Short Stories "Quick thinking"

Vocabulary

Employ	يوظف	Equivalent to	مساو-معادل ل
Admire	يعجب ب	Plump	ممتلئ الجسم
Advertisement	إعلان	Precious	ثمين-نفيس
Attention	انتباه-اهتمام	Qualities=characteristics	خصائص
Case	حالة-قضية	Reflect	يعكس
Chess	الشطرنج	Restless	قلق
Companion	رفيق-صديق	Roll	اهتزاز شديد
Cool head	هادئ	Rough sea	بحر هائج
Courage	شجاعة	Royal	ملكي
Crime	جريمة	Safe	خزينة
Criticism	النقد	Sail	يبحر
Determination	تصميم-إرادة	Sound	يبدو
Diamond	ماس	Stones	احجار كريمة
Dull	كئيب	Suit	يناسب-بدله
Dutchman	هولندي	Thoroughness	الدقة
Equivalent	مساوي-معادل	Trade	التجارة
Entirely	تماماً-كُليةً	Unreal	غير حقيقي-غريب
Extra	زيادة-أضافي	Valuable	قيم
Foolish	غبي-أحمق	Violent roll	اهتزاز مفاجئ
Generous	سخي-كريم	Watch over	يراقب
Heart failure	سكتة قلبية	Pleasant	لطيف
Join	ينضم إلي	Earrings	حلق-قرط
Knowledge	المعرفة	I can't help it	لا استطيع منع نفسي
Leather case	حقيبة جلدية	Reward	يكافئ
Merchant	تاجر	Prove	يبرهن-يثبت
Method	طريقة-وسيلة	mark	يعلم-يميز
Persuade	يقنع-يغري	Part with	يفارق
Former officer	ضابط سابق	admit	يعترف ب-يقر
Police college	كلية الشرطة	Method	وسيلة-طريقة
Perfectly matched	متماثلان تماماً	Obtain	يحصل علي
Member	عضو-فرد	pink	وردي اللون
Almost	تقريباً	Rays	أشعة
The setting sun	الشمس الغاربة	Harbour	مرفأ سفن
Veil	غطاء-حجاب	Duty	واجب
Waves	أمواج	Particular	معين-خاص
Lifeless	ميت-ليس فيه حياة	Leading	رائد-هام
Blow	تهب الرياح	Diamond cutter	نحات للماس
Seize	يمسك بشدة	Joy	فرح-سعادة
Bend	يميل	Sharply	بحدة
No good	لا فائدة	Pipe	(بايب للتدخين)
Value	قيمة	Distance	مسافة
Iron railing	درابزين	Consider	يعتبر
Rush	يندفع	Locate	يحدد مكان
Ability	قدرة	Solution	حل
Plainly	بوضوح	Increasingly	بشكل متزايد
Handle	يتعامل	Unwillingly	بدون رغبة
Salary	راتب	Praise	يمدح

-Jack Benting and his two old friends Michael Woodward and Andy Mckewon    Were sitting in a hotel in Singapore. They had. been of the police in Asian countries

-Jack Benting believed that the ability to act quickly and to take quick decisions is The most important quality for a policeman.

     -Woodward didn't agree with him while Mckeown believed Benting might be right but he himself as a member of the police seldom made quick decisions.

-Benting began to tell them his story which had nothing to do with crime. It happened in 1921 before he joined the Indian Police. When he finished his police college, he applied for a job. In the advertisement, a young man with a cool head was wanted for unusual work .

-Benting met the employer Van Lutjens, a dutchman, in a hotel. He was one of the leading diamond merchants in Amsterdam.

-Van would travel to New York on board a ship called '' Berengaria '' and would have two'' Rozelles'' earrings with him. The two Rozelles were two well-matched valuable diamonds that he got from a royal family. He would show them to an American group of diamond buyers in New York.

-Van wanted Benting to watch over the diamonds. Benting accepted the job although it sounded dull. The offer Van made was generous. It was about a year's salary in the Indian Police.

