w
w
ap
eP
m
e
tr
.X
w
om
.c
s
er
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
3206/02
TAMIL
Paper 2 Translation and Reading Comprehension
May/June 2008
1 hour 30 minutes
Additional Materials:
Answer Booklet/Paper
*0746855884*
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet.
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
Answer all questions.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
This document consists of 4 printed pages and 4 blank pages.
SP (CW/TL) T53120/2
© UCLES 2008
[Turn over
2
BLANK PAGE
3206/02/M/J/08
3
Section A – Translation
1
Translate into English.
[10]
2
Translate into Tamil.
The old man waited for the clock to strike two. He didn’t like going to the market before this time. In
the mornings, the market was full of mothers, rushing around with small children, trying to get their
shopping done before picking up their older children from school.
At lunch time, local traders and office workers stopped at the stalls to pick up their lunch.
After this rush, a brief calm descended on the market in the early afternoon. At this time, the
old man could shuffle around the stalls slowly. He would stop to talk to the traders he knew well,
having visited many of them for well over ten years.
Many would ask after his health and his children, who were now working in big cities. Some would
turn back and retrieve the best fruit and vegetables that they had set aside for him.
This was the old man’s time for interacting with the world. This was the time between the solitude
of morning prayers and the preparation of a simple meal in the evening from his afternoon
purchases.
[20]
© UCLES 2008
3206/02/M/J/08
[Turn over
4
Section B – Reading Comprehension
Read the following passage carefully and then answer in Tamil the questions that follow.
© UCLES 2007
3206/02/M/J/08
5
Now answer the following questions in Tamil using your own words as much as possible.
1
[1]
2
[2]
3
[2]
4
[2]
5
[2]
6
[3]
7
[2]
8
[2]
9
[4]
[20 marks for content + 5 marks for language = 25]
© UCLES 2007
3206/02/M/J/08
6
BLANK PAGE
3206/02/M/J/08
7
BLANK PAGE
3206/02/M/J/08
8
BLANK PAGE
Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every
reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.
University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of
Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.
3206/02/M/J/08