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HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 10 Lesson 5 Consumerism

HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 10 Lesson 5 Consumerism

Consumerism

We spend money for different reasons. We buy foods, clothes or everyday essentials, pay for different services, entertain people, travel to places, help others in need or invest in business and thus spend money every day. In fact, spending is a part of our life.

Spending may make us happy or unhappy depending on how and why we spend. When we spend money on things that we need and within our limit, it is good. When it becomes a compulsive behaviour, it makes life stressful. Unnecessary spending or spending beyond one's means has some bad effects. For one thing, it may lead to financial ruin or debt, and for another, it may create unhappiness within families. People who overspend are never satisfied with what they have. They always rush for brands, fashion items, designer clothes etc. Over a period of time it becomes an addiction which may eventually create psychological problems.

Nowadays consumer items are displayed in stores or in advertisements in ways that they create a feeling of immediate need for them. We are constantly tempted to buy, use or consume things even when we do not have a genuine need. We all need to be careful here. Salespersons often encourage customers to buy things by flattering them. 'This is a perfect match for you,' they would say, or 'You look so stunning in that dress.' Never forget, they say the same thing to most of their customers. It is better not to be persuaded by such words. They use these words to please the customers as the more a customer buys, the higher the profit is. Overspending is not only related to shopping, it applies to other activities as well such as eating out. Many people buy too many items to eat in a restaurant. They can eat only some of them and the rest are wasted. It's not a responsible attitude. We cannot simply waste food because we have money to buy it.

Young people in a shopping mall often look at an item on display and think 'Oh I must buy this. I really need this.' They may not have the money needed in their wallet. So they use credit cards but using them is like taking a loan. If they are not careful, the loans increase which might lead them to a debt-trap.

Sometimes children insist on buying things that their parents cannot pay without stretching their budget. This may happen because the children's friends also have them. It's not fair as it becomes a burden for the parents.

Finally, don't get trapped by the glossy advertisements on television or the Internet. You should rather ask yourself: 'Do I need this?' The best way to control the habit of spending is not to think 'What I need', but 'Can I do without it?'

Answer the following questions.  

(1) Why are you tempted constantly to buy consumer items?  

Answer. Nowadays consumer items are displayed in stores or in advertisements in ways that they create a feeling of immediate need for them. We are constantly tempted to buy, use or consume things even when we do not have a genuine need. Moreover, salespersons often encourage us to buy things by flattering us. 

(2) What happens when you spend unnecessarily or spend beyond your means?  

Answer. Spending is a part of our life. But when we spend unnecessarily or spend beyond our means, it has some bad effects. For one thing, it may lead to financial ruin or debt, and for another, it may create unhappiness within families. People who overspend are never satisfied with what they have. They always rush for brands, fashion items, designer clothes etc. Over a period of time it becomes an addiction which may eventually create psychological problems.  

(3) What, according to the passage, are the reasons for which people spend money?

Answer. According to the passage, people spend money for different reasons. They buy foods, clothes or everyday essentials, pay for different services, entertain people, travel to places, help others in need or invest in business and thus spend money every day.

 (4) How can you control the habit of spending? 

Answer. Controlling the habit of spending is really tough. Moreover, consumer Items are displayed in stores or in advertisements in ways that they create a feeling of immediate need for them. Besides, there are salespersons who often encourage us to buy things by flattering us. So, the best way to control the habit of spending is not to think "What I need', but. 'Can I do without it?'.

(5) How, according to the writer of the prose piece, does spending make you happy or unhappy?

Answer. According to the writer of the prose piece, spending is a part of our life. It makes us happy or unhappy depending on how and why we spend. When we spend money on things that we need and within our limit, it is good and consequently It makes us happy. But when it becomes a compulsive behaviour, It makes our life stressful and we become unhappy.

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āφāĻŽāϰা āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖে āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āĻŦ্āϝāϝ় āĻ•āϰি । āφāĻŽāϰা āĻ–াāĻŦাāϰ, āϜাāĻŽাāĻ•াāĻĒāĻĄ় āĻŦা āĻĻৈāύāύ্āĻĻিāύ āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āϜিāύিāϏāĻ—ুāϞি āĻ•িāύি, āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āϏেāĻŦাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāύ āĻ•āϰি, āϞোāĻ•āϜāύāĻĻেāϰ āφāĻĒ্āϝাāϝ়āύ āĻ•āϰি, āϜাāϝ়āĻ—াāϝ় āϜাāϝ়āĻ—াāϝ় āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰি, āĻ…āύ্āϝāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰি āĻŦা āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏাāϝ় āĻŦিāύিāϝ়োāĻ— āĻ•āϰি āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĻিāύ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āĻŦ্āϝāϝ় āĻ•āϰি । āφāϏāϞে, āĻ–āϰāϚ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϜীāĻŦāύেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ…ংāĻļ ।

