The Clockmaker’s Last Clock
Soatsozning so‘nggi soati
Sarlavha va pastdagi so‘zlarga qarang. Matn nima haqida bo‘lishi mumkin? Bir daqiqa o‘ylab ko‘ring — bu miyani o‘qishga tayyorlaydi.
Keksa soatsoz va yosh shogird o‘rtasidagi do‘stlik haqida hikoya.
Kalit so‘zlar
Bu so‘zlar matnda uchraydi va matnda ajratib ko‘rsatiladi. Bosing — talaffuzini eshitasiz.
⏱ O‘qish boshlanganda vaqt o‘lchanadi — oxirida tezligingizni ko‘rasiz.
👆 Istalgan so‘zni bosing — tarjimasi yoki lug‘atga havola chiqadi.
For fifty years, Ismoil aka had repaired clocks and watches in a tiny shop in the old part of Samarkand. The shop was so small that only two customers could stand inside at the same time, and every wall was covered with clocks: tall wooden ones, small silver ones, clocks with birds that came out to sing, and clocks so old that nobody knew who had made them. All of them were ticking, and all of them showed exactly the right time.
Ellik yil davomida Ismoil aka Samarqandning eski qismidagi kichkina do‘konda soat va qo‘l soatlarini ta’mirlab kelardi. Do‘kon shunchalik kichkina ediki, ichkarida bir vaqtning o‘zida faqat ikki mijoz tura olardi va har bir devor soatlar bilan qoplangan edi: baland yog‘och soatlar, kichik kumush soatlar, qushchalari chiqib sayraydigan soatlar va shunchalik eski soatlarki, ularni kim yasaganini hech kim bilmasdi. Ularning hammasi chiqillab turar va hammasi aniq to‘g‘ri vaqtni ko‘rsatardi.
But times were changing. Fewer and fewer people wore watches; they checked the time on their phones. Ismoil aka’s eyes were not as good as they used to be, and his hands sometimes shook. His children lived in Moscow and wanted him to close the shop and come to live with them. “Who will fix the clocks?” he always asked. Nobody had an answer.
Lekin zamon o‘zgarayotgan edi. Qo‘l soat taqadigan odamlar tobora kamayib borardi; ular vaqtni telefonlarida ko‘rishardi. Ismoil akaning ko‘zlari avvalgidek yaxshi emas, qo‘llari esa ba’zan titrardi. Uning farzandlari Moskvada yashashar va otalari do‘konni yopib, ular bilan birga yashashini xohlashardi. “Soatlarni kim tuzatadi?” — deb so‘rardi u doim. Hech kimda javob yo‘q edi.
One rainy afternoon in November, a teenage boy came into the shop. He was holding a broken pocket watch. “It was my great-grandfather’s,” he said. “My father says it can’t be repaired.” Ismoil aka opened the back of the watch with a tiny screwdriver and looked inside for a long time. “Your father is wrong,” he said finally. “But it will take time. Come back next week.”
Noyabr oyining yomg‘irli kunlarining birida tushdan keyin do‘konga bir o‘smir bola kirdi. Uning qo‘lida singan cho‘ntak soati bor edi. “Bu katta bobomniki edi”, dedi u. “Otam uni tuzatib bo‘lmaydi, deydi.” Ismoil aka mitti otvyortka bilan soatning orqa qopqog‘ini ochib, uzoq vaqt ichiga qarab turdi. “Otang adashyapti”, dedi u nihoyat. “Lekin bunga vaqt kerak. Kelasi hafta kel.”
The boy, whose name was Doniyor, came back the next day, and the day after that. He sat quietly in the corner and watched the old man work. He asked questions: why this part was made of brass, why that spring was so thin, how the old masters had made such tiny pieces without machines. Ismoil aka, who had not had anyone to talk to about his work for years, found himself explaining everything.
Ismi Doniyor bo‘lgan bola ertasi kuni ham, undan keyingi kuni ham keldi. U burchakda jimgina o‘tirib, cholning ishlashini kuzatardi. U savollar berardi: nega bu qism jezdan qilingan, nega anavi prujina shunchalik ingichka, eski ustalar mashinalarsiz shunday mitti qismlarni qanday yasashgan. Yillar davomida ishi haqida gaplashadigan hech kimi bo‘lmagan Ismoil aka o‘zi sezmagan holda hammasini tushuntirib bera boshladi.
