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  /* ─── A2 · DUBAI ─── */
  {
    id: 'burj-khalifa', level: 'A2', icon: '🏙️', minutes: 4,
    kind: { en: 'Article', ar: 'مقال', tr: 'Makale' },
    title: { en: 'Burj Khalifa: Touching the Sky', ar: 'برج خليفة: ملامسة السماء', tr: 'Burj Khalifa: Gökyüzüne Dokunmak' },
    summary: {
      en: 'The tallest building in the world stands in Dubai. How was it built — and how does it work?',
      ar: 'أطول مبنى في العالم يقف في دبي. كيف بُني — وكيف يعمل؟',
      tr: 'Dünyanın en yüksek binası Dubai\'de. Nasıl inşa edildi — ve nasıl çalışıyor?',
    },
    figure: {
      caption: { en: 'The Burj Khalifa rises 828 meters above Dubai.', ar: 'يرتفع برج خليفة ٨٢٨ متراً فوق دبي.', tr: 'Burj Khalifa, Dubai\'nin 828 metre üzerinde yükseliyor.' },
      prompt: 'The Burj Khalifa tower seen from below at golden hour, its glass facade reflecting the sunset, the Dubai fountain and skyline around its base.',
    },
    body: [
      'In the middle of Dubai stands the tallest building humans have ever made: the Burj Khalifa. It is 828 meters tall and has more than 160 [[floors]]. On a clear day, from the top, you can see almost 100 kilometers.',
      'Building it was a huge engineering challenge. The tower stands on more than 190 concrete [[piles]] that go about 50 meters into the ground. Workers poured the concrete for the high floors at night, because the desert heat of the day would dry it too fast.',
      'Wind was the biggest [[enemy]]. A tower this tall moves in strong wind — the top of the Burj Khalifa can move more than a meter from side to side! The building\'s special Y-shape breaks the wind so the tower stays comfortable and safe.',
      'Daily life in the tower needs clever systems too. The [[elevators]] are among the fastest in the world: they travel at 10 meters per second. Water must be pumped hundreds of meters up. And the outside temperature at the top can be 6–8 degrees cooler than at the bottom!',
      'About 12,000 people worked on the tower at the busiest time. Since it opened in 2010, no one has built anything taller. But engineers in Saudi Arabia are already building the Jeddah Tower, which plans to reach one full kilometer. The race to the sky [[continues]].',
    ],
    vocab: {
      'floors':    { pos: 'noun', def: 'the levels of a building', ex: 'My office is on the fifth floor.' },
      'piles':     { pos: 'noun', def: 'long columns pushed deep into the ground to hold a building', ex: 'The bridge stands on steel piles.' },
      'enemy':     { pos: 'noun', def: 'someone or something that works against you', ex: 'For old buildings, water is the biggest enemy.' },
      'elevators': { pos: 'noun', def: 'machines that carry people up and down a building (UK: lifts)', ex: 'Take the elevator to the top floor.' },
      'continues': { pos: 'verb', def: 'keeps happening; does not stop', ex: 'The work continues day and night.' },
    },
    questions: [
      { type:'mcq', q:'How tall is the Burj Khalifa?',
        options:['600 meters','828 meters','1,000 meters','450 meters'], a:1,
        explainEn:'It is 828 meters tall.', explainAr:'يبلغ ارتفاعه ٨٢٨ متراً.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'Why did workers pour concrete at night?',
        options:['It was quieter','The day heat would dry it too fast','Electricity was cheaper','The cranes only worked at night'], a:1,
        explainEn:'The desert heat of the day would dry the concrete too fast.', explainAr:'حرارة النهار كانت ستجفف الخرسانة بسرعة كبيرة.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'What was the biggest enemy of the tower?',
        options:['Rain','Sand','Wind','Cold'], a:2,
        explainEn:'"Wind was the biggest enemy."', explainAr:'"كانت الرياح العدو الأكبر."' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'True or false: The top of the tower can move more than a meter in strong wind.',
        options:['True','False'], a:0,