-The next evening, Van and Benting were ready to start the voyage. Van brought a leather case from the office of the hotel manager. The two Rozelles were inside a small box in it .Van showed him the two diamonds with their unreal pink colour.

-On board the ship .Van kept the leather case in the ship's safe. Benting wondered why he was paid so much money. He was just sharing Van his meals drinks and playing cards . However, he felt Van was growing restless.

-The first two days were quiet. On the third day in the afternoon, Van grew more restless . Suddenly, he brought the two diamonds which he called his children . He said he couldn't help it. The diamonds had never left him from the time he had bought them four months ago. He spent many hours admiring them.

-Van told him the two diamonds were the greatest discovery of his life as a jeweller for forty–three years. They were perfect and were cut by the greatest diamond cutter of all times frans Van Meulen. His stones were not for ordinary people but for royal families. Some of them were in the British crown.

-In spite of Benting's disapproval, Van opened the little box to have a joyful look at the stones. Benting was caring a lot for the people around them. In fact, no body was caring for the Dutchman bending over his little box. Van unwillingly took the case to the safe when Benting told him to do so.

-Benting now felt that his real job was to watch over the owner of the diamonds. On the fourth day in the morning, Van brought the leather case. There was a strong wind and the sea was rough. He went to the side of the ship and took out the little box. Before opening it , the ship gave a sudden violent roll which threw Van out of his chair. Seizing the top of the railing, he dropped the little box and it fell into the sea.

-Benting asked his two friends what they would have done. Woodward said he would tell the captain, (but the ship would have been two miles away as it was travelling fast. Moreover the captain would refuse to look for a little box in such a rough sea).

-Mckeown suggested swimming into the sea, (but he would never have found the box if he had done so).

-Benting said that the ninety seconds they spent thinking meant that the ship would have covered about 1100 yards away from the little box.

-Benting completed his story. When the box fell into the water, Benting quickly threw a table and two chairs into the sea he easily persuaded the captain to go back to that spot to get back the little box.

Questions & Answers-Woodward praised Benting's' quick thought and believed the dutchman paid him extra. He didn't. What really happened was that Van died of heart failure when he saw the little box going down into the sea.

