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Grandpa's New Hobby

Dedenin Yeni Hobisi

Emekli olduktan sonra günleri boş ve sıkıcı geçen Nihat Amca, evde mutsuz olur. Torunu ona internetten bir şeyler öğrenmeyi önerir. Nihat Amca eski bir hayalini hatırlar: resim yapmak. İlk denemeleri kötüdür ama pes etmez. Bir yıl sonra küçük bir sergi açar ve emekliliğin sonun değil, yeni bir başlangıç olabileceğini gösterir.

Dedenin Yeni Hobisi: hikaye kapak çizimi
İzmir575 kelime · 11 yeni kelimeGramer: past simple ve present perfect

Altı noktalı kelimelere dokun, anlamı çıksın.

Nihat Amca worked hard for forty years. He was an , and he was always busy. Then one day, he . At first, he was happy. "Now I can rest," he thought. But after a few weeks, a problem started. His days were empty. He had nothing to do. He was and a little sad.

Every day, Nihat Amca sat in his chair and watched television. He drank tea and looked out of the window. The hours passed slowly. His wife was worried about him. "You need something to do," she said. "You need a . You can not just sit here every day." But Nihat Amca did not know what to do.

One weekend, his granddaughter Ece came to visit. She saw that her grandfather was unhappy. "Dede, what did you love to do when you were young?" she asked. "What was your ?" Nihat Amca thought for a long time. Then he smiled a little. "When I was a boy, I loved to ," he said. "But I never had time."

Ece's eyes lit up. "Then paint now, Dede!" she said. "You have all the time in the world!" The next day, she bought him some paints, brushes, and paper. "Here is your new hobby," she said. Nihat Amca was not sure. "I am too old," he said. "And I have forgotten everything." But Ece did not listen.

Nihat Amca started to paint. His first paintings were terrible. The colors were wrong, and the shapes were strange. He wanted to stop. "I can not do this," he said. But then he remembered Ece's words. He tried again the next day, and the next. Slowly, his paintings got better.

Something wonderful happened to Nihat Amca. He was not bored anymore. Every morning, he woke up early and could not wait to paint. He painted the sea, the old streets of İzmir, and flowers from his balcony. The hours now passed quickly. He was happy again. Painting gave him a new energy and a new .

Painting also changed Nihat Amca in another way. He started to look at the world differently. On his walks, he noticed the colors of the sky, the shapes of the clouds, and the light on the sea. Things he never saw before were suddenly beautiful to him. "I lived here for seventy years," he said, "but now I am really seeing it for the first time."

Nihat Amca painted every day for a whole year. His home was now full of colorful paintings. His family loved them. The neighbors loved them too. One day, Ece had another idea. "Dede, your paintings are beautiful," she said. "Let's have a small ! People should see your work." Nihat Amca was shy, but he agreed.

They organized a small exhibition at the local community center. Nihat Amca was very . "What if nobody comes?" he thought. But he was wrong. Many people came — family, neighbors, and even strangers. Everybody loved his paintings. Some people even wanted to buy them. Nihat Amca could not believe it.

At the exhibition, Nihat Amca was the happiest man in the world. "I have a new life," he told Ece with tears in his eyes. "Thank you, my dear. You believed in me." Now Nihat Amca teaches a painting class for other retired people. He always tells them the same thing: "Retirement is not the end. It is the start of a new ."

Kelimeler

Hikayedeki 11 yeni kelime, hikayeden örnek cümleleriyle.

accountantisimmuhasebeci

He was an accountant.

retirefiilemekli olmak

...one day, he retired.

boredsıfatsıkılmış

He was bored and a little sad.

hobbyisimhobi

You need a hobby.

dreamisimhayal

What was your dream?

paintfiilresim yapmak, boyamak

I loved to paint.

purposeisimamaç

...a new energy and a new purpose.

exhibitionisimsergi

Let's have a small exhibition!

nervoussıfatgergin

Nihat Amca was very nervous.

discoverfiilkeşfetmek

I have discovered a new life.

adventureisimmacera

It is the start of a new adventure.

Gramer notu

Past simple ve present perfect

Bu hikayede past simple ve present perfect öne çıkıyor.

  • Past simple: belli, bitmiş geçmiş. He retired. / He started to paint. / Many people came.
  • Present perfect: geçmişte olan ama etkisi şimdi süren, zamanı belirsiz işler. Yapı: have/has + 3. hal.
  • I have discovered a new life. (Yeni bir hayat keşfettim.)
  • And I have forgotten everything. (Ve her şeyi unuttum.)

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6 kısa soru. Cevabını seç, hemen doğrusunu gör.

1.Why is Nihat Amca sad after he retires?

2.What question does Ece ask her grandfather?

3.What was Nihat Amca's old dream?

4.How are his first paintings?

5.What idea does Ece have after a year?

6.What does Nihat Amca now tell other retired people?