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Reporting a Store Robbery
Police Officer (speaking English) and Shopkeeper (speaking Sinhala) talk through “Reporting a Store Robbery”. You interpret both ways — English into Sinhala, and Sinhala into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Thanks for calling us straight away, Mr. Perera. Can you tell me exactly what happened here at the IGA this evening, and around what time it occurred?
අද හවස අටයි තිහට විතර, පිරිමි කෙනෙක් IGA කඩේට ආවා. එයා තර්ජනය කරලා කවුන්ටරයෙන් ඩොලර් අටසියයක් විතර අරගෙන දිව්වා.
Did you get a clear look at the person's face or clothing, and did they show or mention any weapon during the robbery?
එයාගේ මූණ සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම පේන්නේ නැහැ, හුඩි එකක් අන්දගෙන හිටියා. මම කිසිම අවියක් දැක්කේ නැහැ, ඒත් එයා අත කෑලි කරලා තර්ජනය කළා.
Is anyone hurt, and does the store have working security cameras that might have recorded what happened around closing time?
මට හෝ මගේ සේවකයට කිසිම තුවාලයක් වුනේ නැහැ. කඩේ ඇතුලේ CCTV කැමරා තියෙනවා, ඒවායේ පටිගත කිරීම් තියෙන්න ඕන.
Were there any other staff members or customers inside the store when the man walked in tonight?
ඒ වෙලාවේ මගේ එක සේවකයෙක් විතරයි කඩේ හිටියේ. පාරිභෝගිකයෙක් කවුරුත් හිටියේ නැහැ.
I'll issue an event number for this report right now, and you can quote it later whenever you contact your insurance company about the loss.
මට රක්ෂණ සමාගමට කතා කරන්න ඕනද? මොනවද මං මුලින්ම කරන්න ඕන දේවල්?
You don't need to visit any other office for this matter, since NSW Police handles it directly. Just keep the event number safe for your insurance claim later.
හරි, තේරුණා. මම ඒ සිද්ධි අංකය ලියාගෙන රක්ෂණ සමාගමට කතා කරන්නම්. ගොඩක් ස්තූතියි ඔබේ උදව්වට.
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- event number"event number" යන ඉංග්රීසි යෙදුමම එලෙසම භාවිතා කරන්න; අවශ්ය නම් "සිද්ධි වාර්තා අංකය" ලෙස කෙටියෙන් පැහැදිලි කළ හැක.
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