Unit-4; Lesson-1(B); Are we aware?
âIs there anybody here who has ever crossed a river by a boat?â âI have, teacher,â said Jamil. âAnd I clearly remember what happened in that journey.â
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻ¯ā§ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§ā§āĻ?â âāĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ,â āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛āĨ¤ âāĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖā§ āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤â
âWould you please tell us what happened,â the teacher asked. âOkay, teacher. It happened while I was in class 6.
āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦā§ āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛?â āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤ âāĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ ā§ŦāĻˇā§āĻ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
On a weekly bazar day, people were coming back with their shopping bags and baskets in hands, on shoulders and heads.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻ āĻā§ā§āĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§, āĻāĻžāĻāĻ§ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
They had to cross the river. It was not a big river. There was a ferry boat plying on the river. The boat could cross it in 8-10 minutes.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻŦā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§ā§āĻž āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ ā§Ž-ā§§ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
It was just after sunset. The weather was getting worse. The wind started blowing from the north-west. Black clouds were fast-moving in the sky.
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°- āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸ āĻŦāĻāĻ¤ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžāĻļā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ÃĻāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Everybody was trying to get into the boat. âNo more, no more, please wait,â shouted the boatman. But nobody listened to him.â
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ â āĻāĻ° āĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻ° āĻ¨ā§, āĻĻā§āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨,â āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤â
âWhat happened then, Jamil?â asked Rumi. âWith too many people on board, the boat sank in the middle of the river,â replied Jamil.
âāĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛?â āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤ âāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĄā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤â āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
âOh no! What happened then?â asked the teacher. âThank God. It was not a fatal accident.
âāĻāĻšā§ āĻ¨āĻž! āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛?â āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤ âāĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤ āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ â
All the passengers swam to the other side. But some of them lost their things such as oil, salt and milk,â said Jamil.
āĻ¸āĻāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛, āĻ˛āĻŦāĻ¨, āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤â āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛āĨ¤
âWere you on the boat?â asked the teacher. âNo, teacher. Seeing the boat overcrowded, I waited for the next time,â replied Jamil.
âāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§?â āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤ âāĻ¨āĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻāĨ¤ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ,â āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
âYouâve done the right thing, Jamil.â
âāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§, āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤â
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
New Word
1.Crossed (v) 2.Happened (v) 3.Shoulder (n) 4.Ply on (v) 5.Sunset (n) 6.Shout (v) |
āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
ā§§.āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻž ā§¨.āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ā§Š.āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ§, āĻāĻžāĻāĻ§ ā§Ē.āĻ¨āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻĒāĻĨā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤āĻžā§āĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž ā§Ģ.āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ˛ ā§Ŧ.āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
New Word
07. Shout (v) 08. Board (n) 09. Boat (n) 10. Casualty (n) 11. Overcrowded (adj) |
āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
ā§Ļā§. āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž ā§Ļā§Ž. āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤Â āĻ¤āĻā§āĻ¤āĻž ā§Ļā§¯. āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻž ā§§ā§§. āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ |