To capture the wild horse

‫اإلمساك على الحصان البري‬

Background
1 Plays are stories that performed by actors who bring the characters and their ‫المسرحيات‬
problems to life. And can be funny or sad, long or short.
2 An act of a play is like a chapter in a book. It tells one part of the story ‫الحدث‬
3 A scene is part of an act. The scene changes whenever the place or time of the play ‫المشهد‬
changes

Literary Words
1 Narrator is a character who talks directly the audience and tells about the characters ‫الراوي‬
on the stage. He or she may tell what happened before the play or what
happens between scenes. At times, the narrator walks in and out of the
action
2 soliloquy A character talks alone on the stage. It reveals a character’s thoughts ‫الحديث‬
‫الحديث‬/‫الداخلي‬
‫مع النفس‬
3 Stage directions tell the actors what they should do and how they should do it. And they ‫اإلرشادات‬
also describe sets, lighting, and sound effects. They appear in italic type, set ‫المسرحية‬
off by brackets or parentheses and are not spoken. It is important to read
the stage directions when you read a play because they help you Visualize
the actions

Academic words
1 Abandon To stop doing or planning to do something because of a problem ‫يهجر‬/‫يتخلى عن‬
2 Alternative Something that you choose instead of another thing ‫بديل‬
3 Circumstances The conditions or facts that affect a situation ‫الظروف‬
4 Conflict A feeling of nervousness or unhappiness because you want to do two ‫صراع‬
things at the same time
5 Convince To persuade someone to do something ‫يقنع بـ‬
 Synonyms ‫المترادفات‬
Are words that have the same or nearly the same meaning. ‫كلمات لها نفس المعنى أو تقريبا نفس المعنى‬
Wild (adj) (of an animal) living in natural conditions and not raised by humans ‫بري‬
1 Untamed (adj) (of an animal) not trained by people to stay calm when people are near it ‫غير مدرب من قبل‬
‫اإلنسان‬
Sure ‫متأكد‬
2
Confident ‫واثق‬
Sad ‫حزين‬
3
Depressing ‫محزن‬/‫كئيب‬
Gentle (adj) ‫رقيق‬/‫لطيف‬
4
Soft (adj) ‫ناعم‬
worried (adj) ‫قلق‬
5
concerned (adj) ‫قلق‬/‫مهتم‬
bare (adj) ‫عار‬/‫أعزل‬
6
empty (adj) ‫فارغ‬

To capture the wild horse

‫اإلمساك على الحصان البري‬

1 plains ‫سهول‬ 2 bare ‫قليل األثاث‬/‫عار‬

3 shabby ‫متواضع‬/‫حقير‬/‫رث‬ 4 neighbor ‫جار‬
5 path ‫طريق‬/‫مسار‬ 6 eagerly ‫بحماس‬/‫بلهفة‬
7 bunch ‫حزمة‬/‫مجموعة‬ 8 Stove ‫مدفأة‬/‫موقد‬
9 Pour ‫يسكب‬ 10 Prize ‫جائزة‬
11 Explain ‫يبين‬/‫يوضح‬ 12 manner ‫طريقة‬/‫أسلوب‬
13 Mean ‫يعني‬ 14 sick ‫مريض‬
15 Stay in ‫يبقى‬ 16 guess ‫يخمن‬
17 ranch ‫مزرعة مواشي‬ 18 horse trailer ‫مقطورة الحصان‬
19 lasso ‫صيد الحيوانات بالحبل‬ 20 lame ‫ضعيف‬/‫كسيح‬/‫أعرج‬
21 leaning ‫يتكئ‬ 22 fence ‫سياج‬
23 Work out ‫يحسب‬ 24 Bluff ‫خدعة‬/‫احتيال‬
25 mustang ‫فرس أمريكي نوع موستانج‬ 26

Vocabulary ‫المفردات‬
1 Put salt on its tail Get so close that you can easily catch it with your hands ‫قريب جدا بحيث تستطيع بسهولة‬
‫امساكه بيديك‬