JSC Unit: 6; Lesson-9(B); The Tha Kha Floating Market
It was Sunday. Mita, Zara and Jhuma Islam and Mazharul Islam woke up very early.
āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻŽ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
They quickly got ready and started for Tha Kha floating market. They planned to have breakfast at the market.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžā§āĻžāĻ¤āĻžā§āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻšā§ā§ āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻā§āĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻļāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
They reached the market place sharp at 7. The canals were surrounded with coconut palm trees.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ ā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
They hired a boat. The boatman started to row slowly taking them to the center of the market.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžā§āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
There were boats everywhere. The sellers were mainly elderly Thai women.
āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤
Their small boats were laden with bundles of lotus flowers, farm-fresh coconuts, fruits, vegetables, local food and delicious sweets.
āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻŽ āĻĢā§āĻ˛, āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¤āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛, āĻĢāĻ˛-āĻĢāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻāĻ¸āĻŦāĻāĻŋ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ°āĻ¸āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛ā§
The sellers and buyers rowed their boats slowly. The sellers displayed their goods for sale and the buyers chose their pick.
āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻ¸āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
They could have a little chit-chat as buying and selling was going on.
āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
01. Quickly (adv) 02. Ready (adj) 03. Breakfast (n) 04. Sharp (adv) 05. Surrounded (adj) 06. Slowly (adv) 07. Centre (n) 08. Everywhere (adv) 09. Row (v) 10. Seller (n) 11. Mainly (adv) 12. Lotus (n) 13. Bundle (n) 14. Farm- fresh (adj) 15. Local (adj) 16. Delicious (adj) 17. Buyer (n) 18. Sale (n) 19. Displayed (v) 20. Chose (v) 21. Pick (n) |
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