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Unit 15 Lesson 5
Think positive
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• discussed some fatalistic attitudes towards life
• read a passage about people's belief in fate
• written some sentence's with relative clauses
• corrected mistakes in a passage
• compared attitudes towards fate between generations
A Discuss in pairs what you understand by 'fatalism'. Do not confuse it with 'fatal'.
How do poor people in Bangladesh look at their own poverty? Do they accept it as ordained by fate? Elaborate this point as far as you can.
B Now read the following passage to learn more about common fatalistic beliefs among Bangladeshi people.
There are many people in Bangladesh who have a conservative outlook. Quite early in life they learn to believe that everything in this world was predetermined and all that happens to them was ordained by God. From this belief the poor generally accept their poverty and all their sorrows and sufferings without trying much to overcome them. They also hold a firm belief that those who undergo sufferings in this material world will be amply rewarded in the next world. They believe that God Himself decides how much or little a person should possess. Therefore, there is no point in trying to overcome poverty. They also have the same sort of attitude towards illness and disease.
Discuss in small groups the following questions.
1 What is a fatalist? What is his/her attitude to poverty?
2 What does a fatalist think about diseases?
3 How does fatalism run counter to social development?
4 What do you understand by 'free will'?
5 Are you a fatalist or a free will agent or both? Explain how.
C Look at the following two sentences and notice the position of the relative clause in them.
God helps those who help themselves.
Those who suffer in this world will be rewarded in the next world.
Write at least five other sentences to show such positional difference of relative clauses.
D Look at this passage. You will see there are some mistakes here. Work in pairs, identify the errors and correct them. Then rewrite the whole passage.
The industry is mother of good luck. No nation can progress except industry. If we want to prosper our society we must work hardly. We are all free will agent. We should belief that we can change our life by our own effort. We should to come and work united for develop our society.
E Does your attitude towards fate differ from those of your grandparents? Discuss in pairs. Then write a paragraph of about 100 words showing any difference that you have found.
Focus:
Skills.
Discussion, reading, writing. Functions.
Rewriting a passage, comparing.
Grammar/Structure.
Adjective clauses with 'who/that/which'.
Vocabulary.
fatalism, predetermined, ordain, free will.
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Unit 15 Lesson 5
Think positive
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• discussed some fatalistic attitudes towards life
• read a passage about people's belief in fate
• written some sentence's with relative clauses
• corrected mistakes in a passage
• compared attitudes towards fate between generations
A Discuss in pairs what you understand by 'fatalism'. Do not confuse it with 'fatal'.
How do poor people in Bangladesh look at their own poverty? Do they accept it as ordained by fate? Elaborate this point as far as you can.
B Now read the following passage to learn more about common fatalistic beliefs among Bangladeshi people.
There are many people in Bangladesh who have a conservative outlook. Quite early in life they learn to believe that everything in this world was predetermined and all that happens to them was ordained by God. From this belief the poor generally accept their poverty and all their sorrows and sufferings without trying much to overcome them. They also hold a firm belief that those who undergo sufferings in this material world will be amply rewarded in the next world. They believe that God Himself decides how much or little a person should possess. Therefore, there is no point in trying to overcome poverty. They also have the same sort of attitude towards illness and disease.
Discuss in small groups the following questions.
1 What is a fatalist? What is his/her attitude to poverty?
2 What does a fatalist think about diseases?
3 How does fatalism run counter to social development?
4 What do you understand by 'free will'?
5 Are you a fatalist or a free will agent or both? Explain how.
C Look at the following two sentences and notice the position of the relative clause in them.
God helps those who help themselves.
Those who suffer in this world will be rewarded in the next world.
Write at least five other sentences to show such positional difference of relative clauses.
D Look at this passage. You will see there are some mistakes here. Work in pairs, identify the errors and correct them. Then rewrite the whole passage.
The industry is mother of good luck. No nation can progress except industry. If we want to prosper our society we must work hardly. We are all free will agent. We should belief that we can change our life by our own effort. We should to come and work united for develop our society.
E Does your attitude towards fate differ from those of your grandparents? Discuss in pairs. Then write a paragraph of about 100 words showing any difference that you have found.
Focus:
Skills.
Discussion, reading, writing. Functions.
Rewriting a passage, comparing.
Grammar/Structure.
Adjective clauses with 'who/that/which'.
Vocabulary.
fatalism, predetermined, ordain, free will.