1-What kind of story is 'Quick Thinking'? -A tragic story.	·  ما نوع هذه القصة ؟ ý قصة تراجيدية.
2-Who were the three men? Where were they sitting? -They were old friends. They were sitting in Singapore's Raffles Hotel.	·   من كان هؤلاء الثلاثة؟أين كانوا يجلسون؟ ý              هم أصدقاء قدامي.وكانوا يجلسون في احد فنادق سنغافورة.
3-What were their opinions about the most important qualities of a policeman?  - Benting's opinion is the ability to act quickly.      -Mckeown's opinion is to meet people ,talk to them and listen to what they say.                             -Woodward's opinion is thoroughness and method in the solution of a crime	·  ما أرائهم عن أهم خصائص رجل الشرطة؟ ý              القدرة علي التصرف بسرعة. ý              مقابلة الناس والحديث معهم والاستماع لمل يقولونه. ý              الدقة و اسلوب حل لغز الجريمة
4-When did the events of the story take place?              -In 1921,one year before Benting joined the Indian police.	·  متى وقعت احداث هذة القصه؟ ý في عام 1921 قبل عام من انضمام Benting للشرطة الهندية.
5-What attracted Benting attention one day? -An advertisement in The Times about a young man wanted for unusual work who must have a cool head.	·  ما الذي جذب انتباه Bentingيوما ما؟ ý إعلان في جريدة "التايمز"عن شاب مطلوب لعمل غير عادي ويجب أن يكون هادئ.
6-What was the job Benting applied for    Benting   ?                -To watch over the Dutchman's diamonds.	·   ما الوظيفة التي تقدم لها ؟ ý              مراقبة الماس.
7-Where did Lutjens obtain the Rozelles from? -He obtained them from a member of one of central Europe's royal families in Paris.	·  من أين حصل Van علي الماس؟ ý               حصل عليهم من احد أفراد الأسر الملكية في باريس.
8- -Why did he accept the job although it seemed dull? -As the money he paid was generous.	·   لماذا قبل الوظيفة بالرغم من أنها كانت تبدو كئيبة؟ ý لان المال الذي عرض عليه كان وفيرا.
9-12-Why was Van going to New York? -To show his diamonds to an American group of diamond buyers.	·  لماذا كان Van ذاهبا أي نيويورك؟                            ý لكي يعرض الماس علي مجموعة من مشترين الماس الأمريكان.
10- What did Van call the two precious stones ?Why? -He called them his children because he loved their beauty.	·  ماذا سمي Van الماستين؟.لماذا؟ ý اسماهم أولاده لأنه أحب جمالهم.
11- When did Lutjens start to learn the diamond trade? -He started to learn it from his father forty three years before.	·   متى بدأ Lutjens تعلم تجارة الماس؟             ý              بدا تعلمها منذ 43 عام من والدة
12- What was Van Lutjens?                           -He was a diamond merchant	·     من هو    Van Lutjens  ؟ ý              كان تاجر للماس.
13- Show that Van Lutjens admired his two diamonds. -He spent hours looking at them. He considered them his children.	·     وضح كيف كان Van معجبا بالماستين؟ ý قضي ساعات ينظر أليهم واعتبرهم أولاده.
14- Why was Benting worried when Van took the diamonds out of the safe to look at them? -He thought that they might be seen and stolen.	·   لماذا كان  Benting قلق عندما اخذ Vanالماس من الخزينة لينظر أليهم؟ ý لأنه اعتقد أنهم ربما يُروا ويسرقوا.
15- Where did Van keep the diamonds? -He kept them in a small box put in a leather case and kept them in the safe of the ship.	·  أين حفظ Van الماس؟                                  ý وضعهم في صندوق خشبي ووضعهم في حقيبة جلدية في خزينة السفينة.
16- Why did the box fall in the sea? -Because the ship gave a sudden and violent roll.	·   * لماذا سقط الصندوق في البحر؟ ý لان السفينة اهتزت بعنف و فجاءة .
17- What decision did Benting take when the box fell into the sea?Why?   -He threw a table and two chairs into the sea to mark the place.	·  ما القرار الذى اتخذه Benting عندما سقط الصندوق فى البحر؟ لماذا؟ ý   القي الطاولة والكراسي في البحر لكي يعلم المكان.
18- How did Benting persuade the captain of the ship to stop it? -He told him about the value of the diamonds.	·  كيف اقنعBenting قائد السفينة إن يوقفها؟ ý     اخبره عن قيمة الماس.
19- What did Woodward suggest to get the little box back? -He suggested telling the captain to stop the ship.	·  ماذا اقترح Woodward  لاسترداد صندوق الماس؟ ý     اقترح إخبار كابتن السفينة.
20- What did Mckeown suggest to get the little box back? -he suggested swimming into the sea.	·  ماذا اقترح Mckeown لاسترداد صندوق الماس؟ ý     اقترح السباحة في الماء.
21- Why was Woodward's suggestion not practicalعملي ليس?   -because the ship was traveling quickly .Besides that the captain might refuse to stop for a little box.	·  لماذا لم يكن اقتراح Woodward عمليا؟ ý   لان السفينة( كانت تسير بسرعة علاوة على ذلك ان ربان السفينة ربما يرفض ايقاف السفينة لمجرد صندوق صغير
22- Why didn't Van reward Benting for saving his jewels?   -He died of a heart attack.	·  لماذا لم يكافئ Benting على انقاذة المجوهرات؟ ý     لان Van مات من سكتة قلبية.
23- Why did Benting tell his story? -To prove that the ability to act quickly is the most important of the policeman's quality.	·  لماذا اخبرنا (روى لنا) Benting قصتة؟ ý      ليؤكد أن القدرة علي التصرف بسرعة من أهم خصائص رجل الشرطة.