        explainEn:'True — the top can move more than a meter from side to side.', explainAr:'صحيح — يمكن أن تتحرك القمة أكثر من متر.' },
      { type:'fill', q:'Machines that carry people up and down a building are ___.', a:'elevators',
        explainEn:'The elevators travel at 10 meters per second.', explainAr:'المصاعد تنقل الناس بين الطوابق.' },
      { type:'fill', q:'The levels of a building are called ___.', a:'floors',
        explainEn:'The tower has more than 160 floors.', explainAr:'الطوابق هي مستويات المبنى.' },
    ],
  },

  /* ─── A2 · EGYPT ─── */
  {
    id: 'suez-canal', level: 'A2', icon: '🚢', minutes: 4,
    kind: { en: 'Article', ar: 'مقال', tr: 'Makale' },
    title: { en: 'The Suez Canal: A Shortcut for the World', ar: 'قناة السويس: طريق مختصر للعالم', tr: 'Süveyş Kanalı: Dünya İçin Bir Kestirme' },
    summary: {
      en: 'A man-made river in Egypt carries about 12% of all world trade. Here is how it works.',
      ar: 'نهر من صنع الإنسان في مصر يحمل حوالي ١٢٪ من تجارة العالم. إليك كيف يعمل.',
      tr: 'Mısır\'daki insan yapımı bir su yolu, dünya ticaretinin yaklaşık %12\'sini taşıyor. İşte nasıl çalıştığı.',
    },
    figure: {
      caption: { en: 'A giant container ship passes through the canal.', ar: 'سفينة حاويات عملاقة تعبر القناة.', tr: 'Dev bir konteyner gemisi kanaldan geçiyor.' },
      prompt: 'A massive container ship stacked with colorful containers moving through the Suez Canal, desert banks on both sides, a small pilot boat alongside.',
    },
    body: [
      'Look at a map of the world. To sail from Asia to Europe, ships must go all the way around Africa — a journey of many extra weeks. Unless they use a [[shortcut]]: the Suez Canal in Egypt.',
      'The canal is a man-made waterway, about 193 kilometers long. It connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea. Ships using it save about 7,000 kilometers and up to ten days of [[sailing]]. That is why about 12% of all world [[trade]] passes through this one narrow line of water.',
      'Crossing takes about 11 to 16 hours. Ships travel in groups called convoys, and an Egyptian [[pilot]] comes on board every ship to guide it — the canal is narrow, and a mistake is very expensive.',
      'The world learned this in 2021, when a giant container ship called *Ever Given* got stuck and [[blocked]] the canal for six days. Hundreds of ships waited on both sides. Experts say the blockage cost world trade billions of dollars — in less than one week!',
      'The canal is also very important for Egypt: it brings the country billions of dollars every year in passage [[fees]]. In 2015, Egypt opened a second lane along part of the canal, so ships can now pass in both directions at the same time in that section. A 150-year-old shortcut — still one of the most important places on the map.',
    ],
    vocab: {
      'shortcut': { pos: 'noun', def: 'a faster, shorter way to go somewhere', ex: 'I know a shortcut to the station.' },
      'sailing':  { pos: 'noun', def: 'traveling by ship or boat', ex: 'The sailing from here to the island takes two hours.' },
      'trade':    { pos: 'noun', def: 'buying and selling goods between people or countries', ex: 'Trade between the two countries is growing.' },
      'pilot':    { pos: 'noun', def: 'here: an expert who guides ships through difficult waters', ex: 'A local pilot guided the ship into the port.' },
      'blocked':  { pos: 'verb', def: 'stopped things from passing', ex: 'A fallen tree blocked the road.' },
      'fees':     { pos: 'noun', def: 'money paid for a service', ex: 'The parking fees are high in the city center.' },
    },
    questions: [
      { type:'mcq', q:'What does the Suez Canal connect?',
        options:['Two rivers','The Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea','Africa and America','Two lakes in Egypt'], a:1,
        explainEn:'It connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea.', explainAr:'تربط البحر الأحمر بالبحر الأبيض المتوسط.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'How much time can ships save?',
