards to the outdated Damascus model homes and reply some questions. I’ve offered the Arabic transcription that will help you comply with alongside as you hearken to the audio system and an English translation beneath.
Once more, you will hear the reporter talking in Trendy Normal Arabic when describing these homes and Syrian Levantine Arabic from the 2 males being interviewed about their homes. 🙂
Earlier than we proceed, here’s a clip displaying the inside and exterior of Damascene homes.
Transcription: (Minute 1:04 until the tip)
Posts: On this case, a number of the companions of those homes can be exploited in it, counting on the final of them and establishing safety over them despite the dearth of fabric safety.
: المتحدث الأول
The general public and the general public, relating to what they’ll do, can do what they’ll, or what they’ll do from their service, safety, or discount. Abba Kabir, so Abi Kabir Ali Al-Alayh, for whom the extent of gratitude is nice. The reducing of the thoughts إno I’m the one who is able to eat the fantastic factor and full the remaining
: الثحدث الثاني
أنا سرلي ميق شا سونون هون شي تناعشر سنة بهدا البيت ، يعنى أنا ومرتي ، وكل يوم عن يوم امبشوف قدیش الفن السوري ، الحندسة السوري قديش عظيم. لأن اليوم
With all of the persuasions to the present ones, we have no idea that they’re constructed for human beings.
Al-Mursal: The arms of the distinguished and the small print of the attractive, a few of these homes of Damascus are imitated within the unique Syrian Syria to inform the story of the previous and the current
📝Questions:
Why did they go away his uncle and uncle within the first home?
How can the newcomer afford the primary care in the home?
What’s the age of the second al-Muhaddith together with his spouse in the home?
Based on the second innovator, is the brand new home stunning, the outdated home was stunning?
Why did the aunts and uncles of the primary speaker go away him the home?
How was the primary speaker in a position to deal with the home?
What number of years did the second speaker stay together with his spouse in the home?
Within the opinion of the second speaker, are the brand new homes as snug because the outdated homes?
Translation:
Reporter: Whereas some house owners of those homes determined to spend money on them, others caught with them and determined to protect them regardless of the price of their bodily upkeep.
The primary speaker: When my aunts and uncles left it (the home) to me, they had been unable to deal with it, nor preserve, or clear it. So, the home was deserted and subsequently massive components of it collapsed and it was an important burden, it created an important burden on the household as a result of nobody was in a position to restore it. The concept got here to me that I’d flip it right into a restaurant to get the useful resource to finish its restoration.
The second speaker: I’ve been dwelling right here on this home for about twelve years, I imply, my spouse and I, and daily, I see how Syrian artwork and Syrian engineering are nice. As a result of immediately, with all of the applied sciences that exist, they have no idea how one can construct houses for the individual through which he’s snug, as a lot because the individual is snug on this home.
Reporter: With their distinctive structure and delightful particulars, a few of these conventional Damascene homes are nonetheless standing within the Syrian capital, telling the story of the previous and inhabiting the current.
