ABSTRACT
Shabir Khan is planning to spend his Christmas hollday in India. He knows that December and January are excellent months to visit India. Summers are hot and they are followed by the monsoon. He goes to an Indian travel agent in London to make his travel plans
By the end of this unit you should be able to:
• talk about your own and others’ plans • compare people and objects • develop paraphrasing skills • express desires • use the future tense • express ability/capability • use progressive tense forms
AGENT: kyā xidmat kar saktī ? SHABIR: hindustān ke liye TikaT (tickef) cāhiye? AGENT: sirf apne liye? SHABIR: xāndān ke liye. AGENT: kitne log SHABIR: cār-do baRe aur do bacce. AGENT: baccõ kī umar bārah sal se kam hε? SHABIR: laRkī kī umar bārah sāl hε aur laRke kī che sāl. AGENT: kab jānā cāhte ? SHABIR: Christmas ke dino mẽ. AGENT: is vaqt bahut rush hotā hε, ticket hõge. SHABIR: koī bāt AGENT: What can I do (for you)? (lit. What service can I do?) SHABIR: I need a ticket for India. AGENT: Only for yourself? SHABIR: For the family. AGENT: How many people are (there in the family)? SHABIR: Four-two adults and two chlldren. AGENT: Is the age of the children less than twelve? SHABIR: The girl is twelve and the boy (is) six. (lit. The age of the girl is twelve
years and (the age) of the boy (is) six years.) AGENT: When do (you) want to go? SHABIR: During Christmas. (lit. During Christmas days.) AGENT: It’s a very busy tlme. (lit. There’s a rush this time.) The ticket will be expensive. SHABIR: It does not matter.
