Speaking practice Part-Iv (GK-18)
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Part - iv
Ask me out:
Tony Lee
asked me out
the other night
and I said no.
You know he
is really
embarrassing
to be with.
The last time
I went out
to a party
with him,
he really got
into
a fight with
someone.
And
then he wouldn’t
leave the party,
even after
everyone else
left.
Meanings:
The –
(දි) ශබ්දකිරීම
Embarrass:
(v)
අපහසුතාවයට පත් වෙනවා
Even:
(adv)
වුවත්
Ask:
(v)
අසනව/
ඉල්ලනව
Really:
(adv)
සැබැවින්ම/
ඉඳුරා
wouldn’t leave:
= (V)
සමුනොගෙන ඉන්න තිබුණා.
(නමුත් එසේ කළේ නෑ)
The research
Company:
I work for a market
research company.
We do research for
companies that are
planning to develop
new products.
I call people and ask
their questions about
the products they are
using now.
Sometimes I invite
people to come to
meetings.
We discuss plans for
new products with
then.
It’s pretty
interesting work.
I’ve been doing it for
nearly 15 years now,
and I’ve got no plans
to change jobs.
meanings:
Research :
(Che)
පර්යේෂණ
(n)
ගවේෂණය
(Log)
චින්තන වස්තුව
company:
(Acc)
වෙළඳ සමාගම
(Aes)
නළු පර්ෂදය
(n)
රංචුව
develop:
(v)
දියුණු වෙනවා
product:
(n)
නිෂ්පාදනය
invite:
(v)
බුලත් දෙනවා
(vt)
ආරධනා කරනවා/
කැඳවනවා
meeting:
(n)
සභාව/
සන්නිපාතය/
හමුවීම
discuss:
(v)
කතාවෙනවා
(vt)
සාකච්චා කරනවා
වාද විවාද කරනවා
pretty:
(a)
සුරුබුහුටි
(adv)
හුඟක්/
තරමක්
I’ve got no plans-
සැලසුම් මා ලඟ තිබිල නෑ
I’ve been doing it –
මම කරකර ඉදල තියෙනවා.
change:
(mat)
පරිවර්තනය
වෙනස්කිරීම
Want to
get a pet :
I used to live
in a nice
apartment Downtown
in a pretty interesting
neighborhood.
But the thing was,
they wouldn’t
let you keep
a pet.
I really wanted to
get a cat.
So I moved to
a place
near the park
where you could
keep pets.
Meanings:
interesting
(a)
සිත්ගන්නා /
ප්‍රයෝජනවත්
Really wanted to
සැබැවින්ම උවමනා වෙනවා
I live near the park.
මම උද්‍යානය සමීපයේ පදිංචිව සිටිනවා.
Apartment:
(n)
මැදිරිය/
තනිකාමරය
Downtown:
(n)
නගරයේ කඩමණ්ඩිය
Nice:
(a)
ප්‍රිය /
කදිම/
මනස්කාන්ත
Pretty:
(a)
චිත්තාකර්ෂණීය
(adv)
තරමක්
Neighborhood:
(n)
අවට පිහිටි ප්‍රදේශය
wouldn't:
ඉඩනොදෙන්නේය
(නමුත් එහෙම කළේ නැහැ)
Use to:
(a)
ඇබ්බැහිවෙලා/
පුරුදුව සිටි
Interesting:
(a)
සිත්ගන්නා /
ප්‍රයෝජනවත්
Really wanted to:
සැබැවින්ම උවමනා වෙනවා
The airport:
The airport
is far away
from the city,
and
it’s a
pretty horrible
place
It’s
very crowded,
and
there aren’t
many facilities.
There you know,
like stores
or
restaurants.
Anyway,
my flight was okay.
It was a bit bumpy,
but it left on time.
The food was awful,
though, it was dry
and tasteless.
However,
The service was
fantastic.
meanings:
airport:
(n)
ගුවන් තොටුපළ
away:
(a)
හුඟාක් එපිට/
ළඟනැති
(adv)
අහක/
බැහැර
pretty horrible:
(adj)
මනස්කාන්ත භයිංකර/
ඝෝර/
දරුණු
crowded:
(a)
ඉඩනැති/
ජනයා පිරුණු
aren’t- are not:
නොවෙත්
facilities:
(n)
ලෙහෙසිය/
පසුකම්
anyway:
(a)
කොයිහැටිවුවත්
flight:
(Eco)
පියසැරිය
/ඉඟිලීම/
වේගවත්ගමන
bumpy:
(a)
සමතලී නොවූ
left
(v)
සමුගත්තා/
පිටත්වුණා
awful:
(a)
භය උපදවන
(adj)
භයානක
though:
(adj)
කෙසේවුවත්/
එනමුත්
(adv)
වුවත්/
එහෙත්/
නමුත්
tasteless -
(conj)
අශෝභන/
නීරස
service –
(a)
තේවාව/
සේවය
however-
(adv)
කොපමණ වුවත්/
කෙසේ වුවත්/
ඒ කෙසේ වෙතත්
එසේවුවත් /
එසේවුවහොත්
fantastic –
(Ind)
මායාවී/
අද්භූතජනක/
අරුමපුදුම සහිත
BONUS:
Pronunciation:
Vowel Sounds:
(a)
1.
dull,
blunt,
dusk,
grunt,
rusk,
tusk,
glove,
monk,
rough,
flood.
2.
pardon,
lough,
calm,
glance,
grasp,
palm,
clerk,
hearth,
guard.
3.
big,
bill,
bitch,
brick,
ditch,
hip,
lid,
mist,
prick,
rim,
shift,
wrist.
4.
tease,
speak,
greedy,
beast,
dream,
lead,
peace,
meal,
chief,
niece.
5.
full,
should,
could,
foot,
wood.
6.
room,
drew,
tooth,
food,
noon,
moon,
rule,
truth,
lose,
move,
fruit.
(b)
1.
head,
friend,
jealous,
anyone,
debt,
says,
health,
meadow,
bury.
2.
happy,
scanty,
chat,
gang,
cash,
grand,
hatch,
wag.
3.
drop,
want,
possible,
prosperous,
forest,
offered,
shocked,
bottom,
promise,
fond,
knock,
mock,
rob, s
hone,
flock,
follow.
4.
All,
off,
court
brought,
reward,
story,
former,
dawn,
raw,
forty,
forward,
torch,
sword,
fault,
naughty,
broad,
board,
fourteen.
5.
a boy,
ago,
against,
beggar,
about,
attend,
aloud,
allow,
6.
service,
hurt,
circle,
hermit,
certain,
dirty,
first,
work,
worm.
(c.)
1.
one,
country,
young,
struck,
lovely,
rush,
grudge,
dove,
won,
front,
ton,
blood,
wonder,
honey,
rough,
tough,
enough.
2.
far,
bark,
charming,
farm,
path,
sharp,
tar,
laugh,
aunt,
heart,
smart,
aren't,
card,
cast,
grasp,
grant,
shan't,
hearth.
3.
this,
spin,
rick,
lift,
prince,
thick,
bin,
brim,
cliff,
fit,
sick.
4.
feast,
sleep,
sweet,
wheel,
bee,
breed,
geese,
weep,
dream,
heap,
field,
chief,
cheese,
seek,
bean,
deal,
scene, s
hield.
5.
good,
stood,
cook,
could,
would,
wolf.
6.
soon,
grew,
through,
goose,
hoof,
shoot,
blew,
blue,
threw,
prove,
group,
root,
pool,
tooth,
truth,
rude,
brute,
zoo.
(d).
1.
when,
pest,
best,
kept,
spread,
smell,
many,
leather,
feather.
2.
that,
fat,
rack,
pack,
cash,
match,
patch,
slap,
clap,
3.
crop,
strong,
long,
clock,
copy,
shone,
sorrow,
proper,
spot.
4.
all,
called,
dwarf,
morning,
according,
your,
lord,
torn,
worn.
5.
o'clock,
over,
,
letter,
income,
alive,
aside,
agree,
torn,
worn.
6.
world,
l
earn,
turn,
further,
first,
hurt,
curd,
purse,
earn.
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