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Unit Twelve: Personalities
Lesson 1
Personalities at home
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• talked about some famous personalities
• read a passage
• done a reading exercise
• written a passage describing personalities
A In Bangladesh, many people have earned fame. Here are some names of those who have made their reputation in different spheres of life. Look at the following list and say who is famous for what.
Shamsur Rahman, Zahir Raihan, Abbas Uddin. Dr. Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda, Begum Sufia Kamal, Zainul Abedin, Firoza Begum, Jahanara Imam, Professor Muhammad Yunus
B Read the following passage about a person who made history by sacrificing his life for the cause of our country.
Shaheed Dr. Shamsuzzoha is considered to be the first intellectual who attained martyrdom during the pre-liberation period of Bangladesh. Following the killing of Sergeant Zohurul Haque in prison by the Ayub Khan government on 15 February 1969 (after the failure of the trumped-up Agartala conspiracy case), a flame of protest spread throughout erstwhile East Pakistan. On February 17, Section 144 was imposed on Rajshahi city. The students of Rajshahi University who had joined the protest, took out a prodession in violation of Section 144 and were locked in a clash with police in front of the residence of the Principal of Rajshahi Medical College. As a result, several students were injured. On hearing this, Dr. Zoha, a professor of Chemistry and Proctor of the University, rushed to the spot and took the injured students hospital.
Next morning, on February 18, tension grew on the campus. The students were preparing to violate Section 144 again. The armed forces were deployed in front of the University main gate, which was kept locked to prevent the agitating students from going out. The students however started to jump over the gate and to scale the walls. Seeing this the teachers requested the guard on duty to open the gate. Meanwhile the students doused a parked army jeep with kerosene and set it on tire.
The armed forces started to take up their positions against the students. Dr. Zoha repeatedly requested the officers, "Please, don't open fire, my students will-go baek now." But when the army officers refused to pay any heed to him, he declared, "Your bullets will pierce my heart first before they hit any student." The situation deteriorated further and at one point Dr. Zoha was shot in the back at 11 in the morning. Later, he was bayonet-charged too. Bleeding profusely, Dr. Zoha was taken to Rajshahi Municipal office which was used as a jail by the Pakistan Army and was kept untreated there till 3:30 p.m. He was eventually shifted to the operation theatre but he breathed his last at 4 p.m.
1 What do you come to know about Dr. Zoha as a man? Use 3 adjectives to describe him and his actions.
2 Try to guess the meaning of the following words and expressions used in the passage.
martyrdom, trumped-up, violating, deployed, doused, deteriorated, rushed, jumped over, profusely, eventually.
C Read the following paragraph on Or Zoha's life. Some words are missing. Supply those missing words.
Dr. Zoha was - in Bakuria in West Bengal. He passed - matriculation and intermediate examinations - 1948 and 1950 respectively - distinction. He - his Honours and M.A. degrees in Chemistry in 1953 and 1954 - Dhaka University. He did his Ph.D and D.l.C - Imperial College, London. Dr. Zoha - Rajshahi University as a lecturer - 23 February 1961. He took up - of proctor on 16 April 1958. He spoke the English, Hindi and Urdu very -.
D Write a paragraph about a martyr of the liberation war from your own
locality/town/ district.
Focus:
Skills.
Reading, speaking,
writing.
Functions.
Narrating past events, evaluating actions, gap- filling.
Grammar/Structure.
Simple past tense, passive voice.
Vocabulary.
adjudged, erstwhile, locked in, rushed, deployed, doused, breathing one's last.
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Unit Twelve: Personalities
Lesson 1
Personalities at home
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• talked about some famous personalities
• read a passage
• done a reading exercise
• written a passage describing personalities
A In Bangladesh, many people have earned fame. Here are some names of those who have made their reputation in different spheres of life. Look at the following list and say who is famous for what.
Shamsur Rahman, Zahir Raihan, Abbas Uddin. Dr. Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda, Begum Sufia Kamal, Zainul Abedin, Firoza Begum, Jahanara Imam, Professor Muhammad Yunus
B Read the following passage about a person who made history by sacrificing his life for the cause of our country.
Shaheed Dr. Shamsuzzoha is considered to be the first intellectual who attained martyrdom during the pre-liberation period of Bangladesh. Following the killing of Sergeant Zohurul Haque in prison by the Ayub Khan government on 15 February 1969 (after the failure of the trumped-up Agartala conspiracy case), a flame of protest spread throughout erstwhile East Pakistan. On February 17, Section 144 was imposed on Rajshahi city. The students of Rajshahi University who had joined the protest, took out a prodession in violation of Section 144 and were locked in a clash with police in front of the residence of the Principal of Rajshahi Medical College. As a result, several students were injured. On hearing this, Dr. Zoha, a professor of Chemistry and Proctor of the University, rushed to the spot and took the injured students hospital.
Next morning, on February 18, tension grew on the campus. The students were preparing to violate Section 144 again. The armed forces were deployed in front of the University main gate, which was kept locked to prevent the agitating students from going out. The students however started to jump over the gate and to scale the walls. Seeing this the teachers requested the guard on duty to open the gate. Meanwhile the students doused a parked army jeep with kerosene and set it on tire.
The armed forces started to take up their positions against the students. Dr. Zoha repeatedly requested the officers, "Please, don't open fire, my students will-go baek now." But when the army officers refused to pay any heed to him, he declared, "Your bullets will pierce my heart first before they hit any student." The situation deteriorated further and at one point Dr. Zoha was shot in the back at 11 in the morning. Later, he was bayonet-charged too. Bleeding profusely, Dr. Zoha was taken to Rajshahi Municipal office which was used as a jail by the Pakistan Army and was kept untreated there till 3:30 p.m. He was eventually shifted to the operation theatre but he breathed his last at 4 p.m.
1 What do you come to know about Dr. Zoha as a man? Use 3 adjectives to describe him and his actions.
2 Try to guess the meaning of the following words and expressions used in the passage.
martyrdom, trumped-up, violating, deployed, doused, deteriorated, rushed, jumped over, profusely, eventually.
C Read the following paragraph on Or Zoha's life. Some words are missing. Supply those missing words.
Dr. Zoha was - in Bakuria in West Bengal. He passed - matriculation and intermediate examinations - 1948 and 1950 respectively - distinction. He - his Honours and M.A. degrees in Chemistry in 1953 and 1954 - Dhaka University. He did his Ph.D and D.l.C - Imperial College, London. Dr. Zoha - Rajshahi University as a lecturer - 23 February 1961. He took up - of proctor on 16 April 1958. He spoke the English, Hindi and Urdu very -.
D Write a paragraph about a martyr of the liberation war from your own
locality/town/ district.
Focus:
Skills.
Reading, speaking,
writing.
Functions.
Narrating past events, evaluating actions, gap- filling.
Grammar/Structure.
Simple past tense, passive voice.
Vocabulary.
adjudged, erstwhile, locked in, rushed, deployed, doused, breathing one's last.