        options:['Two hours','One day','Up to ten days','A month'], a:2,
        explainEn:'Ships save about 7,000 km and up to ten days.', explainAr:'توفر السفن حوالي ٧٠٠٠ كم وحتى عشرة أيام.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'What happened in 2021?',
        options:['The canal was closed for repairs','A ship got stuck and blocked the canal for six days','Egypt built the canal','The fees were removed'], a:1,
        explainEn:'The Ever Given got stuck and blocked the canal for six days.', explainAr:'جنحت السفينة إيفر غيفن وسدّت القناة ستة أيام.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'Why does an Egyptian pilot board every ship?',
        options:['To collect fees','To guide it through the narrow canal','To serve food','To repair engines'], a:1,
        explainEn:'The pilot guides the ship — the canal is narrow.', explainAr:'المرشد يوجّه السفينة لأن القناة ضيقة.' },
      { type:'fill', q:'A faster, shorter way to go somewhere is a ___.', a:'shortcut',
        explainEn:'The canal is a shortcut between Asia and Europe.', explainAr:'shortcut تعني طريقاً مختصراً.' },
      { type:'fill', q:'Buying and selling goods between countries is ___.', a:'trade',
        explainEn:'About 12% of world trade passes through the canal.', explainAr:'trade تعني التجارة.' },
    ],
  },

  /* ─── A2 · GERMANY ─── */
  {
    id: 'german-apprentice', level: 'A2', icon: '🔧', minutes: 4,
    kind: { en: 'Article', ar: 'مقال', tr: 'Makale' },
    title: { en: 'Learning a Job the German Way', ar: 'تعلم مهنة على الطريقة الألمانية', tr: 'Almanya Usulü Meslek Öğrenmek' },
    summary: {
      en: 'In Germany, many young people learn their job half at school, half at a company. It is called the dual system.',
      ar: 'في ألمانيا، يتعلم كثير من الشباب مهنتهم نصفها في المدرسة ونصفها في شركة. يسمى هذا النظام المزدوج.',
      tr: 'Almanya\'da birçok genç mesleğini yarı okulda, yarı bir şirkette öğrenir. Buna ikili sistem denir.',
    },
    figure: {
      caption: { en: 'An apprentice works next to an experienced technician.', ar: 'متدرب يعمل بجانب فني ذي خبرة.', tr: 'Bir çırak, deneyimli bir teknisyenin yanında çalışıyor.' },
      prompt: 'A young apprentice in a blue work jacket learning at a milling machine, an older experienced German technician explaining, clean modern workshop.',
    },
    body: [
      'Lukas is nineteen. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, he works at a machine company near Stuttgart. On Thursday and Friday, he sits in a classroom. Lukas is an [[apprentice]] — and his path is one of the most famous ideas in German education.',
      'It is called the "dual system," because learning happens in two places at once. At the company, Lukas learns the real work: reading technical drawings, using machines, working in a team. At school, he learns the [[theory]] behind it: mathematics, materials, electronics.',
      'The apprenticeship takes about three years. The company pays Lukas a monthly [[salary]] — not a big one, but enough to live. In return, it gets something valuable: a young worker who knows the company perfectly by the end of his training.',
      'At the end, Lukas takes a national [[exam]]. If he passes, he becomes a certified industrial mechanic — a title respected all over Germany. Many apprentices stay at their training company for years. Some later become masters and train the next [[generation]].',
      'Germany is famous for its strong industry — cars, machines, tools. Many experts say the dual system is one big reason. The idea is now traveling: countries from Turkey to Saudi Arabia are building their own versions, mixing classroom and workshop in one education.',
    ],
    vocab: {
      'apprentice': { pos: 'noun', def: 'a young person learning a job by working and studying at the same time', ex: 'He started as an apprentice in a car factory.' },
