Tejali
Hello ऐकलंत का? Listen Here! मध्ये तुमचं स्वागत. या मालिकेत आपण निरनिराळे विषय आणि त्या संदर्भातले शब्द जाणून घेतो. मी तेजाली.

James
And I’m James – welcome back!

Tejali
आजचा विषय आहे वेळ. कधीकधी वेळ अगदी चटकन निघून जातो तर कधी कधी एक मिनिटही खूप मोठा वाटतो. असं का वाटतं? James, what makes time go very slow for you?

James
Well, when I’m taking a very long bus journey, time goes by so slowly. How about you?

Tejali
That used to happen to me also, specially जेव्हा बोरिंग लेक्चर्स असायचे.

James
Yes! I’ve found that too – I wonder why certain activities make time move slowly?

Tejali
पत्रकार जॉन मॅक्कॅर्थीं लेबननमध्ये तब्बल पाच वर्षे captivity म्हणजे बंदीवासात होते. ते आज त्यांचा अनुभव सांगतायत. त्यानंतर क्लॉडिया हॅमंड आपण वेळेबद्दल कसा विचार करतो याबद्दल सांगतील. ऐकूया.

Presenter
John McCarthy was a British journalist taken hostage in Lebanon, in 1986. He was held for five years, which passed very slowly, yet, somehow, also flashed by.  

James
How strange! The presenter said that John McCarthy’s five years in prison ‘flashed by’! If something flashes by, it goes very quickly!
 
Tejali
Flash by म्हणजे वेळ चुटकीसरशी निघून जाणे. Five years in prison is very long time; it’s surprising that it flashed by!

James
Let’s listen to that sentence again. How does the presenter say ‘was’?

Presenter
John McCarthy was a British journalisttaken hostage in Lebanon, in 1986. He was held for more than five years.

James
The speaker said ‘was’ a weak form of was. He said ‘washeld’. Repeat after me.
was
was held

Tejali
Let’s continue to listen. महिने फार पटापट निघून गेले यासाठी इथे कुठले शब्द वापरलेत?

John McCarthy
I was in solitary confinement underground for 2 or 3 months, so no daylight. Suddenly, one would wake up one day and think, another month gone, just like *click* that.

Tejali
‘Just like *click* that'? What does he mean?

James
When something happens like *click* that, it happens very quickly or immediately.

Tejali
तुम्ही तुमच्या बोटांनी चुटकी वाजवून इंग्रजीत, *click* झालं हे सांगू शकता, या चुटकीमुळे तुम्ही बोलत आहात ती गोष्ट चुटकीसरशी, म्हणजेच पटकन झाली हे तुम्हाला सांगता येईल. What verb does he use to say time moves slowly?
  
John McCarthy
It was extremely dull, and most of the time there was nothing going on, as indeed, often when one’s bored, time does seem to drag.

James
He said ‘time seems to drag’ – we can use the verb ‘drag’ when saying that time moves very slowly.

Tejali
Time dragsम्हणजेच वेळ हळू हळू जातो किंवा वेळ जाता जात नाही. Well, we don’t want time to drag for our listeners James, so let’s continue!  कधी कधी वेळ हळूहळू जातो, तर कधी कधी वेळ पटकन संपतो. याबद्दल क्लॉडिया हॅमंड नक्की काय म्हणतायंत ते ऐकू या.

Claudia Hammond
We judge how much time has passed by how many new memories we can make within a certain time period. The more memories we’ve made that are new, the longer we assume that time was.

Tejali
वेळ चाललाय हे सांगण्यासाठी आपण 'pass' हे क्रियापद वापरता.

James 
Oh! I understand now! Our perception of time depends on how many new experiences we have! I wonder if there’s a way to slow time down?

Tejali
Slow time down म्हणजे काळाची गती कमी करणे. Good question James – I wonder if there is a way to slow time down so we can make the most of the day. Making most of the day म्हणजे वेळेचा जास्तीत जास्त सदुपयोग करणे.
 
Claudia Hammond
One way of making time seem as if it slows down for you is to fill your time with lots of new activities and to not keep doing the same things again. Now there are some things you have to keep doing again and again like going to work, but any time you do get a choice, if you can spend your weekend filling it with loads of new activities, it will go fast at the time because you’re having fun.

Tejali
To fill your time म्हणजे तुमचा वेळ योग्य रितीने वापरा, म्हणजे `तुमचा वेळ वाया घालवू नका’.

James
Well, there you have it! If you want to make the most of your weekends, you have to try lots of new things!

Tejali
I’ll do that James! आजच्या Listen here मध्ये एवढंच! आणखी वेगवेगळी माहिती आणि त्यासंदर्भातले शब्द जाणून घेण्यासाठी पुढचा भाग नक्की ऐका. तोपर्यंत Bye.