Vocabulary
Unit1: the gifts of youth:
1- Boufal and Hakimi are gifted and talented football players. They often score fantastic gools.
2- Gifted and talented youths are intelligents, creatives and ambitious. They are also able to grosp and understand abstract concepts very easily.
3- Youth people like freedom. That’s why they are rebellious against adults rules.
4- Youths are adventurous and ready to take risks and dangers.
5- Gifted young people are electric. They always select and choose the right things for them.
6- Adults always complain that youths are careless and inexperienced, while youths complain that adults are old-fashioned and mean.
Gifted and talented = موهوبون ومبدعون
Football players = لاعبي كرة القدم
Fantastic goals = أهداف رائعة
Gifted and talented youths = الشباب الموهوب والمبدع
Intelligent = ذكيّون
Creative = مبدعون
Ambitious = طموحون
Grasp and understand = يفهمون ويدركون
Abstract concepts = مفاهيم مجردة
Youth people = الشباب
Freedom = الحرية
Rebellious = متمردون
Against adults’ rules = ضد قواعد الكبار
Youths = الشباب
Adventurous = محبون للمغامرة
Ready to take risks and dangers = مستعدون لتحمّل المخاطر
Gifted young people = الشباب الموهوب
Electric (here meaning energetic/vibrant) = نشيطون / مفعمون بالحيوية
Select and choose = يختارون
Adults = الكبار / البالغون
Complain = يشكون
Careless and inexperienced = غير مبالين وقليلو الخبرة
Old-fashioned = تقليديون / قديمو الطراز
Mean = بخيلون / لئيمون
Youth =young people=adolescents =teenagers =youngsters# adults
Unit 2: Humour
1. Mr Bean’s, Adil Imam’s and Charlie Chaplin’s films are humorous and funny. They make people laugh and enjoy themselves throughout the whole film.
2. Humour is very important for us. It amuses us and relieves stress and boredom.
3. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings. I was just kidding :
4. I know a lot of jokes about Jouha. They are all funny and laughable.
5. On April 15, people play tricks on each other.
6. It’s unkind to laugh at people who are in trouble.
7. ” Hna jirane ” and ” Hay Albahja ” are Moroccan sitcoms. They are humorous and funny.
8. The new actor was very good at Charlie Chaplin’s impression / imitating Ch. Chap.
9. A good laughter can have the same effect as an aspirin.
10. I am in a bad mood today because thave just heard some bad news.
Humorous and funny = فكاهية ومضحكة
Make people laugh = تجعل الناس يضحكون
Enjoy themselves = يستمتعون
Throughout the whole film = طوال الفيلم
Humour = الفكاهة / الدعابة
Very important = مهم جدًا
Amuses us = تُسليْنا / تُضحكنا
Relieves stress and boredom = يخفف التوتر والملل
Hurt your feelings = جرحت مشاعرك
Just kidding = كنت أمزح فقط
Jokes = نُكَت
Funny and laughable = مضحكة
Play tricks on = يخدعون / يمزحون مع بعضهم
Unkind = غير لطيف
Laugh at people = تضحك على الناس
In trouble = في ورطة / في مشكلة
Sitcoms = مسلسلات فكاهية
Humorous and funny = فكاهية ومضحكة
Impression / imitating = تقليد
Laughter = الضحك
Effect = تأثير
Aspirin = الأسبرين
In a bad mood = في مزاج سيئ
Bad news = أخبار سيئة
-humorous = tunny = amusing = laughable.
– laughable (adj.) / to laugh (V) / laughter (N).
to kid = to make jokes = to joke with someone + to be serious.
to laugh at someone = to make fun of him = to tease him.
witty = intelligent # silly = stupid.
humour (N) / humorous (adj.)
Unit 3. Formal, informal, and no-formal education.
1. Formal education refers to the educational system provided by the government for students.
2. Many illiterate women have been combating illiteracy recently. Now, they can read and write. They are literate.
illiterate (adj)/illiteracy (noun) # literate (adj)/Literacy (noun).