      'theory':     { pos: 'noun', def: 'the ideas and rules behind a subject, not the practice', ex: 'First we learn the theory, then we practice.' },
      'salary':     { pos: 'noun', def: 'the money you receive every month for your work', ex: 'The salary is paid on the first day of the month.' },
      'exam':       { pos: 'noun', def: 'an official test of what you know', ex: 'She passed the final exam with a high score.' },
      'generation': { pos: 'noun', def: 'all the people born around the same time', ex: 'The older generation teaches the younger one.' },
    },
    questions: [
      { type:'mcq', q:'Why is it called the "dual system"?',
        options:['It takes two years','Learning happens in two places: company and school','Students learn two jobs','There are two exams'], a:1,
        explainEn:'Learning happens in two places at once — company and school.', explainAr:'التعلم يحدث في مكانين معاً — الشركة والمدرسة.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'How long does the apprenticeship take?',
        options:['Six months','One year','About three years','Ten years'], a:2,
        explainEn:'The apprenticeship takes about three years.', explainAr:'يستغرق التدريب المهني حوالي ثلاث سنوات.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'What does Lukas receive from the company?',
        options:['Nothing','A monthly salary','A car','Free lunch only'], a:1,
        explainEn:'The company pays him a monthly salary.', explainAr:'تدفع له الشركة راتباً شهرياً.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'True or false: The idea is now copied in other countries.',
        options:['True','False'], a:0,
        explainEn:'True — countries from Turkey to Saudi Arabia are building their own versions.', explainAr:'صحيح — دول من تركيا إلى السعودية تبني نسخها الخاصة.' },
      { type:'fill', q:'A young person learning a job by working and studying is an ___.', a:'apprentice',
        explainEn:'Lukas is an apprentice.', explainAr:'apprentice تعني متدرباً مهنياً.' },
      { type:'fill', q:'The money you receive every month for work is your ___.', a:'salary',
        explainEn:'The company pays a monthly salary.', explainAr:'salary تعني الراتب.' },
    ],
  },

  /* ─── A2 · PARIS ─── */
  {
    id: 'eiffel-tower-story', level: 'A2', icon: '🗼', minutes: 4,
    kind: { en: 'Article', ar: 'مقال', tr: 'Makale' },
    title: { en: 'The Tower Paris Wanted to Destroy', ar: 'البرج الذي أرادت باريس هدمه', tr: 'Paris\'in Yıkmak İstediği Kule' },
    summary: {
      en: 'Today it is the symbol of Paris. In 1889, many people hated it — and it was built to be removed.',
      ar: 'اليوم هو رمز باريس. في عام ١٨٨٩، كرهه كثيرون — وقد بُني ليُزال.',
      tr: 'Bugün Paris\'in simgesi. 1889\'da birçok insan ondan nefret ediyordu — ve kaldırılmak üzere inşa edilmişti.',
    },
    figure: {
      caption: { en: 'The Eiffel Tower under construction, 1888.', ar: 'برج إيفل قيد الإنشاء، ١٨٨٨.', tr: 'İnşa halindeki Eyfel Kulesi, 1888.' },
      prompt: 'The Eiffel Tower half-built in 1888, iron lattice legs rising over old Paris rooftops, workers on wooden scaffolding, vintage sepia engineering-drawing mood.',
    },
    body: [
      'Imagine this: Paris builds a huge iron tower, and the most famous artists of the city write an angry letter to the newspaper. They call it "useless," "a giant black factory [[chimney]]," and "a shame for Paris." This really happened — in 1887, when the Eiffel Tower was born.',
      'The tower was built for the World\'s Fair of 1889 — a giant international [[exhibition]]. The engineer Gustave Eiffel won the competition with a bold design: a 300-meter tower made of 18,000 iron pieces, held together by 2.5 million [[rivets]].',
      'The plan was clear: the tower would stand for twenty years, and then it would be taken down. It was never meant to be [[permanent]].',