āφāĻŽāϰা āĻ•ীāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻāĻŦং āĻ•েāύ āĻŦ্āϝāϝ় āĻ•āϰি āϤাāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰে āĻŦ্āϝāϝ় āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰāĻ•ে āϏুāĻ–ী āĻŦা āĻ…āϏুāĻ–ী āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে। āφāĻŽāϰা āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āϜিāύিāϏāĻ—ুāϞিāϤে āĻāĻŦং āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϏীāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āĻŦ্āϝāϝ় āĻ•āϰি, āϤāĻ–āύ āϤা āĻ­াāϞ । āϝāĻ–āύ āϤা āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŦাāϧ্āϝāϤাāĻŽূāϞāĻ• āφāϚāϰāĻŖে āĻĒāϰিāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϝ়, āϤāĻ–āύ āϤা āϜীāĻŦāύāĻ•ে āϚাāĻĒāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•āϰে āϤোāϞে। āĻ…āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻŦা āύিāϜেāϰ āϏাāϧ্āϝেāϰ āĻŦাāχāϰে āĻŦ্āϝāϝ় āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ–াāϰাāĻĒ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ­াāĻŦ āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে। āĻāĻ• āϜিāύিāϏেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ, āϤা āφāϰ্āĻĨিāĻ• āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻŦা āĻ‹āĻŖেāϰ āĻĻিāĻ•ে āύিāϝ়ে āϝেāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āĻāĻŦং āĻ…āύ্āϝāϟিāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ, āϤা āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ…āĻļাāύ্āϤি āϏৃāώ্āϟি āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে । āϝাāϰা āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻŦ্āϝāϝ় āĻ•āϰে āϤাāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϝা āφāĻ›ে āϤা āύিāϝ়ে āĻ•āĻ–āύো āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āϟ āĻšāϝ় āύা। āϤাāϰা āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻŦ্āϰ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ, āĻĢ্āϝাāĻļāύ āφāχāϟেāĻŽ, āĻĄিāϜাāχāύেāϰ āϜাāĻŽাāĻ•াāĻĒāĻĄ় āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻিāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻ›ুāϟে āϝাāϝ়। āϏāĻŽāϝ়েāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏাāĻĨে āϤা āĻāĻ•āϟি āφāϏāĻ•্āϤিāϤে āĻĒāϰিāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϝ় āϝা āĻ…āĻŦāĻļেāώে āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে।

āφāϜāĻ•াāϞ āĻ­োāĻ•্āϤা āφāχāϟেāĻŽāĻ—ুāϞি āĻĻোāĻ•াāύে āĻŦা āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāĻĒāύāĻ—ুāϞিāϤে āĻāĻŽāύāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻāϰ্āĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ় āϝাāϤে āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϤাāϰা āϤাā§ŽāĻ•্āώāĻŖিāĻ• āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύেāϰ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤি āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰে । āφāĻŽāϰা āĻ•্āϰāĻŽাāĻ—āϤ āϜিāύিāϏ āĻ•িāύāϤে, āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻŦা āĻ­োāĻ— āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāϞুāĻŦ্āϧ āĻšāχ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•ি āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤ āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύ āύেāχ। āĻāĻ–াāύে āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϏāĻ•āϞāĻ•ে āϏāϤāϰ্āĻ• āĻĨাāĻ•āϤে āĻšāĻŦে। āĻŦিāĻ•্āϰāϝ়āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽীāϰা āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ়āχ āĻ—্āϰাāĻšāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āϚাāϟুāĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āϰে āϜিāύিāϏ āĻ•িāύāϤে āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšিāϤ āĻ•āϰে। ‘āĻāϟি āφāĻĒāύাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟি āύিāĻ–ুঁāϤ āĻŽাāύাāύāϏāχ,' āϤাāϰা āĻŦāϞāĻŦে, āĻŦা ‘āφāĻĒāύাāĻ•ে āϏেāχ āĻĒোāĻļাāĻ•ে āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ…āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻĻেāĻ–াāϚ্āĻ›ে।' āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ­ুāϞāĻŦেāύ āύা, āϤাāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦেāĻļিāϰāĻ­াāĻ— āĻ—্āϰাāĻšāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞে। āĻ āϧāϰāύেāϰ āĻ•āĻĨাāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāϰোāϚিāϤ āύা āĻšāĻ“āϝ়াāχ āĻ­াāϞো। āϤাāϰা āĻ—্āϰাāĻšāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āĻ–ুāĻļি āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻāχ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ—ুāϞি āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰে āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ—্āϰাāĻšāĻ• āϝāϤ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻ•িāύāĻŦেāύ, āϤāϤ āĻŦেāĻļি āϞাāĻ­ āĻšāĻŦে। āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻŦ্āϝāϝ় āĻļুāϧুāĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻ•েāύাāĻ•াāϟাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•িāϤ āύāϝ়, āϤা āĻ…āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻ•্āϰিāϝ়াāĻ•āϞাāĻĒেāϰ āĻĒাāĻļাāĻĒাāĻļি āĻŦাāχāϰে āĻ–াāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰেāĻ“ āĻĒ্āϰāϝোāϜ্āϝ। āĻ…āύেāĻ•ে āϰেāϏ্āϟুāϰেāύ্āϟে āĻ–াāĻ“āϝ়াāϝ় āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻŦেāĻļি āφāχāϟেāĻŽ āĻ•েāύেāύ। āϤাāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ–েāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āĻāĻŦং āĻŦাāĻ•িāĻ—ুāϞি āύāώ্āϟ āĻšāϝ়। āĻāϟি āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦāĻļীāϞ āĻŽāύোāĻ­াāĻŦ āύāϝ় । āφāĻŽāϰা āĻ–াāĻŦাāϰ āύāώ্āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰি āύা āĻ•েāĻŦāϞ āĻāϜāύ্āϝ āϝে āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে āϤা āĻ•েāύাāϰ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে।

āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻļāĻĒিং āĻŽāϞে āϝুāĻŦāĻ•āϰা āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ়āĻļāχ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻāϰ্āĻļāύীāϤে āĻāĻ•āϟি āφāχāϟেāĻŽ āĻĻেāĻ–ে āĻāĻŦং āĻ­াāĻŦে ‘āĻ“āĻš āφāĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻāϟি āĻ•িāύāϤে āĻšāĻŦে। āφāĻŽাāϰ āϏāϤ্āϝিāχ āĻāϟা āĻĻāϰāĻ•াāϰ।' āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽাāύিāĻŦ্āϝাāĻ—ে āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āϟাāĻ•া āύাāĻ“ āĻĨাāĻ•āϤে āĻĒাāϰে । āϤাāχ āϤাāϰা āĻ•্āϰেāĻĄিāϟ āĻ•াāϰ্āĻĄ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰে āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏেāĻ—ুāϞো āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰা āĻ‹āĻŖ āύেāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āĻŽāϤো। āϝāĻĻি āϤাāϰা āϏāϤāϰ্āĻ• āύা āĻšāϝ় āϤāĻŦে āĻ‹āĻŖ āĻŦেāĻĄ়ে āϝাāϝ় āϝা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ‹āĻŖেāϰ āĻĢাঁāĻĻে āĻĢেāϞে āĻĻিāϤে āĻĒাāϰে।

āĻ•āĻ–āύো āĻ•āĻ–āύো āĻļিāĻļুāϰা āĻāĻŽāύ āϜিāύিāϏ āĻ•েāύাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϜিāĻĻ āϧāϰে āϝা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāϜেāϟ āύা āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āĻĻিāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύ āύা । āĻāϟা āϘāϟāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻŦাāϚ্āϚাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻĻেāϰ āϤা āφāĻ›ে। āĻāϟা āĻ িāĻ• āύāϝ় āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟা āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাāϝ়েāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻŦোāĻা āĻšāϝ়ে āĻĻাঁāĻĄ়াāϝ় ।

āωāĻĒāϏংāĻšাāϰে, āϟেāϞিāĻ­িāĻļāύ āĻŦা āχāύ্āϟাāϰāύেāϟেāϰ āϚāĻ•āϚāĻ•ে āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāĻĒāύেāϰ āĻĢাঁāĻĻে āĻĒāĻĄ়āĻŦেāύ āύা। āφāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻŦāϰং āύিāϜেāĻ•ে āϜিāϜ্āĻžাāϏা āĻ•āϰা āωāϚিāϤ: “āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻ•ি āĻāϟি āĻĻāϰāĻ•াāϰ?” āĻŦ্āϝāϝ় āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻ…āĻ­্āϝাāϏ āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϏāϰ্āĻŦোāϤ্āϤāĻŽ āωāĻĒাāϝ় āĻšāϞ 'āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻ•ী āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύ' āĻ­াāĻŦা āύāϝ়, āĻŦāϰং 'āφāĻŽি āĻ•ি āĻāϟি āĻ›াāĻĄ়া āϚāϞāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?'