3. A literate person is someone who can read and write.
4. My friend Sara lives in a boarding school because there is no high school in the countryside where her parents live.
5. The government has signed a partnership with many non-governmental organizations (NGOs), to work together to combat illiteracy and increase adult literacy.
Increase= go up # decrease= reduce.
6. The governments and NGOs should make more efforts to encourage dropouts to return to school and complete their studies.
Formal education = التعليم الرسمي
Educational system = النظام التعليمي
Provided by = مقدّم من طرف
Government = الحكومة
Students = الطلاب
Illiterate women = النساء الأميات
Combating illiteracy = مكافحة الأمية
Literate = متعلمات / يعرفن القراءة والكتابة
Literate person = شخص متعلم
Can read and write = يستطيع القراءة والكتابة
Boarding school = داخلية (مدرسة داخلية)
Countryside = الريف
Signed a partnership = وقّعت شراكة
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) = المنظمات غير الحكومية
Work together = يعملون معًا
Combat illiteracy = مكافحة الأمية
Increase adult literacy = رفع نسبة التعلُّم لدى البالغين
Make more efforts = يبذلون مزيدًا من الجهود
Encourage dropouts = تشجيع المنقطعين عن الدراسة
Return to school = العودة إلى المدرسة
Complete their studies = إتمام دراستهم
Unit 4: Sustainable Development
A – Vocabulary Items :
1. Sustainable development is a development that is concerned with society’s needs and well being in the short, medium and long term.
2. Although the USA is an affluent country, many Americans are very poor.
3. Industry needs raw materials such as petroleum, phosphates, iron and coal.
4. To start and invest in a new business; you need a big capital.
5. The government should give more importance to indigent people so as to eliminate poverty
6. Hard-working students collaborate and work together to achieve very good results.
7. Gender equality means men and women should have equal rights.
Sustainable development = التنمية المستدامة
Concerned with = تهتم بـ / تُعنى بـ
Society’s needs = احتياجات المجتمع
Well-being = الرفاهية
Short, medium and long term = المدى القصير، المتوسط والطويل
Affluent = غني / مزدهر
Very poor = فقراء جدًا
Industry = الصناعة
Raw materials = المواد الخام
Petroleum = النفط
Phosphates = الفوسفات
Iron = الحديد
Coal = الفحم
Invest = يستثمر
Business = مشروع / عمل تجاري
Capital = رأس المال
Government = الحكومة
Give more importance to = تُعير أهمية أكبر لـ
Indigent people = الفقراء / المعوزين
Eliminate poverty = القضاء على الفقر
Hard-working = مجتهدون / مثابرون
Collaborate = يتعاونون
Achieve = يحققون
Very good results = نتائج جيدة جداً
Gender equality = المساواة بين الجنسين
Equal rights = حقوق متساوية
affluent = wealthy = rich # poor = indigent.
gender equality # gender disparity.
B – Collocations:
Social justice – Civil society – Urban / Rural areas – Renwable energies – Raw materials – Sustainable development – Industrial area – Chemical weapons – Land mines – Non-governmental organisation – Climate change- Ecological crisis – Micro credits – Natural resources – Economic growth – Birth rate – Global warming.
Social justice = العدالة الاجتماعية
Civil society = المجتمع المدني
Urban areas = المناطق الحضرية
Rural areas = المناطق الريفية
Renewable energies = الطاقات المتجددة
Raw materials = المواد الخام
Sustainable development = التنمية المستدامة
Industrial area = المنطقة الصناعية
Chemical weapons = الأسلحة الكيميائية
Land mines = الألغام الأرضية
Non-governmental organisation (NGO) = منظمة غير حكومية
Climate change = تغير المناخ
Ecological crisis = الأزمة البيئية
Micro credits = القروض الصغيرة / التمويل الصغير
Natural resources = الموارد الطبيعية
Economic growth = النمو الاقتصادي
Birth rate = معدل الولادات
Global warming = الاحتباس الحراري
C – Idioms:
– 1. What’s up? = What’s happening?
