Unit: 11; Lesson: 1(B); Renewable Energy Sources -1
Sohan lives in a village in the south-west part of Bangladesh. Last night he could not sleep. His sister had the SSC exam next morning. She could not read either.
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There was-load shedding. The summer night being sticky hot, life became hell without electricity. Most of their area remained dark for hours due to power shortage.
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In May-June, temperature shoots up to 40 degree Celsius. With almost 90 per cent of humidity in the atmosphere, it becomes all sweat, wet, damp and stinky.
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When you are busy fanning yourself all the time, how come you concentrate on studies? In the
night it is impossible to sit in the study with a candle light or table lamp or hurricane lamp or a rural kerosene lamp.
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People simply come out of houses almost bare-bodied and sit in the open places. Some splash cold water on their faces. Fans are still, lamps are out and it is dark everywhere. It is simply unbearable.
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What is the reason of frequent load-shedding? Press reports say there is a shortage in electricity production.
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According to the Power development authorities, the demand for electricity a few years ago was more than 6,000 MW* a day while the supply remained around 4,200 MW.
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In the rural areas, the Rural Electrification Board (REB) could supply barely half of the total demand which was around 2,400 MW per day.
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In the capital city, the demand stood at around 1,400 MW while the supply amounted to 650 MW. As a result, load-shedding is unavoidable for the time being. But situation is improving very fast.
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English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
01. Sticky (adj)
02. Remain (v) 03. Muggy (adj) 04. Temperature (n) 05. Humidity (n) 06. Atmosphere (n) 07. Fan (v) 08. Concentrate (v) 09. Splash (v) 10. Unbearable (adj) 11. Frequent (adj) 12. Authorities (n) 13. Rural (adj) 14. Unavoidable (adj) 15. Load-shedding (n) 16. Power Shortage 17. Impossible (adj) 18. Concentrate (v) 19. Damp (adj) 20. Production (n) 21. Development (adj) 22. Rural (adj) 23. Demand (n) 24. Everywhere (adv) |
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