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Unit 20 Lesson 3
Self-help — a key to success
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• discussed some popular sayings
• read a text on self-reliance
• prepared and answered some questions
A Read the following sayings and discuss them with your partner.
1. Heaven helps those who help themselves
2. Self-help is the best help
1 Do you agree with the above sayings?
2 Discuss with your partner what they mean.
B Read the following report about a man who helped himself.
Ismail Hossain is an affluent man now. Through hard work and devotion he has managed to turn the wheels of fortune. He was an unemployed youth of an impoverished family from Ekdaia village in Natore Sadar thana. Through new knowledge, hard work and perseverance, he has brought prosperity to his family.
Ismail Hossain, son of Zohar Ali studied up to class eight. Poverty then forced him to look for work. He worked as -a labourer before he joined the training programme of the Natore Horticulture Centre (NHC) and has remained associated with it since then. The officer- in-charge of NHC said that Ismail seemed to be an enthusiastic and energetic youth during the selection of villages under NHC's command area.
Ismail first received training in vegetable cultivation. Then he got a lease of land in his village and applied his new and improved knowledge to cultivating vegetables. He earned taka 25,000 as profit that year. In the same way he made a profit of taka one lakh by cultivating quality cauliflowers the next year. Later he bought some land and used it entirely to cultivate cauliflowers. He has also been raising hi-breed cows for milk as well as to produce manure.
Ismail's lot has changed radically. He said with a satisfactory smile, "I am very happy to be self-sufficient now. I had nothing of my own before, but now I have so much. It has been possible through my hard labour and systematic cultivation. The credit also goes to the NHC of course", he added. The officer-in-charge of NHC said, "I feel very proud oflsmail Hossain. He deserves national recognition for his outstanding success."
C In pairs prepare five questions based on what you have read about Ismail Hossain. Exchange your questions with another pair of students. Then answer the questions you have received.
D Write in your own words a short summary of Ismail Hossain's story.
E Share with the class if you know of any success story. It may be related to any field -study, sports, art, or overcoming a disability, a bad habit or addiction and so on.
Focus:
Skills.
Reading, speaking, writing. Functions.
Narrating, sequencing, summarizing. Grammar/Structure.
Past tense.
Vocabulary.
affluent, impoverished, devotion, horticulture, enthusiastic.
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Unit 20 Lesson 3
Self-help — a key to success
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• discussed some popular sayings
• read a text on self-reliance
• prepared and answered some questions
A Read the following sayings and discuss them with your partner.
1. Heaven helps those who help themselves
2. Self-help is the best help
1 Do you agree with the above sayings?
2 Discuss with your partner what they mean.
B Read the following report about a man who helped himself.
Ismail Hossain is an affluent man now. Through hard work and devotion he has managed to turn the wheels of fortune. He was an unemployed youth of an impoverished family from Ekdaia village in Natore Sadar thana. Through new knowledge, hard work and perseverance, he has brought prosperity to his family.
Ismail Hossain, son of Zohar Ali studied up to class eight. Poverty then forced him to look for work. He worked as -a labourer before he joined the training programme of the Natore Horticulture Centre (NHC) and has remained associated with it since then. The officer- in-charge of NHC said that Ismail seemed to be an enthusiastic and energetic youth during the selection of villages under NHC's command area.
Ismail first received training in vegetable cultivation. Then he got a lease of land in his village and applied his new and improved knowledge to cultivating vegetables. He earned taka 25,000 as profit that year. In the same way he made a profit of taka one lakh by cultivating quality cauliflowers the next year. Later he bought some land and used it entirely to cultivate cauliflowers. He has also been raising hi-breed cows for milk as well as to produce manure.
Ismail's lot has changed radically. He said with a satisfactory smile, "I am very happy to be self-sufficient now. I had nothing of my own before, but now I have so much. It has been possible through my hard labour and systematic cultivation. The credit also goes to the NHC of course", he added. The officer-in-charge of NHC said, "I feel very proud oflsmail Hossain. He deserves national recognition for his outstanding success."
C In pairs prepare five questions based on what you have read about Ismail Hossain. Exchange your questions with another pair of students. Then answer the questions you have received.
D Write in your own words a short summary of Ismail Hossain's story.
E Share with the class if you know of any success story. It may be related to any field -study, sports, art, or overcoming a disability, a bad habit or addiction and so on.
Focus:
Skills.
Reading, speaking, writing. Functions.
Narrating, sequencing, summarizing. Grammar/Structure.
Past tense.
Vocabulary.
affluent, impoverished, devotion, horticulture, enthusiastic.