– 2. What are you driving at? = What do you mean?
– 3. Take your time = Don’t hurry = Slowly.
– 4. In the bag = Certain.
-5. To the letter = Exactly.
-6. The lion’s share = The greatest percentage.
-7. The dog days = Very hot days.
Unit5: Women and Power
A- VOCABULARY ITEMS:
1. In 2004, Morocco adopted a New Family Code to protect women and children.
2. According to the New Family Code or Mudawana as it is known, if the husband divorces his wife, whoever keeps children keeps the marital house.
3. Feminism is a movement that advocates and supports the rights of women to have equal opportunities to those possessed by men.
4. According to the New Family Code, polygamy or having more than one wife can’t be practised without the first wife’s approval.
5. A stereotype is usually a false image, idea or belief we have of a particular group of people.
6. Women have always had a continuous struggle for emancipation and freedom.
7. Students need to have self – confidence in order to be able to achieve very good results.
8. The Red Crescent and the Red Cross organizations provide humanitarian aid for people in need especially in time of wars and natural disasters.
Adopted = اعتمد / تبنّى
New Family Code = مدونة الأسرة الجديدة
Protect = يحمي
Women and children = النساء والأطفال
Mudawana = مدونة الأسرة
Divorces = يطلّق
Keeps = يحتفظ بـ / يبقى مع
Marital house = البيت الزوجي
Feminism = النسوية
Movement = حركة
Advocates = يدافع عن / ينادي بـ
Supports = يدعم
Equal opportunities = فرص متكافئة
Possessed by men = يمتلكها الرجال
Polygamy = تعدد الزوجات
More than one wife = أكثر من زوجة واحدة
Approval = موافقة
Stereotype = صورة نمطية
False image / idea / belief = صورة / فكرة / معتقد خاطئ
Particular group of people = فئة معينة من الناس
Continuous struggle = نضال مستمر
Emancipation = التحرر
Freedom = الحرية
Self-confidence = الثقة بالنفس
Achieve = يحقق
Very good results = نتائج جيدة جدًا
Red Crescent and Red Cross = الهلال الأحمر والصليب الأحمر
Organizations = منظمات
Humanitarian aid = مساعدة إنسانية
In need = في حاجة
Wars = الحروب
Natural disasters = الكوارث الطبيعية
B – NOUN SUFFIXES:
Verbs and Adiectives… Nouns
– grow àgrowth
– existàexistence
– ignoreàignorance
Knowàknowledge
– improveàimprovement
– pregnantàpregnancy
– responsibleàresponsibility
– participateàparticipation
– informàinformation
– nationalànationalism
Readàreading
– introduceàintroduction
– satisfyàsatisfaction
Arriveàarrival
Wiseàwisdom
Sadàsadness
Unit 6 : Cultural values
A- Vocabulary Items:
1- Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia share many common values such as hospitality, tolerance and generosity.
2- The ability to live together in harmony is called coexistence.
3- An altruist is a person who is generous, kind and unselfish. Also, he considers the well-being and happiness of others first.
4- The National Initiative for Developing Human Resources aims at launching interesting workshops throughout Morocco.
5- A universal value must be appropriate at all times, suitable for all people and applicable under all circumstances.
6- Hospitality and altruism are values that are deeply rooted in the Moroccan culture.
7- The “Kasbahs” in Morocco are regarded as part of the country’s cultural heritage.