      'So why is it still there? Eiffel was clever. He put scientific equipment on the tower — and most importantly, a radio [[antenna]]. By the early 1900s, the tower was sending radio signals across France, and it became too useful to destroy. Science saved the "useless" tower.',
      'Today, the Eiffel Tower is one of the most visited monuments on Earth — about seven million people go up every year. It is repainted by hand about every seven years, using around 60 tons of paint. The tower that Paris wanted to remove became the [[symbol]] of the city itself.',
    ],
    vocab: {
      'chimney':    { pos: 'noun', def: 'the tall pipe on a building that smoke goes out of', ex: 'Smoke rose from the factory chimney.' },
      'exhibition': { pos: 'noun', def: 'a big public show of art, products, or technology', ex: 'The car exhibition opens next week.' },
      'rivets':     { pos: 'noun', def: 'metal pins that hold pieces of metal together permanently', ex: 'The bridge is held together by thousands of rivets.' },
      'permanent':  { pos: 'adjective', def: 'lasting forever; not temporary', ex: 'This is my permanent address.' },
      'antenna':    { pos: 'noun', def: 'a device that sends or receives radio signals', ex: 'The antenna is on the roof.' },
      'symbol':     { pos: 'noun', def: 'a thing that represents an idea, a place, or a country', ex: 'The crescent is a symbol on many flags.' },
    },
    questions: [
      { type:'mcq', q:'How did famous artists react to the tower in 1887?',
        options:['They loved it','They wrote an angry letter against it','They painted it','They ignored it'], a:1,
        explainEn:'They wrote an angry letter calling it "useless" and "a shame for Paris."', explainAr:'كتبوا رسالة غاضبة ووصفوه بأنه "عديم الفائدة" و"عار على باريس".' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'What was the original plan for the tower?',
        options:['To stand forever','To stand for twenty years, then be removed','To become a hotel','To be moved to London'], a:1,
        explainEn:'It would stand for twenty years and then be taken down.', explainAr:'كان سيبقى عشرين عاماً ثم يُزال.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'What saved the tower?',
        options:['Tourists','A new owner','The radio antenna and science','New paint'], a:2,
        explainEn:'The radio antenna made it too useful to destroy.', explainAr:'هوائي الراديو جعله مفيداً جداً بحيث لا يُهدم.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'True or false: The tower is repainted by machines.',
        options:['True','False'], a:1,
        explainEn:'False — it is repainted by hand, about every seven years.', explainAr:'خطأ — يُعاد طلاؤه يدوياً كل سبع سنوات تقريباً.' },
      { type:'fill', q:'Something that lasts forever is ___.', a:'permanent',
        explainEn:'The tower was never meant to be permanent.', explainAr:'permanent تعني دائماً.' },
      { type:'fill', q:'A thing that represents a city or an idea is a ___.', a:'symbol',
        explainEn:'The tower became the symbol of Paris.', explainAr:'symbol تعني رمزاً.' },
    ],
  },

  /* ─── A2 · JAPAN ─── */
  {
    id: 'shinkansen-japan', level: 'A2', icon: '🚄', minutes: 4,
    kind: { en: 'Article', ar: 'مقال', tr: 'Makale' },
    title: { en: 'The Shinkansen: Japan\'s Bullet Train', ar: 'شينكانسن: القطار الرصاصة الياباني', tr: 'Shinkansen: Japonya\'nın Hızlı Treni' },
    summary: {
      en: 'Fast, safe, and almost never late — the famous Japanese bullet train.',
      ar: 'سريع وآمن ولا يتأخر تقريباً أبداً — القطار الياباني الشهير.',
      tr: 'Hızlı, güvenli ve neredeyse hiç gecikmeyen — ünlü Japon hızlı treni.',
    },
    figure: {
      caption: { en: 'A Shinkansen passes Mount Fuji.', ar: 'قطار شينكانسن يمر بجبل فوجي.', tr: 'Bir Shinkansen, Fuji Dağı\'nın önünden geçiyor.' },
      prompt: 'A white Shinkansen bullet train with a long aerodynamic nose speeding past rice fields with snow-capped Mount Fuji in the background, clear blue sky.',
    },
    body: [
