Aug ('06)-5 - Spoken English

-¨¡-E¢√®Ωç 12 -Çí∫Ææ’d 2006

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Prabhakar: Hi Divakar, when did you come?

(£æ…ß˝’ C¢√-éπ®˝! á°æ¤p-úÌ-î√a´¤?) Divakar:

Hardly a few hours ago, by the Howrah Express.

(É°æ¤púË éÌEo-í∫ç-ô© éÀçü¿ô, £æ«˜®√ áé˙q-vÂ°Æˇ™ ´î√a†’.) Prabhakar: Back home after a long time, you feel happy, don't you? But why

Ñ Ææ綵«-≠æù í∫´’-Eç-î√®Ω’ éπü∆? ÅFo-é¬-éπ-§Ú-®·Ø√, áèπ◊\-´í¬ short sentences, exclamations ÖØ√o®· éπü∆. ´’†ç OöÀE spoken English ™ report îËÊÆ-ô-°æ¤púø’, Ç ´÷ô-éÌÊÆh formal í¬ report îËÊÆ-ô-°æ¤púø’ èπÿú≈ ´’éÃ\éÀ -´’-éÀ\í¬ rules v°æ鬮Ωç report îËߪ’-†-éπ\-®Ω-™‰ü¿’. äéπJ ´÷ô-™ xE ¶µ«´ç îÁúøèπ◊çú≈, Ææ£æ«-ïûªyç éπE-°œç-îË-ôô’x report îËߪ’-í∫-L-TûË î√™« ¶«í∫’ç-ô’çC. îª÷úøçúÕ: Kumar: I am taking the exam next week.

are you out so soon?

Kesav: Wish you the best of luck.

(î√™«-鬩ç ûª®√yûª AJ-íÌ-î√a´¤. ÆæçûÓ≠æçí¬ ÖçC éπü∆? Å®·ûË Å°æ¤púË ´’S} •ßª’-öÀ-éÌ-î√a-¢ËçöÀ?) Divakar:

Oh, just think of it. What do I find

Report: Kumar told Kesav that he was taking the exam next week, and Kesav wished him the best of luck.

4) Ashok: Why did you drive so fast?

Now look at the following expressions & sentences.

Amar: I was late for class. (class

as I step into home? Mom down

Study this table carefully and practise the spoken form well.

(áçü¿’-éπçûª ¢Ëí∫çí¬ †úÕ-§ƒ´¤?) èπ◊ Ç©-Ææu-´’-®·çC)

Prabhakar: What train did you say you came by?

Ashok: I wouldn't do it if I were you. Isn't dangerous?

with a fever.

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(îª÷úø’. Éçöx Cí∫-í¬ØË Øˆ’ îª÷Æœç -üË-N’öÀ? Å´’tèπ◊ ïy®Ωç.)

D†®Ωnç: †’´¤y à train ™ ´î√a-†-Ø√o¢˛? äéπ®Ω’ îÁ°œpçC ÆæJí¬ N†-éπ-§ÚûË, ´’S} îÁ°æp´’-†ôç É™«. a) O’ Ê°Í®-N’-ô-Ø√o®Ω’, ´’S} ã≤ƒJ îÁ°æpçúÕ.

(ØËØË †’´y-®·ûË Å™« îËߪ’†’. v°æ´÷ü¿ç éπü∆?)

What did you say your name was?

You are welcome Prabhakar: What train did you say you came by?

(à

train

™ ´î√a†Ø√o´¤ †’´¤y?)

Didn't you Express?

say

the

Howrah

(£æ«˜®√ áé˙q-vÂ°Æˇ ÅØ√o´¤ éπü∆?) My uncle must have come by the same train.

(´÷ ´÷´’ߪ’u èπÿú≈ ÅüË ´îª’aç-ú≈L).

train

™

But why are you out? Divakar:

I told you. Mom has a fever and I am going to get some medicines. What a bother?

words ᙫ î˨»¢Á÷ (Indirect ™ ᙫ îÁ§ƒp¢Á÷) í∫´’-Eç-îªçúÕ. ´÷´‚-©’í¬ Å®·ûË, Kesav said that

Report:

report speech

a) Present tense: Ashok wonders why Amar drive so fast. Amar says he was late for class. Ashok advises him not to do it and warns him it is dangerous.

he wished him the best of luck formal spoken form

b) Past tense: Ashok wondered why Amar had driven so fast. Amar said he was late for class. Ashok advised him not to do it and warned him against it/ of the danger/ that it was dangerous.

1) Abhishek: Thanks a lot for your help. Anamika: You are welcome.

