Cyclone Aila Lessons 2-3
D. Look, listen and read (āĻĻেāĻ, āĻļোāύ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§).
Cyclone Aila (āĻূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§ āĻāĻāϞা)
Babul and his family live on the island of Dublar Char (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞ āĻ āϤাāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ āĻĻুāĻŦāϞাāϰ āĻāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒে āĻŦāϏāĻŦাāϏ āĻāϰে). Life is good for the family now, but that wasn't true after Cyclone Aila (āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύে āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻাāϞ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻāĻĄ় āĻāĻāϞাāϰ āĻĒāϰে āĻ āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻিāϞ āύা).
Babul doesn't remember Cyclone Aila, but his parents often talk about that terrible night in 2009 (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞ āĻূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§ āĻāĻāϞাāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻŽāύে āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āύা, āϤāĻŦে āϤাāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ়āĻļāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝ āϏাāϞেāϰ āϏেāĻ āĻāϝ়াāύāĻ āϰাāϤেāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāϞেāύ).
Babul's father had a grocery shop and his mother worked in a fish farm (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽুāĻĻিāϰ āĻĻোāĻাāύ āĻিāϞ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻŽা āĻāĻāĻি āĻŽাāĻেāϰ āĻাāĻŽাāϰে āĻাāĻ āĻāϰāϤেāύ). They had a small house that they shared with Babul's grandparents (āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻāĻি āĻোāĻ āĻŦাāĻĄ়ি āĻিāϞ āϝা āϤাāϰা āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻĻাāĻĻা-āĻĻাāĻĻিāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻাāĻāĻাāĻি āĻāϰে āĻĨাāĻāϤ). Babul was just a baby, but his sister Nipa was six years old (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞ āϤāĻāύ āĻļুāϧুāĻ āĻŦাāĻ্āĻা, āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤাāϰ āĻŦোāύ āύিāĻĒাāϰ āĻŦāϝ়āϏ āϤāĻāύ āĻāϝ় āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻিāϞ).
Babul's father told him what happened that day (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা āϤাঁāĻে āĻŦāϞেāύ, āϏেāĻĻিāύ āĻী āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ). There was light rain in the morning on 25 May (⧍ā§Ģ āĻŽে āϏāĻাāϞে āĻšাāϞāĻা āĻŦৃāώ্āĻি āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ). In the afternoon, the wind started to blow and people began to run for their homes (āĻŦিāĻেāϞে, āĻŦাāϤাāϏ āĻŦāĻāϤে āĻļুāϰু āĻāϰে āĻāĻŦং āϞোāĻেāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϰ āĻĻিāĻে āĻĻৌāĻĄ়াāϤে āĻļুāϰু āĻāϰে). Babul's father closed his shop and his mother came home (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা āϤাāϰ āĻĻোāĻাāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻāϰে āĻĻেāϝ় āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻŽা āĻŦাāĻĄ়ি āĻĢিāϰে āĻāϏেāύ). His grandparents checked the family's emergency kit (āϤাāϰ āĻĻাāĻĻা-āĻĻাāĻĻি āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻāϰুāϰী āĻĒ্āϰā§োāĻāύেāϰ āĻĨāϞেāĻি āĻĒāϰীāĻ্āώা āĻāϰেāĻিāϞেāύ). Their torch was working and they had extra batteries (āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāϰ্āĻ āĻাāĻ āĻāϰāĻিāϞ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻাāĻে āĻ āϤিāϰিāĻ্āϤ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻাāϰি āĻিāϞ). They put the torch, batteries and first aid kit in plastic box (āϤাāϰা āĻĒ্āϞাāϏ্āĻিāĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻ্āϏে āĻāϰ্āĻ, āĻŦ্āϝাāĻাāϰি āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĨāĻŽিāĻ āĻিāĻিā§āϏাāϰ āϏāϰāĻ্āĻাāĻŽ āϰাāĻে).
