Topic : Load- shedding
Speakers : Myself (Julian) and my friend (Rahim)
[I meet Rahim on my way home and stop him.]
| Myself: | Hello, Rahim. How are you ? |
| Rahim: | Very well. Thank you. And how about you? |
| Myself: | Fine, thanks. But you’re looking gloomy(মনমরা). Is anything wrong with you? |
| Rahim: | Nothing’s wrong with me. I’m fed up with the present situation of load-shedding in our locality. |
| Myself: | Do you have time to have a cup of coffee with me? |
| Rahim: | Yes, I do. |
| Myself: | Then let’s go to the nearby coffee shop. There we’ll talk about it. |
| Rahim: | Let’s go. |
[We enter the coffee shop & order two cup of coffee for us. ]
| Myself: | Now, tell me how you’re affected(আক্রান্ত) by load-shedding. |
| Rahim: | I can neither prepare my lessons properly nor do my homework regularly because of load-shedding. My final exam is near at hand & I’m really anxious(উদ্বিগ্ন) about it. |
[Coffee arrives & we start sipping slowly]
| Myself: | Load-shedding is not a local problem but a national problem. Somehow we have to cope with this problem, because it’s not immediately solvable. |
| Rahim: | What can we do in this regard(ক্ষেত্রে)? |
| Myself: | In fact, we have nothing to do. We can only make full use of daylight. |
| Rahim: | What can we do at night? |
| Myself: | We can work by candlelight(সন্ধ্যাকাল) at night. |
| Rahim: | We’re so helpless! I wish these days were over. |
| Myself: | So do I. |
| Rahim: | Thanks for your coffee. |
| Myself: | Don’t mention it. |
| Rahim: | Let’s get moving. |
[I pay the bill and leave the coffee shop with Rahim]
