Conversation 9
In this English Conversation, Mrs. Ghosh and her student, Rima, are having a conversation about how to manage stress during the lockdown.
इस अंग्रेज़ी वार्तालाप में, मिसेज़ घोष और उनकी स्टूडेंट रीमा इस बारे में बातचीत करते हुए कि lockdown के दौरान स्ट्रेस से कैसे जूझा जाये।
Mrs. Ghosh: Hello Rima, how are you?
Rima: I’m good, ma’am.
Mrs. Ghosh: Okay! See, I heard from your father that you have been really stressed lately. Would you tell me what’s wrong? Maybe I can help..
Rima: It’s nothing big ma’am. It is just this quarantine thing that is stressing me out.
Mrs. Ghosh: I can understand that.
Rima: I know I shouldn’t make this a big deal but it is getting very difficult to focus on anything these days.
Mrs. Ghosh: That’s alright. To freshen up your mind, you can watch a good movie or do something you really enjoy.
Rima: Yeah. I know. It’s not so easy though. I see all these people being super productive and then here I am doing absolutely nothing.
Mrs. Ghosh: You know you shouldn’t be comparing yourself with anyone else, right?
Rima: Yes ma’am, but that’s all I can think about. With nothing else to do I tend to use my phone a lot to go through different social media accounts.
Mrs. Ghosh: Not bad to distract your mind from stress.
Rima: But, every time I open my social media accounts all I notice is people bragging about the new skills they learnt or talking about a hobby they liked.
Mrs. Ghosh: Yes, that could be too much for us sometimes.
Rima: I know, it is not a good thing to compare myself with others but I can’t help it.
Mrs. Ghosh: We can try one thing. You want to know what?
Rima: Sure!
Mrs. Ghosh: Since you love poetry, let’s do a project. I will give you a subject every day. You will have to write a poem on that. Show it to me. I’ll correct the mistakes for you and then if you want, you can post them on your social media account.
Rima: It sounds like a great idea. In the end, I will have learnt so much about poetry that I’ll be able to publish a book of my own.
Mrs. Ghosh: Oh! For sure! That would be great!
Rima: Hmm! Thank you ma’am! You’ve been a great help to me!
Mrs. Ghosh: You don’t need to thank me. What are teachers for anyway?
Rima: That’s true. Okay ma’am, I have to go now so I talk to you later. Bye!
Mrs. Ghosh: Bye!