Common values = القيم المشتركة
Hospitality = الضيافة
Tolerance = التسامح
Generosity = الكرم
Ability = القدرة
Live together in harmony = العيش معًا في انسجام
Coexistence = التعايش
Altruist = الإيثاري / الشخص المُؤثِر
Generous = كريم
Kind = لطيف
Unselfish = غير أناني
Well-being = الرفاهية
Happiness = السعادة
National Initiative for Developing Human Resources = المبادرة الوطنية للتنمية البشرية
Aims at = تهدف إلى
Launching = إطلاق
Workshops = ورشات عمل
Universal value = قيمة كونية
Appropriate at all times = صالحة في كل الأوقات
Suitable for all people = مناسبة لجميع الناس
Applicable under all circumstances = قابلة للتطبيق في جميع الظروف
Values = القيم
Deeply rooted = متجذّرة بعمق
Moroccan culture = الثقافة المغربية
Kasbahs = القصبات
Regarded as = تُعتبر
Cultural heritage = التراث الثقافي
B- Antonyms:
1- Altruism # selfishness.
2- Love # hatred.
3- Cooperation # individuality.
4- Equity = justice # unjustice
5- Tolerance # intolerance
6- Harmony # conflict
C- Collocations:
1- Culture shock.
2- Civic education.
3- Moral obligations.
4- Cultural diversity.
5- Common good.
6- Global citizenship.
7- Table manners.
8- Deeply rooted.
Unit 7 : Citizenship
Vocabulary Items:
1. Citizenship is a set of rights and duties or responsibilities a person has towards his community
2. Every citizen has the right to have a job, be safe and have access to education and health care.
3. All citizens must respect the rules and the laws of their country and be concerned for the common good of their community.
4. In 1975, 350000 volunteers participated in the Green March.
5. Charity is the money or food you give up to help poor people.
6. Many soldiers sacrifice their life for their country.
7. The ministry of interior acts as the censor that cuts out any article considered as undesirable in newspapers.
8. Lobbying means attempting and trying to influence public officials to take a desired action.
9. Whenever the king delivers a speech to the nation, the national anthem is sung before and after the speech.
Citizenship = المواطنة
Rights = الحقوق
Duties / Responsibilities = الواجبات / المسؤوليات
Community = المجتمع
Citizen = المواطن
Job = وظيفة / عمل
Be safe = يشعر بالأمان / يكون آمِناً
Access to education and health care = الوصول إلى التعليم والرعاية الصحية
Citizens = المواطنون
Respect = يحترم
Rules = القوانين / القواعد
Laws = القوانين
Common good = الصالح العام
Volunteers = المتطوعون
Participated = شاركوا
Green March = المسيرة الخضراء
Charity = الصدقة / العمل الخيري
Money or food = المال أو الطعام
Help = يساعد
Poor people = الفقراء
Soldiers = الجنود
Sacrifice = يُضحّون
Life = الحياة
Country = الوطن
Ministry of interior = وزارة الداخلية
Censor = الرقيب / الرقابة
Cuts out = يحذف / يزيل
Undesirable = غير مرغوب فيه
Newspapers = الصحف
Lobbying = الضغط السياسي / جماعات الضغط
Influence = يؤثّر على
Public officials = المسؤولين العموميين / الموظفين العموميين
Desired action = الإجراء المرغوب فيه
Delivers a speech = يلقي خطاباً
Nation = الأمة / الوطن
National anthem = النشيد الوطني
Sung = يُغنى
Speech = الخطاب
Unit 8 : International Organisations
Vocabulary Items:
1. Mr Ontonio Guterres is the Secretary -General of the United Nations (UN) which was founded in 1945 to maintain peace and security in the world.
2. The emblem of the UN symbolizes peace. It shows the world held between two olive branches.
3. According to the UN charter, member states shouldn’t use force against other member states. Bilateral disputes and international discords should be settled and solved by peaceful means such as diplomacy and negociations.
4. Any violation of the UN principles and laws can result in severe economic and political sanctions.
5. A resolution is a formal agreement or decision taken by means of vote.
6. Five members of the UN Security Council can use the Veto to reject or forbid a resolution.
7. The principal office of an organisation is called headquarters. For example: the UN has its headquarters in New York. It is a huge building.