      'In Japan, a train that is five minutes late is big news. The famous bullet train — the Shinkansen — has an average [[delay]] of less than one minute per year. Not per trip. Per year.',
      'The Shinkansen started in 1964, just before the Tokyo Olympics. It was the first high-speed railway in the world. Today, the trains run at about 300 kilometers per hour and connect most big Japanese cities. The busiest line carries more than 150 million [[passengers]] every year.',
      'Safety is the most amazing part. In more than sixty years, the Shinkansen has had zero passenger deaths from crashes. When an [[earthquake]] begins, special sensors feel the first small waves and stop the trains automatically — often seconds before the strong shaking arrives.',
      'The train\'s long nose has an interesting story. Early trains made a loud *boom* when they left tunnels. An engineer who loved birds found the answer in nature: he gave the train a long, sharp nose like a kingfisher — a bird that [[dives]] into water without a splash. The boom disappeared, and the train became quieter and faster.',
      'And then there is the famous "seven-minute miracle": at Tokyo Station, a cleaning team makes a whole train perfectly clean in just seven minutes — seats turned, floors cleaned, every [[tray]] checked. The passengers on the platform often watch and take photos. In Japan, even cleaning is an art of [[precision]].',
    ],
    vocab: {
      'delay':      { pos: 'noun', def: 'the time by which something is late', ex: 'The flight has a delay of two hours.' },
      'passengers': { pos: 'noun', def: 'people traveling in a train, bus, or plane', ex: 'The bus can carry fifty passengers.' },
      'earthquake': { pos: 'noun', def: 'a sudden strong shaking of the ground', ex: 'The earthquake damaged many buildings.' },
      'dives':      { pos: 'verb', def: 'goes down into water head first', ex: 'The bird dives into the sea to catch fish.' },
      'tray':       { pos: 'noun', def: 'the small flat table on the back of a seat', ex: 'Put your food on the tray.' },
      'precision':  { pos: 'noun', def: 'being exact and careful in every detail', ex: 'Watchmakers work with great precision.' },
    },
    questions: [
      { type:'mcq', q:'What is the Shinkansen\'s average delay per year?',
        options:['Less than one minute','Five minutes','One hour','One day'], a:0,
        explainEn:'The average delay is less than one minute per year.', explainAr:'متوسط التأخير أقل من دقيقة واحدة في السنة.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'What happens when an earthquake begins?',
        options:['The trains go faster','Sensors stop the trains automatically','Passengers must jump out','Nothing'], a:1,
        explainEn:'Sensors feel the first waves and stop the trains automatically.', explainAr:'تستشعر الحساسات الموجات الأولى وتوقف القطارات تلقائياً.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'Where did the idea for the train\'s long nose come from?',
        options:['A fish','A kingfisher bird','An airplane','A rocket'], a:1,
        explainEn:'From the kingfisher — a bird that dives into water without a splash.', explainAr:'من طائر الرفراف الذي يغطس في الماء دون رذاذ.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'What is the "seven-minute miracle"?',
        options:['The train crosses Japan in seven minutes','A team cleans a whole train in seven minutes','Tickets are sold in seven minutes','The train stops for seven minutes at every station'], a:1,
        explainEn:'A cleaning team makes a whole train perfectly clean in seven minutes.', explainAr:'فريق تنظيف يجعل القطار نظيفاً تماماً في سبع دقائق.' },
      { type:'fill', q:'A sudden strong shaking of the ground is an ___.', a:'earthquake',
        explainEn:'Sensors detect earthquakes early.', explainAr:'earthquake تعني الزلزال.' },
      { type:'fill', q:'Being exact and careful in every detail is ___.', a:'precision',
        explainEn:'"Even cleaning is an art of precision."', explainAr:'precision تعني الدقة.' },
