JSC Seen📖Class VIII

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¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ°ā§‹āĻŦāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž, āĻœāĻžāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻŽāĻž āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ“ āĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ˜ā§āĻŽ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ 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§œāĻžāĻ¤āĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻž āĻ–āĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ°āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻŦāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĻļāĻ¤āĻž āĻ–āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

They reached the market place sharp at 7. The canals were surrounded with coconut palm trees.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ• ā§­āĻŸāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§ŒāĻ›āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ–āĻžāĻ˛āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻ•ā§‡āĻ˛ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

They hired a boat. The boatman started to row slowly taking them to the center of the market.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻ¨ā§ŒāĻ•āĻž āĻ­āĻžā§œāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ§ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ§ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨ā§ŒāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛āĨ¤

There were boats everywhere. The sellers were mainly elderly Thai women.

āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨ā§ŒāĻ•āĻžāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻŦā§ŸāĻ¸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˛, āĻ–āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¤āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻœāĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻ˛, āĻĢāĻ˛-āĻĢāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ•āĻ¸āĻŦāĻœāĻŋ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ°āĻ¸āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§‹āĻšāĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ¨ā§ŒāĻ•āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹

The sellers and buyers rowed their boats slowly. The sellers displayed their goods for sale and the buyers chose their pick.

āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ§ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ§ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨ā§ŒāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻ¸āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻœāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨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§‡āĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛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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