Israel National Trail — שביל ישראל. Kibbutz Dan — קיבוץ דן. Lebanon — לבנון. Eilat — אילת. the Negev — הנגב. the Galilee — הגליל. stripes — פסים. hikers — מטיילים ברגל. trail angels — מלאכי שביל, משפחות שמארחות מטיילים. stage — כאן: שלב בחיים. Israelis — ישראלים. kindness — טוב לב.
Every year, thousands of Israelis put on their boots and start walking. Some walk for a day or a weekend, but many try to complete the whole Israel National Trail, a path of about 1,100 kilometres that crosses the country from Kibbutz Dan, near the border with Lebanon, to the Red Sea at Eilat.
Noam Shapira, 22, walked the whole trail after his army service. "I thought it would be a long holiday," he says. "It was the hardest thing I have ever done." Most hikers need between six and eight weeks to finish. In the Negev there are long parts with no villages and no water, so hikers must hide bottles of water along the path before they begin. "In the desert, water is not something you buy. It is something you plan," Noam explains.
Not everyone loves the trail. Some hikers complain that parts of it pass near busy roads and cities, and others find the Negev too difficult. Still, for many young Israelis, it has become a way to say goodbye to one stage of life and prepare for the next. As Noam says, "You start the trail as a tourist in your own country. You finish it as someone who knows it."
תרגיל 1 מתוך 3
הטקסט: The Trail That Crosses a Country
Every year, thousands of Israelis put on their boots and start walking. Some walk for a day or a weekend, but many try to complete the whole Israel National Trail, a path of about 1,100 kilometres that crosses the country from Kibbutz Dan, near the border with Lebanon, to the Red Sea at Eilat.
The trail opened in 1995. Along the way, it is marked by three painted stripes, white, blue and orange, on rocks, trees and walls, so that hikers do not need a map at every turn.
Noam Shapira, 22, walked the whole trail after his army service. "I thought it would be a long holiday," he says. "It was the hardest thing I have ever done." Most hikers need between six and eight weeks to finish. In the Negev there are long parts with no villages and no water, so hikers must hide bottles of water along the path before they begin. "In the desert, water is not something you buy. It is something you plan," Noam explains.
What surprised Noam most was the kindness of strangers. Along the trail, hundreds of families offer hikers a shower, a meal or a place to sleep, without asking for money. These volunteers are known as "trail angels". "One evening in a village in the Galilee, a woman I had never met washed my clothes and cooked dinner for me," he remembers. "She said that it was her way of walking the trail with me."
Not everyone loves the trail. Some hikers complain that parts of it pass near busy roads and cities, and others find the Negev too difficult. Still, for many young Israelis, it has become a way to say goodbye to one stage of life and prepare for the next. As Noam says, "You start the trail as a tourist in your own country. You finish it as someone who knows it."
תרגיל 2 מתוך 3
הטקסט: The Trail That Crosses a Country
Every year, thousands of Israelis put on their boots and start walking. Some walk for a day or a weekend, but many try to complete the whole Israel National Trail, a path of about 1,100 kilometres that crosses the country from Kibbutz Dan, near the border with Lebanon, to the Red Sea at Eilat.
The trail opened in 1995. Along the way, it is marked by three painted stripes, white, blue and orange, on rocks, trees and walls, so that hikers do not need a map at every turn.
Noam Shapira, 22, walked the whole trail after his army service. "I thought it would be a long holiday," he says. "It was the hardest thing I have ever done." Most hikers need between six and eight weeks to finish. In the Negev there are long parts with no villages and no water, so hikers must hide bottles of water along the path before they begin. "In the desert, water is not something you buy. It is something you plan," Noam explains.
What surprised Noam most was the kindness of strangers. Along the trail, hundreds of families offer hikers a shower, a meal or a place to sleep, without asking for money. These volunteers are known as "trail angels". "One evening in a village in the Galilee, a woman I had never met washed my clothes and cooked dinner for me," he remembers. "She said that it was her way of walking the trail with me."
Not everyone loves the trail. Some hikers complain that parts of it pass near busy roads and cities, and others find the Negev too difficult. Still, for many young Israelis, it has become a way to say goodbye to one stage of life and prepare for the next. As Noam says, "You start the trail as a tourist in your own country. You finish it as someone who knows it."
תרגיל 3 מתוך 3
הטקסט: The Trail That Crosses a Country
Every year, thousands of Israelis put on their boots and start walking. Some walk for a day or a weekend, but many try to complete the whole Israel National Trail, a path of about 1,100 kilometres that crosses the country from Kibbutz Dan, near the border with Lebanon, to the Red Sea at Eilat.
The trail opened in 1995. Along the way, it is marked by three painted stripes, white, blue and orange, on rocks, trees and walls, so that hikers do not need a map at every turn.
Noam Shapira, 22, walked the whole trail after his army service. "I thought it would be a long holiday," he says. "It was the hardest thing I have ever done." Most hikers need between six and eight weeks to finish. In the Negev there are long parts with no villages and no water, so hikers must hide bottles of water along the path before they begin. "In the desert, water is not something you buy. It is something you plan," Noam explains.
What surprised Noam most was the kindness of strangers. Along the trail, hundreds of families offer hikers a shower, a meal or a place to sleep, without asking for money. These volunteers are known as "trail angels". "One evening in a village in the Galilee, a woman I had never met washed my clothes and cooked dinner for me," he remembers. "She said that it was her way of walking the trail with me."
Not everyone loves the trail. Some hikers complain that parts of it pass near busy roads and cities, and others find the Negev too difficult. Still, for many young Israelis, it has become a way to say goodbye to one stage of life and prepare for the next. As Noam says, "You start the trail as a tourist in your own country. You finish it as someone who knows it."
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