Prabhakar: Really a pity! Hope it is just an ordinary fever.

thanks you are welcome/ you are most welcome/ welcome

Divakar:

bother)

Report:

Suppose we want to report the conversation above. How do we go about it?

a) Present tense: Abhishek thanks Anamika a lot for her help. Anamika appreciates his thanks. b) Past tense: Abhishek thanked Anamika a lot for her help. Anamika appreciated it. 2) Pradhan: Congratulations on your getting the top grade. Keep it up. Prakash: Thank you. a) Reporting verb - Present tense:

Prabhakar: Sorry to hear that.

(ÅÈ®, §ƒ°æç) Damn these heavy rains! They are the cause of all these.

Pradhan congratulates Prakash on his getting the top grade and adds a word

Prabhakar: Oh, curse my memory! I forgot to congratulate you on your getting a new and better job.

(Ø√ ´’A-´’-®Ω-°æ¤-´©x ´’®Ω-*-§Ú-ߪ÷†’. Fèπ◊ Éçûª-èπ◊-´·çü¿’ éπçõ‰ ´’ç*, éÌûªh job ´*a-†ç-ü¿’èπ◊ éπçví¬ö¸q. Thank you. But I must rush. I've been too long with you. Mom must be wondering where I am. See you later. Bye. (Thanks. é¬F ؈’ ¢Á∞«}L. FûÓ ´’K áèπ◊\-´-ÊÆ-°æ¤-Ø√o†’. OúÁ-éπ\-úø’-Ø√oú≈ ÅE Å´’t ņ’-éÌç-ô’ç-ô’çC. ûª®√yûª éπ©’ü∆lç.)

Spoken English

a) I wonder if he knows this =

¢√úÕ-éÀC ûÁ©’≤Ú ûÁL-ߪ’üÓ? (Ø√éπ®Ωnç 鬴-ôç-™‰ü¿’) b) Suneetha: Will Suguna come now?

(´’†ç °j Ææ綵«-≠æù ᙫ

report

(Ææ’í∫’ù É°æ¤p-úÌ-Ææ’hçü∆?) Supriya: I wonder.

(´Ææ’hçüÓ ®√üÓ, Ø√éπ-†’-´÷-†¢Ë’) Exercise: Report aloud the whole conversation at the beginning of the lesson, both according to rules and informally.

îË≤ƒhç?)

Reporting - Present Formal (acc. to rules)

Reporting - Past

Informal (spoken)

Formal (acc. to rules)

Informal (spoken)

Prabhakar says it is really Prabhakar is disap- Prabhakar said it was real- Prabhakar was disa pity and that he hopes it pointed and hopes it ly a pity and that he hoped appointed and hoped it was ordinary fever. is ordinary fever is ordinary fever. it was ordinary fever. Divakar says he wishes it Divakar wishes it Divakar expressed a wish were, but that he suspects were, but suspects that it had been, but that he suspected it was some it is some viral fever. it is a viral fever. viral fever.

Divakar wished it had been, but suspected it to be a viral fever.

of encouragement. Prakash thanks him. b) Reporting verb - Past tense:

(Ñ ¢Áüµ¿´ ´®√{©’. OöÀ-´™‰x É´Fo.)

ØËØÁ-éπ\-úø’-Ø√oØ√ ÅE Å´’t -Ç-™-îª-†-™ °æ-úÕ -Öç-ô’ç-C. ´÷´‚-©’í¬ wonder Åçõ‰ Å®Ωnç ´’†ç-ü¿-JéÀ ûÁ©’Ææ’– Ǩ¡a-®Ωu-éπ-®Ω-¢Á’i† N≠æߪ’ç ÅE. Å®·ûË Ééπ\úø, Mom must be wondering/ I wonderÉ™«ç-öÀ-îÓôx wonder èπ◊ Å®Ωnç– 'à´’-ߪ·uç-ô’çD, à´’-´îª’a— ÅE. àüÁjØ√ N≠æ-ߪ÷Eo í∫’Jç* ´’†ç Ç™-îª-†™ °æúøôç ÅE.

(I) wish it were! But I'm afraid it's some viral fever.

Prabhakar: Sorry to hear that.

(I) wish it were! But I'm afraid it's some viral fever.

îÁ°œp-†-°æ¤púø’,

(áéπ\úø °ö«d-†-Ø√o´¤ ü∆Eo?) 2) Mom must be wondering where I am.