By the evening, the river was rising (āϏāύ্āϧ্āϝাāϰ āĻĻিāĻে, āύāĻĻীāϰ āĻĒাāĻŖি āĻŦেā§ে āϝাāĻ্āĻিāϞ।). The winds of Cyclone Aila shook the walls of the house as if there was an earthquake (āĻূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§ āĻāĻāϞাāϰ āĻŦাāϤাāϏ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϰ āĻĻেāϝ়াāϞāĻে āĻāĻŽāύāĻাāĻŦে āύাāĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āĻĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞ āϝেāύāύ āĻূāĻŽিāĻāĻŽ্āĻĒ āĻšāϞে āĻšāϝ়). Everyone was afraid (āϏāĻŦাāĻ āĻāϝ় āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻিāϞ). Nipa began to cry (āύিāĻĒা āĻাঁāĻĻāϤে āĻļুāϰু āĻāϰāϞ). Suddenly, there was an awful noise and the family's roof blew away (āĻšāĻ াā§, āĻāĻāĻি āĻāϝ়াāύāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ āĻāĻŦং āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻাāĻĻāĻি āĻāĻĄ়ে āĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞ)! The sky was dark, but the family could see trees flying over their heads (āĻāĻাāĻļ āĻ āύ্āϧāĻাāϰ āĻিāϞ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰāĻি āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨাāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻāĻĄ়āύ্āϤ āĻাāĻāĻুāϞি āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻিāϞ). Grandmother still says she saw fish flying through the sky (āĻĻাāĻĻিāĻŽা āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻŦāϞেāύ āϝে āϤিāύি āĻāĻাāĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻĄ়āϤে āĻĻেāĻেāĻেāύ).
Cyclone Aila Lessons 4-5
The next day was awful (āĻĒāϰেāϰ āĻĻিāύāĻা āĻিāϞ āĻāϝ়াāύāĻ). Babul's family couldn't stop crying (āĻাāύ্āύা āĻĨাāĻŽাāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύি āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ). Nipa and grandfather were missing (āύিāĻĒা āĻāĻŦং āĻĻাāĻĻা āύিāĻোঁāĻ āĻিāϞ). Babul's father went out to look for them (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻুঁāĻāϤে āĻŦেāϰ āĻšāύ). He found Nipa in a field (āϤিāύি āĻāĻāĻি āĻŽাāĻ ে āύিāĻĒাāĻে āĻুঁāĻে āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻিāϞেāύ). She was holding onto a tree and she was covered in mud (āϤিāύি āĻāĻāĻি āĻাāĻ āϧāϰে āϰেāĻেāĻিāϞেāύ āĻāĻŦং āϤিāύি āĻাāĻĻাāϝ় āĻĸাāĻা āĻিāϞেāύ). She could not remember anything (āϏে āĻিāĻুāĻ āĻŽāύে āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻিāϞ āύা). He took Nipa at home and began looking for his father (āϤিāύি āύিāĻĒাāĻে āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϤে āύিāϝ়ে āϝাāύ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰ āϏāύ্āϧাāύ āĻļুāϰু āĻāϰেāύ). He looked
in the fields, the buildings and in the trees (āϏে āĻŽাāĻ ে, āĻāĻŦāύে āĻāĻŦং āĻাāĻে āĻĻেāĻāϞ). Many people in Bangladesh were missing after Cyclone Aila, and Babul's grandfather was one of them (āĻূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§ āĻāĻāϞাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļে āĻ āύেāĻ āĻŽাāύুāώ āύিāĻোঁāĻ āĻিāϞ, āĻāĻŦং āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻĻাāĻĻা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻিāϞেāύ).The family never found him (āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ āϤাāĻে āĻāĻāύো āĻুঁāĻে āĻĒাāϝ়āύি).
After Cyclone Aila, people worked together (āĻূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§ āĻāĻāϞাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŽাāύুāώ āĻāĻāϏāĻ্āĻে āĻাāĻ āĻāϰāϞ). Nipa's school became the shelter for the survivors (āύিāĻĒাāϰ āϏ্āĻুāϞ āĻŦেঁāĻে āϝাāĻāϝ়া āĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻļ্āϰāϝ়āϏ্āĻĨāϞ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻāĻ āϞ). Babul and his family went to live in the school (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞ āĻ āϤাāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ āϏ্āĻুāϞে āĻĨাāĻāϤে āĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞেāύ). The government of Bangladesh and workers from NGOs come to help, but things were very hard (āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļ āϏāϰāĻাāϰ āĻāĻŦং āĻāύāĻিāĻāĻুāϞিāϰ āĻāϰ্āĻŽীāϰা āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰāϤে āĻāϏে, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻিāύিāϏāĻুāϞি āĻুāĻŦ āĻāĻ িāύ āĻিāϞ). There wasn't enough safe drinking water or food, so many people became ill (āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤ āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻŖে āύিāϰাāĻĒāĻĻ āĻĒাāύীāϝ় āĻāϞ āĻŦা āĻাāĻŦাāϰ āĻিāϞ āύা, āϤাāĻ āĻ āύেāĻ āϞোāĻ āĻ āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻĒāĻĄ়েāĻিāϞ). In time, people repaired their homes and rebuilt their villages and bridges (āϏāĻŽāϝ়েāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏাāĻĨে, āϞোāĻেāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāĻুāϞি āĻŽেāϰাāĻŽāϤ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ্āϰাāĻŽ āĻ āϏেāϤুāĻুāϞি āĻĒুāύāϰ্āύিāϰ্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞ). They planted new trees and new crops in their fields (āϤাāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻŽিāϤে āύāϤুāύ āĻাāĻ āĻāĻŦং āύāϤুāύ āĻĢāϏāϞ āϰোāĻĒāĻŖ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞ). Babul feels happy when he looks at the trees and his sister Nipa, but he feels sad about his grandfather (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞ āϝāĻāύ āĻাāĻ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻŦোāύ āύিāĻĒাāϰ āĻĻিāĻে āϤাāĻাāϝ় āϤāĻāύ āϏে āĻুāĻļি āĻšāϝ়, āĻিāύ্āϤু āϏে āϤাāϰ āĻĻাāĻĻুāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻĻুঃāĻ āĻŦোāϧ āĻāϰে). His grandmother says, “Don't be sad, Babul (āϤাāϰ āĻ াāĻুāĻŽা āĻŦāϞে, "āĻĻুঃāĻ āĻāϰো āύা, āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞ). Grandfather wanted us to live for the future (āĻĻাāĻĻু āĻেāϝ়েāĻিāϞেāύ āĻāĻŽāϰা āϝেāύ āĻāĻŦিāώ্āϝāϤেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻŦেঁāĻে āĻĨাāĻি).”
