An interruption at work

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

The office lights stopped working yesterday afternoon. Our manager called the building team immediately. We moved our meeting to a room on another floor. An engineer checked the problem and replaced a part. The lights came on again after twenty minutes. We thanked the engineer and finished our meeting.

توقفت أضواء المكتب عن العمل بعد ظهر أمس. اتصل مديرنا بفريق المبنى فورًا. نقلنا اجتماعنا إلى غرفة في طابق آخر. فحص مهندس المشكلة واستبدل قطعة. عادت الأضواء إلى العمل بعد عشرين دقيقة. شكرنا المهندس وأنهينا اجتماعنا.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: We moved our meeting to a room on another floor.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: شكرنا المهندس وأنهينا اجتماعنا.
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