After two weeks, the watch was ready. When Doniyor heard it ticking again, his eyes filled with tears. But he didn’t leave. “Can you teach me?” he asked. Ismoil aka looked at him for a long moment. “It takes years,” he said. “It’s boring. You will make mistakes, and nobody will pay you much.” Doniyor nodded. “I know,” he said. “I still want to learn.”
Ikki haftadan keyin soat tayyor bo‘ldi. Doniyor uning yana chiqillayotganini eshitganda, ko‘zlari yoshga to‘ldi. Lekin u ketmadi. “Menga o‘rgata olasizmi?” — deb so‘radi u. Ismoil aka unga uzoq tikilib qoldi. “Bunga yillar kerak”, dedi u. “Bu zerikarli. Xatolar qilasan va hech kim senga ko‘p pul to‘lamaydi.” Doniyor bosh irg‘adi. “Bilaman”, dedi u. “Baribir o‘rganmoqchiman.”
For the next three years, Doniyor came to the shop every day after school. His first attempts were terrible; he lost tiny screws, broke springs and once took a clock completely apart and couldn’t put it back together. But slowly his hands became steadier and his eyes sharper. By the time he was eighteen, customers were asking for him by name.
Keyingi uch yil davomida Doniyor har kuni maktabdan keyin do‘konga kelardi. Uning dastlabki urinishlari dahshatli edi; u mitti vintlarni yo‘qotar, prujinalarni sindirar, bir marta esa soatni butunlay qismlarga ajratib, qaytib yig‘a olmadi. Lekin asta-sekin uning qo‘llari mustahkamroq, ko‘zlari o‘tkirroq bo‘lib bordi. O‘n sakkiz yoshga to‘lganida mijozlar uni ismi bilan so‘rab kela boshlashdi.
Ismoil aka finally went to Moscow to live with his children when he was eighty. On his last day in the shop, he gave Doniyor a key and a small wooden clock that he had made himself when he was young. “Every clock stops one day,” he said. “The important thing is that someone starts it again.” Today, the shop is still there, and every clock on the wall is still ticking.
Ismoil aka nihoyat sakson yoshida farzandlari bilan yashash uchun Moskvaga ketdi. Do‘kondagi oxirgi kunida u Doniyorga kalit va o‘zi yoshligida yasagan kichik yog‘och soatni berdi. “Har bir soat bir kun to‘xtaydi”, dedi u. “Muhimi — kimdir uni yana yurgizib yuborishi.” Bugun do‘kon hali ham o‘sha yerda va devordagi har bir soat hali ham chiqillab turibdi.
Tushundingizmi?
Javob topa olmasangiz, «O‘qish» bosqichiga qaytib, matnga qarang — bu ham mashq.
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Asosiy g‘oya
1 What is the story mainly about?
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2 Why did Ismoil aka’s children want him to close the shop?
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3 What did Doniyor’s father think about the watch?
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4 Why did Ismoil aka enjoy explaining things to Doniyor?
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5 What did Ismoil aka give Doniyor on his last day?
True / False / Not Given
True — matnda aynan shunday deyilgan. False — matn aksini aytadi. Not Given — matnda bu haqda ma’lumot yo‘q.
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1 Ismoil aka had three children.
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2 Ismoil aka warned Doniyor that the work would not pay well.
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3 The pocket watch had belonged to Doniyor’s great-grandfather.
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4 Doniyor’s first attempts were very good.
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5 Ismoil aka repaired clocks for fifty years.
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6 The shop was large enough for many customers.
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7 Customers asked for Doniyor by name when he was eighteen.
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8 The watch was repaired in one day.
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9 Ismoil aka moved to Moscow at the age of eighty.
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10 Doniyor’s father later became a customer.
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11 All the clocks in the shop showed the correct time.
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Chapdan so‘zni, o‘ngdan uning ma’nosini tanlang. Hammasi juftlansa, natija chiqadi.
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