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A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

Read the English text first, then check the translation. This reading intentionally brings the unit examples together in context. Note the main idea and two expressions you could use.

Text and translation

There is a bus stop outside our building. There are two food shops on our street. There is a park behind the school. There is not a bank near our home. There are no cafés on this side of the road. There is a café across from the station.

توجد محطة حافلات خارج مبنانا. يوجد متجران للأطعمة في شارعنا. توجد حديقة خلف المدرسة. لا يوجد بنك قرب منزلنا. لا توجد مقاهٍ في هذا الجانب من الطريق. يوجد مقهى مقابل المحطة.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: There is a park behind the school.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: يوجد مقهى مقابل المحطة.
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