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āφāĻĒিāϞ āĻ•াāĻ•ে āĻŦāϞে āĻāĻŦং āĻ•ে āĻĻাāϝ়েāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে?  āφāĻĒিāϞ āφāĻĻাāϞāϤেāϰ āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা। āφāĻĒিāϞ āĻ“ āϰিāĻ­িāĻļāύেāϰ āĻĒাāϰ্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝ।  āĻĢৌāϜāĻĻাāϰী āφāĻĻাāϞāϤেāϰ āĻ•োāύ āĻĻāύ্āĻĄ āφāĻĒিāϞāϝোāĻ—্āϝ āύāϝ়?  āϏংāĻ•্āώিāĻĒ্āϤ āĻŦিāϚাāϰেāϰ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে āφāĻĒিāϞ।  āφāĻĒিāϞāĻ•াāϰীāϰ āĻŽূāϤ্āϝু āĻšāϞে āφāĻĒিāϞ āϚāϞāĻŦে āĻ•িāύা?  āĻ–াāϞাāϏ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤ āĻĻāύ্āĻĄেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āφāĻĒিāϞ। āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ:āφāĻĒিāϞ āĻ•াāĻ•ে āĻŦāϞে? āωāϤ্āϤāϰ: āĻĢৌāϜāĻĻাāϰি āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻŦিāϧিāϤে āφāĻĒিāϞেāϰ āϏুāύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ āϏংāϜ্āĻžা āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāύ āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϝ়āύি, āϤāĻŦে āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāϞোāϚāύাāϝ় āĻŦāϞা āϝাāϝ়: āĻ•āϞāĻ•াāϤা āĻšাāχāĻ•োāϰ্āϟ āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŽাāĻŽāϞাāϝ় āφāĻĒিāϞ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে āĻŦāϞেāύ: - āύিāĻŽ্āύ āφāĻĻাāϞāϤ āĻ•āϰ্āϤৃāĻ• āĻ•োāύ āĻŽাāĻŽāϞাāϰ āϰাāϝ়েāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āϏংāĻ•্āώুāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĒāĻ•্āώ āωāĻ•্āϤ āϰাāϝ় āϏংāĻļোāϧāύী āĻŦা āĻŦাāϤিāϞেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϊāϰ্āϧ্āĻŦāϤāύ āφāĻĻাāϞāϤে āϝে āĻĻāϰāĻ–াāϏ্āϤ āĻ•āϰে āϤাāĻ•ে āφāĻĒিāϞ āĻŦāϞে। āĻ…āĻ•্āϏāĻĢোāϰ্āĻĄ āĻ…āĻ­িāϧাāύেāϰ āϏংāϜ্āĻžা āĻ…āύুāϝাāϝ়ী:- āύিāĻŽ্āύ āφāĻĻাāϞāϤেāϰ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻŦা āϏংāĻļোāϧāύেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻ•োāύ āĻŽাāĻŽāϞা āύিāĻŽ্āύ āφāĻĻাāϞāϤ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āωāϚ্āϚ āφāĻĻাāϞāϤে āϏ্āĻĨাāύাāύ্āϤāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়াāχ āĻšāϞ āφāĻĒিāϞ। āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ: āϝিāύি āφāĻĒিāϞ āĻĻাāϝ়েāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύ; āωāϤ্āϤāϰ: āĻ•োāύ āφāĻĻাāϞāϤেāϰ āϰাāϝ় āĻŦা āφāĻĻেāĻļে āϝে āĻĒāĻ•্āώ āĻ•্āώāϤিāĻ—্āϰāϏ্āϤ āĻšāϝ় āĻŦা āϝে āĻĒāĻ•্āώ āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āϟ āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āύা, āϏেāχ āĻĒāĻ•্āώ āφāχāύে āϏুāύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ āĻŦিāϧাāύ āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে āωāϚ্āϚ āφāĻĻাāϞāϤে āφāĻĒিāϞ āĻĻাāϝ়েāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে। āĻŽেāĻŽোāϰেāύ্āĻĄাāĻŽ āĻŦা āĻĻāϰāĻ–াāϏ্āϤ āφāĻ•াāϰে āφāĻĒিāϞ āφāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšāϝ়। āφāĻĒিāϞ āφāĻŦেāĻĻāύে...

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