Thursday, September 18, 2025

Cyclone Aila

 



Cyclone Aila    Lessons 2-3

D. Look, listen and read (āĻĻেāĻ–āĻļোāύ āφāϰ āĻĒ⧜).

Cyclone Aila (āϘূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§œ āφāχāϞা)

Babul and his family live on the island of Dublar Char (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞ āĻ“ āϤাāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ āĻĻুāĻŦāϞাāϰ āϚāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒে āĻŦāϏāĻŦাāϏ āĻ•āϰে). Life is good for the family now, but that wasn't true after Cyclone Aila (āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύে āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻ­াāϞāĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϘূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻāĻĄ় āφāχāϞাāϰ āĻĒāϰে āĻ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻ›িāϞ āύা).

Babul doesn't remember Cyclone Aila, but his parents often talk about that terrible night in 2009 (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞ āϘূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§œ āφāχāϞাāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŽāύে āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āύাāϤāĻŦে āϤাāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ়āĻļāχ ā§¨ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝ āϏাāϞেāϰ āϏেāχ āĻ­āϝ়াāύāĻ• āϰাāϤেāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞেāύ).

Babul's father had a grocery shop and his mother worked in a fish farm (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽুāĻĻিāϰ āĻĻোāĻ•াāύ āĻ›িāϞ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻŽা āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŽাāĻ›েāϰ āĻ–াāĻŽাāϰে āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤেāύ). They had a small house that they shared with Babul's grandparents (āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ›োāϟ āĻŦাāĻĄ়ি āĻ›িāϞ āϝা āϤাāϰা āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻĻাāĻĻা-āĻĻাāĻĻিāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻ­াāĻ—āĻ­াāĻ—ি āĻ•āϰে āĻĨাāĻ•āϤ). Babul was just a baby, but his sister Nipa was six years old (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻļুāϧুāχ āĻŦাāϚ্āϚাāĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤাāϰ āĻŦোāύ āύিāĻĒাāϰ āĻŦāϝ়āϏ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ›āϝ় āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻ›িāϞ).

Babul's father told him what happened that day (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা āϤাঁāĻ•ে āĻŦāϞেāύāϏেāĻĻিāύ āĻ•ী āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ). There was light rain in the morning on 25 May (⧍ā§Ģ āĻŽে āϏāĻ•াāϞে āĻšাāϞāĻ•া āĻŦৃāώ্āϟি āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ). In the afternoon, the wind started to blow and people began to run for their homes (āĻŦিāĻ•েāϞেāĻŦাāϤাāϏ āĻŦāχāϤে āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰে āĻāĻŦং āϞোāĻ•েāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϰ āĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻĻৌāĻĄ়াāϤে āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰে). Babul's father closed his shop and his mother came home (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা āϤাāϰ āĻĻোāĻ•াāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻ•āϰে āĻĻেāϝ় āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻŽা āĻŦাāĻĄ়ি āĻĢিāϰে āφāϏেāύ). His grandparents checked the family's emergency kit (āϤাāϰ āĻĻাāĻĻা-āĻĻাāĻĻি āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āϜāϰুāϰী āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύেāϰ āĻĨāϞেāϟি āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞেāύ). Their torch was working and they had extra batteries (āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϟāϰ্āϚ āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›িāϞ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻŦ্āϝাāϟাāϰি āĻ›িāϞ). They put the torch, batteries and first aid kit in plastic box (āϤাāϰা āĻĒ্āϞাāϏ্āϟিāĻ•েāϰ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϏে āϟāϰ্āϚāĻŦ্āϝাāϟাāϰি āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĨāĻŽিāĻ• āϚিāĻ•িā§ŽāϏাāϰ āϏāϰāĻž্āϜাāĻŽ āϰাāĻ–ে).

