A dialogue between two friends about reading newspaper

A dialogue between two friends about reading newspaper.

Sujon    : Hello Sharmin! How are you?

Sharmin : Thank you. I am fine. How are you?

Sujon    : I am also fine. Thank you. Where are you going?

Sharmin  : I am going to buy a newspaper. 

Sujon    : Do you read the newspaper regularly?

Sharmin  : Of course. Don’t you?

Sujon    : Certainly. You know a newspaper is called the storehouse of knowledge.

Sharmin  : You are right. Without reading newspapers we can’t know about the world.

Sujon    : They who don’t read newspapers remain frogs of the well. Because they don’t know the current affairs of the country and world.

Sharmin  : At the same time newspapers contain articles related to our study. They are very helpful.

Sujon     : Which section of newspaper do you like most?

Sharmin : Certainly the study page. And you?

Sujon    : I like the general knowledge section and literary articles. Sometimes I send my writings to the newspaper.

Sharmin  : That’s very good. Newspapers hold people’s view, too. I have to go now.

Sujon     : Ok. See you later. Bye.

Sharmin  : Bye. 

Difficult Words & Meanings

  • Regularly: Often; at fixed or usual intervals.
  • Certainly: Without any doubt; surely.
  • Storehouse: A place where things are stored in large quantities; a rich source or supply.
  • Knowledge: Facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education.
  • Current affairs: Important political or social events happening in the world at the present time.
  • Remain: To continue to be in the same place or condition.
  • Frogs of the well: An idiom meaning someone with a narrow or limited perspective, unaware of the wider world.
  • Contain: To have or hold something within.
  • Articles: Pieces of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.
  • Section: Any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided.
  • Literary: Concerning the writing, study, or content of literature, especially of the kind valued for quality of form.
  • Writings: Books, stories, or other textual works.