Now look at the following part of conversation at the beginning of the lesson:

Åçö«ç)

(´÷´‚©’ ïy®Ωç Å®·ûË ¶«í¬ØË Öç-úË-C. àüÓ viral fever ÅE ņ’-´÷†çí¬ ÖçC Ø√èπ◊.)

Divakar:

´÷´‚-©’í¬ Å®·ûË, Åçö«ç éπü∆. ™ ÅØËC DØËo ÉçéÓ Nüµ¿çí¬–

(á´-È®jØ√ ´’†èπ◊

(Eïçí¬ ü¿’®Ωü¿%≠æd¢Ë’. ´÷´‚©’ ïy®Ω¢Ë’ éπü∆?)

Divakar:

Where did you keep it? spoken form you kept it where common. Where did you say you kept it?

Kesav's

ÅE ÅØ√Lq M. SURESAN ´Ææ’hçC. Å™« Åçõ‰ í¬ í¬F, ™ í¬F, (formal í¬ éπçõ‰ spoken form ™ áèπ◊\-´í¬) î√™« ÅÆæ-£æ«ïçí¬ Öçô’çC. Åçü¿’-éπE Å™«çöÀ ¶µ«´ç îÁúø-èπ◊çú≈ °j† ûÁL-°œ-†ô’x report îËߪ’ôç better.

You kept it where?

Sumanth: I kept it on the table.

(îÁ§ƒp†’ éπü∆. Å´’tèπ◊ ïy®Ωçí¬ Öçü¿E, ´’çü¿’©’ BÆæ’-èπ◊-®√-´-ú≈-EéÀ ¢Á∞¡Ÿûª’Ø√o. àç ¶«üµÓ! – NÆæ’í∫’ – What a Prabhakar: Really a pity! Hope it's just an ordinary fever

Divakar:

b) Srinath:

Pradhan congratulated Prakash on his getting the top grade and added a word of encouragement. Prakash thanked him. 3) Susanth: This bike often gives me trouble. What a bother! (What a bother=

áçûª *é¬èπ◊)

Report: a) Susanth is vexed that this/ that bike often gives him trouble. b) Susanth was vexed that that bike often gave him trouble.

É™« ´’†ç report îËÊÆ-ô-°æ¤púø’ He said that, etc., ™«çöÀN ¢√úø-èπ◊çú≈ ¶µ«¢√Eo ûÁ©’°æ-í∫-L-TûË î√©’.

b) Do=

1. Make

†’, Do †’ àN-üµ¿çí¬ -Ö°æßÁ÷-Tç-î√L? 2. Xerox , photocopy © ´’üµ¿u ûËú≈ ûÁ©-°æçúÕ. – ñ„.®√V, ÇC-™«-¶«ü˛

ÅûªØËç îËÆæ’h-Ø√oúø’ (àüÁjØ√ °æE) He is studying= Åûªúø’ îªü¿’-´¤-ûª’-Ø√oúø’. ii) You do your duty = F NCµ †’´¤y- îÁ®·u (E®Ωy-£œ«ç)

1. a) Make means to produce / manufacture. Make

Do work, harm, homework, business, a course, one's best, etc.

Åçõ‰ üËØÁj oØ√ ûªßª÷-®Ω’-îË-ߪ’úøç, ÖûªpAh îËߪ’úøç ÅØË Å®ΩnçûÓ áèπ◊\-´í¬ ¢√úøû√ç.

i) Mother is making coffee =

Å´’t 鬰∂‘ ûªßª÷®Ω’îË≤ÚhçC. ii) The student is making an attempt to understand the subject =

Nü∆uJn Æ涄-bèπ◊d†’ Å®Ωnç îËÆæ’éÓ-´-ö«-EéÀ v°æߪ’ûªoç îËÆæ’h-Ø√oúø’.

àüÁjØ√ °æE-îË-ߪ’ôç/ E®Ωy-£œ«ç-îªôç

i) What is he doing? =

Make a cake, money, a speech, fun etc., 2. Photocopy Photostat photo copy Xerox company machine photocopy Xerox copy photostat machines

Åçõ‰ üËE-ÈéjØ√ BÆœ†-ô’xí¬ ¢√∞¡x O’ü¿ Å®·ûË Åçö«®Ω’. †’ ¢Á·ü¿ô v°æ¢Ë-¨¡-°-öÀdçD, É°æp-öÀéà Åûªuçûª °ü¿l company ÅüË. ÅÆæ©’ ÅØ√-LqçC photocopy ÅØË. Xerox copy Xerox brand machine O’ü¿ -BÊÆ copy È®çúø÷ äéπõ‰. photocopy correct.

´îËa BÊÆ

, ÅE.

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