By the evening, the river was rising (āϏāύ্āϧ্āϝাāϰ āĻĻিāĻ•েāύāĻĻীāϰ āĻĒাāĻŖি āĻŦে⧜ে āϝাāϚ্āĻ›িāϞ।). The winds of Cyclone Aila shook the walls of the house as if there was an earthquake (āϘূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§œ āφāχāϞাāϰ āĻŦাāϤাāϏ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϰ āĻĻেāϝ়াāϞāĻ•ে āĻāĻŽāύāĻ­াāĻŦে āύাāĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āĻĻিāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ āϝেāύāύ āĻ­ূāĻŽিāĻ•āĻŽ্āĻĒ āĻšāϞে āĻšāϝ়). Everyone was afraid (āϏāĻŦাāχ āĻ­āϝ় āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ). Nipa began to cry (āύিāĻĒা āĻ•াঁāĻĻāϤে āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰāϞ). Suddenly, there was an awful noise and the family's roof blew away (āĻšāĻ াā§ŽāĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ­āϝ়াāύāĻ• āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ āĻāĻŦং āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻ›াāĻĻāϟি āωāĻĄ়ে āĻ—িāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ)! The sky was dark, but the family could see trees flying over their heads (āφāĻ•াāĻļ āĻ…āύ্āϧāĻ•াāϰ āĻ›িāϞāĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰāϟি āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨাāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āωāĻĄ়āύ্āϤ āĻ—াāĻ›āĻ—ুāϞি āĻĻেāĻ–āϤে āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ). Grandmother still says she saw fish flying through the sky (āĻĻাāĻĻিāĻŽা āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻŦāϞেāύ āϝে āϤিāύি āφāĻ•াāĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻŽাāĻ› āωāĻĄ়āϤে āĻĻেāĻ–েāĻ›েāύ).



Cyclone Aila    Lessons 4-5

The next day was awful (āĻĒāϰেāϰ āĻĻিāύāϟা āĻ›িāϞ āĻ­āϝ়াāύāĻ•). Babul's family couldn't stop crying (āĻ•াāύ্āύা āĻĨাāĻŽাāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύি āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ). Nipa and grandfather were missing (āύিāĻĒা āĻāĻŦং āĻĻাāĻĻা āύিāĻ–োঁāϜ āĻ›িāϞ). Babul's father went out to look for them (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ–ুঁāϜāϤে āĻŦেāϰ āĻšāύ). He found Nipa in a field (āϤিāύি āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŽাāĻ ে āύিāĻĒাāĻ•ে āĻ–ুঁāϜে āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞেāύ). She was holding onto a tree and she was covered in mud (āϤিāύি āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ—াāĻ› āϧāϰে āϰেāĻ–েāĻ›িāϞেāύ āĻāĻŦং āϤিāύি āĻ•াāĻĻাāϝ় āĻĸাāĻ•া āĻ›িāϞেāύ). She could not remember anything (āϏে āĻ•িāĻ›ুāχ āĻŽāύে āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻ›িāϞ āύা). He took Nipa at home and began looking for his father (āϤিāύি āύিāĻĒাāĻ•ে āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϤে āύিāϝ়ে āϝাāύ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰ āϏāύ্āϧাāύ āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰেāύ). He looked

in the fields, the buildings and in the trees (āϏে āĻŽাāĻ েāĻ­āĻŦāύে āĻāĻŦং āĻ—াāĻ›ে āĻĻেāĻ–āϞ). Many people in Bangladesh were missing after Cyclone Aila, and Babul's grandfather was one of them (āϘূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§œ āφāχāϞাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļে āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻŽাāύুāώ āύিāĻ–োঁāϜ āĻ›িāϞāĻāĻŦং āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻĻাāĻĻা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ›িāϞেāύ).The family never found him (āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ āϤাāĻ•ে āĻ•āĻ–āύো āĻ–ুঁāϜে āĻĒাāϝ়āύি).