8. Amnesty International (Al) is financed by donations and benevolent contributions.
9. UNESCO and UNICEF are International Organisations .
Secretary-General = الأمين العام
United Nations (UN) = الأمم المتحدة
Emblem = الشعار
Symbolizes = يرمز إلى
Peace = السلام
Olive branches = أغصان الزيتون
Charter = الميثاق
Member states = الدول الأعضاء
Bilateral disputes = النزاعات الثنائية
International discords = الخلافات الدولية
Peaceful means = الوسائل السلمية
Diplomacy = الدبلوماسية
Negotiations = المفاوضات
Violation = انتهاك
Principles = المبادئ
Laws = القوانين
Sanctions = العقوبات
Economic = اقتصادية
Political = سياسية
Resolution = قرار
Formal agreement = اتفاق رسمي
Vote = تصويت
Security Council = مجلس الأمن
Veto = الفيتو
Reject = يرفض
Forbid = يمنع
Principal office = المكتب الرئيسي
Headquarters = المقر الرئيسي
Huge = ضخم
Financed = مموَّلة
Donations = التبرعات
Benevolent contributions = المساهمات الخيرية
International Organisations = منظمات دولية
Unit9 : Sciences and Technology
1-Physics helps us understand how the universe works.
2-In chemistry class, we learned how to mix safe chemicals.
3-Maths is very important for solving real-life problems.
4-Astronomy is the study of stars, planets, and galaxies.
5-We dissected a flower in biology to learn about its parts.
6-Modern medicine has saved millions of lives.
7-Robotics is used in factories to build cars efficiently.
8-Computer studies teach students how to code and solve problems.
9-She studied engineering to become a bridge designer.
10-Good communication is key to teamwork.
11-Biotechnology helps scientists develop better medicines.
12-She heated her lunch in the microwave oven.
13-I use a vacuum cleaner to clean the carpets.
14-The dishwasher makes washing dishes much easier.
15-He changed the TV channel with the remote controller.
1- Physics – الفيزياء
2- Chemistry – الكيمياء
3- Maths – الرياضيات
4- Astronomy – علم الفلك
5- Biology – علم الأحياء
6- Medicine – الطب
7- Robotics – علم الروبوتات / الروبوتيات
8- Computer studies – علوم الحاسوب / المعلوماتية
9- Engineering – الهندسة
10- Communication – الاتصال / التواصل
11- Biotechnology – التكنولوجيا الحيوية / التقانة الحيوية
12- Microwave oven – فرن ميكروويف
13- Vacuum cleaner – مكنسة كهربائية
14- Dishwasher – غسالة الصحون
15- Remote controller – جهاز التحكم عن بُعد / الريموت كنترول
Unit 10 : Brain Drain
1-Brain drain affects many poor countries that lose their best talents.
2-Many workers leave their jobs because of low pay and difficult conditions.
3-The colorful ad was designed to attract attention.
4-Doctors often move to developed countries for better opportunities.
5-The company invests in high technology to improve productivity.
6-Skilled workers are essential in construction and manufacturing.
7-The physician examined the patient carefully before giving a diagnosis.
8-The physicist gave a lecture about black holes.
9-The scholar published a new study on climate change.
10-Most families depend on a stable income to cover their needs.
11-You can gain valuable experience by working abroad.
12-Underdeveloped areas often lack access to education and healthcare.
13-She is a skilled designer with years of experience.
14-Unskilled labor is often underpaid and overworked.
15-The salary offer was tempting, so he accepted the job.
1- Brain drain – هجرة الأدمغة
2- Low pay / income – أجر / دخل منخفض
3- Attract attention – يجذب الانتباه
4- Developed countries – الدول المتقدمة
5- High technology – التكنولوجيا المتقدمة
6- Skilled workers – عمّال مهرة
7- Physician – طبيب
8- Physicist – عالم فيزياء
9- Scholar – باحث / عالم / مُثقف
10- Income – دخل
11- Gain – يَكسب / مكسب
12- Underdeveloped – غير متطور / متخلف تنمويًا
13- Skilled – ماهر
14- Unskilled – غير ماهر
15- Tempting – مُغرٍ / جَذّاب