    ],
  },

  /* ─── A1 · DUBAI ─── */
  {
    id: 'weekend-dubai', level: 'A1', icon: '🌆', minutes: 3,
    kind: { en: 'Story', ar: 'قصة', tr: 'Hikâye' },
    title: { en: 'A Weekend in Dubai', ar: 'عطلة نهاية أسبوع في دبي', tr: 'Dubai\'de Bir Hafta Sonu' },
    summary: {
      en: 'Ayşe visits her cousin in Dubai for the first time. Two days, many surprises.',
      ar: 'عائشة تزور ابنة عمها في دبي لأول مرة. يومان وكثير من المفاجآت.',
      tr: 'Ayşe, Dubai\'deki kuzenini ilk kez ziyaret ediyor. İki gün, birçok sürpriz.',
    },
    figure: {
      caption: { en: 'Ayşe and Salma at the Dubai Fountain in the evening.', ar: 'عائشة وسلمى عند نافورة دبي في المساء.', tr: 'Ayşe ve Salma akşam Dubai Çeşmesi\'nde.' },
      prompt: 'Two young women watching the illuminated Dubai Fountain show at night, the Burj Khalifa lit up behind, crowds with phones raised, festive evening mood.',
    },
    body: [
      'Ayşe lives in Ankara. Her cousin Salma lives in Dubai. On Friday morning, Ayşe flies to Dubai for the weekend. It is her first [[visit]].',
      'Salma waits at the airport. "Welcome!" she says. "Are you hungry? Tonight we eat at the old [[souq]] — the traditional market." At the souq, Ayşe sees gold shops, spice shops, and small boats on the water. It smells like cinnamon and coffee.',
      'On Saturday, they do something surprising: they go [[skiing]]! Yes — inside a shopping mall in the desert, there is a big hall with real snow. Outside it is 38 degrees; inside it is minus two. "Only in Dubai," laughs Salma.',
      'In the evening, they watch the famous [[fountain]] show. The water dances with music and lights, and behind it stands the tallest building in the world. Ayşe takes one hundred photos.',
      'On Sunday, Ayşe flies home. In the plane, she sends a message to Salma: "Thank you! Next summer, you come to Turkey — the sea and the [[mountains]] are waiting for you!"',
    ],
    vocab: {
      'visit':     { pos: 'noun', def: 'a trip to see a person or place', ex: 'This is my first visit to Dubai.' },
      'souq':      { pos: 'noun', def: 'a traditional Arab market', ex: 'We bought spices at the souq.' },
      'skiing':    { pos: 'noun', def: 'moving over snow on two long boards', ex: 'Skiing is difficult the first time.' },
      'fountain':  { pos: 'noun', def: 'a structure that shoots water into the air', ex: 'The fountain dances with the music.' },
      'mountains': { pos: 'noun', def: 'very high hills', ex: 'The mountains are white in winter.' },
    },
    questions: [
      { type:'mcq', q:'Where does Ayşe live?',
        options:['Dubai','Istanbul','Ankara','Riyadh'], a:2,
        explainEn:'"Ayşe lives in Ankara."', explainAr:'"تعيش عائشة في أنقرة."' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'What is a souq?',
        options:['A tall building','A traditional market','A metro station','A beach'], a:1,
        explainEn:'The souq is the traditional market.', explainAr:'السوق هو السوق التقليدي.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'Where do they go skiing?',
        options:['In the mountains','Inside a shopping mall','At the beach','In Turkey'], a:1,
        explainEn:'Inside a shopping mall, there is a hall with real snow.', explainAr:'داخل مركز تسوق توجد قاعة فيها ثلج حقيقي.' },
      { type:'mcq', q:'True or false: It is minus two degrees outside in Dubai.',
        options:['True','False'], a:1,
        explainEn:'False — outside it is 38 degrees; inside the snow hall it is minus two.', explainAr:'خطأ — في الخارج ٣٨ درجة وداخل قاعة الثلج ناقص اثنتين.' },
      { type:'fill', q:'A structure that shoots water into the air is a ___.', a:'fountain',
        explainEn:'They watch the fountain show in the evening.', explainAr:'fountain تعني نافورة.' },
      { type:'fill', q:'A trip to see a person or place is a ___.', a:'visit',
        explainEn:'It is her first visit to Dubai.', explainAr:'visit تعني زيارة.' },
    ],
  },

]);