Quotations& Answers

1- '' but I remember one or two cases where no courage , knowledge or

determination would have helped and when the ability to make a quick

decision brought the only hope of success ''  .

اذكر حالة او اثنين لم تجدى فيهما الشجاعه, ولا المعرفة او التصميم ولكن المقدرة على اتخاذ القرار السريع كانت الامل الوحيد فى النجاح"                                                                       

      a) Who said this to whom?                                    من القائل و لمن؟   -  a

      *   Mr Benting to his old friends Mr Woodward and Mr Mckeown.

                    Mckeownو  Woodward    لاصدقئه القدامى  السيد  Benting السيد

b) At which point in the story did he say it , at the beginning , the middle or the end?

  فى اى نقطة (مرحلة) من القصة قالها, فى البداية ام فى المنتصف ام فى اخرها     -b

        *   He said this at the beginning of the story. فى بداية القصة            

       c)   How did this quotation relate to the story?   

 كيف يرتبط هذه العبارة بالقصة؟-c

   *    It relates to the quick decision that Mr Benting made when the   diamonds were lost overboard .

مرتبطة(متعلق) بالقرار السريع الذى اتخذة عندما سقطت الماسات من فوق السفينة                        

      2-  '' Young man wanted for unusual work. Must have cool head '                                               "شاب مطلوب لعمل غير عادى , يجب ان يكون هادئ"

     a) Where was this statement written ? اين كتبت هذة العبارة؟          -a

     * It was written in the times.  فى صحيفة التا                                              

    b)  Who made this advertisement? من كتب هذا الاعلان؟                          -b

    *    Van Lutjens, Dutch diamond merchant. 

تاجر الماس الهولندى Van Lutjens

    c)  '' Must have a cool head '', what does this sentence mean?

ماذا تعنى عبارة"لابد ان يكون هادئ "                             -c  

    *   it means that he is able to act quickly and has an intelligent mind 

تعنى انه يجب ان يكون قادرا على التصرف بسرعة و يمتلك عقلا ذكيا

3-  " I know it is foolish. but I just can't help it."

اعرف انها حماقة و لكن لا يمكن ان امنعها"         "

a) Who said this ?     من قائل هذه العبارة؟                                           -a

         Van Lutjens

    b) Explain what he meant by it ?  اشرح او وضح ماذا يعنى بذالك؟        - b

He meant that it was foolish to take the diamonds out of the safe just to look at them.

يعنى انها حماقة انها ان يخرج الماسات من خزانة السفينة فلقط من اجل النظر اليهم        

c) How did he show his foolishness ?   كيف اظهر حماقتة؟                  -c

He showed his foolishness by taking them out of the safe on more than oneoccasion.  

             اظهر حماقتة باخراج الماسات من الخزنة فلى اكثر من مناسبة

4- " Well done! I hope the old Dutchman paid you extra."

برافو اتمنى ان العجوز الهولندى قد دفلع لك المزيد( اجزل لك العطاء)"

a) Who said this to whom ?            من قال ذلك لمن؟                                         -a 

  Woodward said this to Benting.               Benting  ل Woodwardقالها

b) When were these words said ?   متى قيلت هذة الكلمات؟                                 - b

When Benting said that he threw a table and two chairs after the box of diamonds and asked the captain to stop the ship.

عندما اخبرهما انه القى بالطاولة ( التربيزة) و الكرسيين عد صندوق الماس و اخبر ربان السفلينة ان يوقفها 

b)   Did Benting get more money ? Why ? Why not ?

هل حصل على مزيد من المال؟ لما ؟ و لما لا؟                                                        - c

No, he didn't because Van Lutjens died of a heart failure.

لا لم يحصل Van على المزيد من المال لان  مات بسكتة قلبية