Cyclone Aila Lessons 6-7
E. Read about Cyclone Aila again (āĻূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§ āĻāĻāϞা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻে āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻĒāĻĄ়). Complete the sentences (āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻুāϞি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻāϰ).
1. Cyclone Aila happened in (āĻূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§ āĻāĻāϞা āĻšā§েāĻিāϞ)…
a. March 2008.
b. May 2008.
c. March 2009.
d. May 2009.
Answer: d
2. Babul's mother worked (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻŽা āĻাāĻ āĻāϰāϤ)...
a. at home (āĻŦাā§িāϤে).
b. in a fish farm (āĻāĻāĻি āĻŽā§āϏ āĻাāĻŽাāϰে)
c. in a grocery shop (āĻāĻāĻি āĻŽুāĻĻি āĻĻোāĻাāύে).
d. in a school (āĻāĻāĻি āϏ্āĻুāϞে).
Answer: b
3. ... checked the family's emergency kit (__ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻāϰুāϰি āĻĒ্āϰā§োāĻāύে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰেāϰ āĻšāϞেāĻি āĻĒāϰীāĻ্āώা āĻāϰāϞ).
a. Babul
b. Nipa
c. Babul's grandparents (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻĻাāĻĻা-āĻĻাāĻĻী)
d. Babul's parents (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻĒিāϤা-āĻŽাāϤা)
Answer: c
4. The river began to rise (āύāĻĻীāϰ āĻĒাāĻŖি āĻŦেā§ে āĻেāϞ)...
a. in the morning (āϏāĻাāϞে)
b. at noon (āĻĻুāĻĒুāϰে)
c. in the afternoon (āĻŦিāĻাāϞে)
d. in the evening (āϏāύ্āϧ্āϝাā§)
Answer: d
5. Father found ___in a field (āĻŦাāĻŦা āĻŽাāĻ ে ___ āĻĒেā§েāĻিāϞ).
a. Nipa
b. Babul
c. grandfather (āĻĻাāĻĻা)
d. grandmother (āĻĻাāĻĻী)
Answer: a
6. ... was never found (___ āĻে āĻāĻāύো āĻĒাāĻā§া āϝাā§āύি).
a. Nipa
b. Babul
c. Grandfather
d. grandmother
Answer: c
7. The survivors of Cyclone Aila stayed (āĻূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§ āĻāĻāϞাā§ āĻŦেঁāĻে āϝাāĻā§াāϰা āĻĨাāĻāϞ)...
a. at home.
b. in a fish farm.
c. in a grocery shop.
d. in a school.
Answer: d
8. People became ill because (āĻŽাāύুāώ āĻ āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āĻšā§ে āĻĒā§āϞ āĻাāϰāύ)...
a. they didn't have safe drinking water or food (āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻাāĻে āύিāϰাāĻĒāĻĻ āĻĒাāύীāϝ় āĻāϞ āĻŦা āĻাāĻŦাāϰ āĻিāϞ āύা).
b. they weren't living in their homes (āϤাāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϤে āĻŦাāϏ āĻāϰāϤো āύা).
c. the fish farm was closed (āĻŽাāĻেāϰ āĻাāĻŽাāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻিāϞ).
d. the doctors couldn't help them (āĻĄাāĻ্āϤাāϰāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύāύি).
Answer: a
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