After Cyclone Aila, people worked together (āϘূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§œ āφāχāϞাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŽাāύুāώ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰāϞ). Nipa's school became the shelter for the survivors (āύিāĻĒাāϰ āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞ āĻŦেঁāϚে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়া āĻĻেāϰ āφāĻļ্āϰāϝ়āϏ্āĻĨāϞ āĻšāϝ়ে āωāĻ āϞ). Babul and his family went to live in the school (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞ āĻ“ āϤাāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞে āĻĨাāĻ•āϤে āĻ—িāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞেāύ). The government of Bangladesh and workers from NGOs come to help, but things were very hard (āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļ āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰ āĻāĻŦং āĻāύāϜিāĻ“āĻ—ুāϞিāϰ āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽীāϰা āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤে āφāϏেāĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϜিāύিāϏāĻ—ুāϞি āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ•āĻ িāύ āĻ›িāϞ). There wasn't enough safe drinking water or food, so many people became ill (āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤ āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻŖে āύিāϰাāĻĒāĻĻ āĻĒাāύীāϝ় āϜāϞ āĻŦা āĻ–াāĻŦাāϰ āĻ›িāϞ āύাāϤাāχ āĻ…āύেāĻ• āϞোāĻ• āĻ…āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻĒāĻĄ়েāĻ›িāϞ). In time, people repaired their homes and rebuilt their villages and bridges (āϏāĻŽāϝ়েāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏাāĻĨেāϞোāĻ•েāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāĻ—ুāϞি āĻŽেāϰাāĻŽāϤ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽ āĻ“ āϏেāϤুāĻ—ুāϞি āĻĒুāύāϰ্āύিāϰ্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞ). They planted new trees and new crops in their fields (āϤাāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϜāĻŽিāϤে āύāϤুāύ āĻ—াāĻ› āĻāĻŦং āύāϤুāύ āĻĢāϏāϞ āϰোāĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞ). Babul feels happy when he looks at the trees and his sister Nipa, but he feels sad about his grandfather (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ—াāĻ› āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻŦোāύ āύিāĻĒাāϰ āĻĻিāĻ•ে āϤাāĻ•াāϝ় āϤāĻ–āύ āϏে āĻ–ুāĻļি āĻšāϝ়āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏে āϤাāϰ āĻĻাāĻĻুāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻĻুঃāĻ– āĻŦোāϧ āĻ•āϰে). His grandmother says, “Don't be sad, Babul (āϤাāϰ āĻ াāĻ•ুāĻŽা āĻŦāϞে, "āĻĻুঃāĻ– āĻ•āϰো āύাāĻŦাāĻŦুāϞ). Grandfather wanted us to live for the future (āĻĻাāĻĻু āϚেāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞেāύ āφāĻŽāϰা āϝেāύ āĻ­āĻŦিāώ্āϝāϤেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻŦেঁāϚে āĻĨাāĻ•ি).”



Cyclone Aila    Lessons 6-7

E. Read about Cyclone Aila again (āϘূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§œ āφāχāϞা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে āφāĻŦাāϰ āĻĒāĻĄ়). Complete the sentences (āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻ—ুāϞি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ).

1. Cyclone Aila happened in (āϘূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§œ āφāχāϞা āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›িāϞ)…

a. March 2008.

b. May 2008.

c. March 2009.

d. May 2009.

Answer: d

2. Babul's mother worked (āĻŦাāĻŦুāϞেāϰ āĻŽা āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ)...

a. at home (āĻŦা⧜িāϤে).

b. in a fish farm (āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŽā§ŽāϏ āĻ–াāĻŽাāϰে)

c. in a grocery shop (āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŽুāĻĻি āĻĻোāĻ•াāύে).

d. in a school (āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞে).

Answer: b

3.  ... checked the family's emergency kit (__ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āϜāϰুāϰি āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰেāϰ āĻšāϞেāϟি āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰāϞ).

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 āĻŦে⧜ে āĻ—েāϞ)...

a. in the morning (āϏāĻ•াāϞে)

b. at noon (āĻĻুāĻĒুāϰে)

c. in the afternoon (āĻŦিāĻ•াāϞে)

d. in the evening (āϏāύ্āϧ্āϝা⧟)

Answer: d

5. Father found ___in a field (āĻŦাāĻŦা āĻŽাāĻ ে ___ āĻĒে⧟েāĻ›িāϞ).

a. Nipa 

b. Babul               

c. grandfather (āĻĻাāĻĻা)

d. grandmother (āĻĻাāĻĻী)

Answer: a

6. ... was never found (___ āĻ•ে āĻ•āĻ–āύো āĻĒাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āϝা⧟āύি).

a. Nipa 

b. Babul               

c. Grandfather

d. grandmother

Answer: c

7. The survivors of Cyclone Aila stayed  (āϘূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻā§œ āφāχāϞা⧟ āĻŦেঁāϚে āϝাāĻ“ā§Ÿাāϰা āĻĨাāĻ•āϞ)...

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§Ÿে āĻĒ⧜āϞ āĻ•াāϰāύ)...

a. they didn't have safe drinking water or food (āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে āύিāϰাāĻĒāĻĻ āĻĒাāύীāϝ় āϜāϞ āĻŦা āĻ–াāĻŦাāϰ āĻ›িāϞ āύা).

b. they weren't living in their homes (āϤাāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϤে āĻŦাāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤো āύা).

c. the fish farm was closed (āĻŽাāĻ›েāϰ āĻ–াāĻŽাāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻ›িāϞ).

d. the doctors couldn't help them (āĻĄাāĻ•্āϤাāϰāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύāύি).

Answer: a


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