H.S.C.EN GLISH

PROGRAM

1. Writing creatively from experience or imagination # PAPER – 2; QUESTION NO – 12

2. Writing an expository piece giving a description # PAPER – 2; QUESTION NO – 14

PARTY Picnic Party Birthday Party Wedding Party/Marriage Ceremony

DAY International Mother Language Day (21st February) Victory Day (16th December)

Independence Day (26th March) First day at college First day of Bengali year (Pahela Baishakh)

JOURNEY Bus/Boat/Train Excursion (Pleasure trip) Study tour

VISIT Book Fair Historical Place Village home

VACATION Summer Vacation Winter Vacation

Celebrating cultural program in college campus.

Describing a social event of ours in abroad.

Writing about Bangladeshi culture, People, Weather, Food habit.

PROBLEM Population problem Gender discrimination Natural calamity (flood) Greenhouse effect

Cutting tree (deforestation) Unfair means in exam Environmental pollution (sound/water) Arsenic menace Dowry system Price hike/rise/spiral Street accident Child labor Removing illiteracy Traffic jam Load shedding Green House Effect

COURSE INSTRUCTOR: S. S. SAURAVBBA; UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA

410, EAST GORAN, DHAKA. CONTACT: 0189854855, 0152372226.

eNgLiSh QuOtAtIoN

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES:1. “Time marches on but memories stays

Torturing silently the rest of our days.”-----Lord Tennyson

2. “Bliss was in it that dawn to be aliveBut to be child was very heaven.”

-----William Wordsworth3. “I doubled if I should ever come back

I shall be telling all this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages … … …”

-----Robert Frost MEMOREBLE EVENT IN LIFE:

1. “But what of all your other days?Just stop and think a minuteDoesn’t every single oneHave something golden in it?”

2. “Man could not forget his glorious and joyous past. It is coherent really.”

-----M. K. Rawlings

TREE PLANTATION/DEFORESTATION:1. “I favor forest,

For it helps me discover my soul-A very mysterious animation.”

-----M. K. Rawlings

2. “There is a great relationship between man and forest, for forest sings the song of man’s soul.”

-----John Keats3. “This is the dead land. This is the cactus land.”

-----T. S. Eliot SCIENCE: WONDERS/BLESSINGS:

1. “Science is reality,Science is bonafide,Science is your constant friend,Science is always creative.”

-----Albert Einstein2. “The whole civilization has been glorified and enriched

with the wonders of science.”-----Burtrand Russell

DIGNITY OF LABOR:1. “The dignity of labor makes a man self-confident and high

ambitious. So, the evaluation of labor is essential.”-----Virgil

WINTER MORNING:1. “The winter morning to be is a great wonder,

As it enlightens my mind, heart and soul.”-----M. K. Rawlings

DISCIPLINE:1. “Discipline is the key stone to success which is

compulsory to follow to balance the systems.”-----Napoleon Bonaparte

2. “Discipline maintains systems,Systems maintain development,Development vibrates human life.So, discipline must be followed.”

-----M. K. Gandhi PRICE HIKE:

1. “The increasing of price is a destructive sign in the constructive economy.”

-----Henri Fayol

2. “The fluctuation of rate is not desirable,stabilized rate is a boon,and increasing rate is a bona.”

-----Paul Samuelson TRAVELLING/VISIT TO HISTORICAL PLACE:

1. “Travelling makes one know the mystery of lord’s creation,Travelling gets us self-confident.”

-----Ibn-I-Batuta2. “Travelling is universal,

Travelling is educative,Travelling is inspiring.”

-----Marcopolo MOONLIT NIGHT:

1. “Although it’s lonely nightIt is moon-lit nightI find myself,To me, it’s a great natural help.”

-----William Wordsworth2. “Nights of natural beauty focus a silhouette on me,

I remember the feelings of a moon-lit night I salute I light might.”

-----John Keats AIM IN LIFE:

1. “If you plan for a year, saw a seed,If you plan for a decade, plant a plant,If you plan for a century, teach the people.”

-----Chinese proverb FAVORITE HOBBY:

1. “God Almighty first planted a garden and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures.”

-----Francis Bacon PHYSICAL EXERCISE:

1. “Build up your body, if you want to build up your mind.”-----Ancient Greek slogan

2. “Health is the greatest of all possessions; a pale cobbler is better than a sick king.”

--- --- Bickerstaff

POSTMAN:1. “Post man, post man, don’t be late,

Pass the letter over the gate.”----- (Rhyme)

GLOBALISATION:1. “Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains.”

----- Rousseau ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION:

1. “Environment pollution is a great threat to the existence of living beings on the earth.”

-----Peter Walliston2. The contamination of the atmosphere has victimized normal

existence which must be eradicated for our betterment.”-----Almond and Coleman

3. “Ecology is the study of structure and function of nature.” -----E. Odum (1963) 4. “Ecology is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of organisms.” -----Andrewarth (1961)

5. “Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms.”

-----Charles J. Krebs (1994) 6. Water pollution occurs when the water is altered in composition

or condition directly or indirectly as a result of the activities of man.”

-----Key (1956) POPULATION PROBLEM:

1. “Optimum population is a boon. Over population is a bane.”-----Aristotle

2. “Man might do anything good for man, if he lies in an optimum level.”

-----Source: Human Resource Development

3. “Man multiplies like mice in a barn.”-----Cantillon

4. “By nature human food increases in a slow arithmetical ratio, man himself increases in a quick geometrical ratio.”

-----Thomas Robert Malthus

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY:1. “This day will help to raise awareness among the nations of the world about

the enduring value of their languages.”----- Kofi Anan: Secretary General, UN

GENDER DISCRIMINATION:1. “Half of all things that are good and great on earth are done by men and

another half are done by women.”----- Kazi Nazrul Islam

CULTURE:1. “Education is a piece of diamond and

Culture is the emission of light therefrom.”----- Rabindranath Tagore

2. “Culture is related to life – So it’s semblance can’t be defined forever.Like human life culture is also a spontaneous affair.”

----- Sunity Kumar Chatterjee CHILD LOBOR:

1. “Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.”----- Robert Henri

LOAD SHEDDING:1. “Electricity is itself a great power that could easily vibrate the whole universe.”

----- Michael Faraday TELEVISION:

1. “It’s a great opportunity given by science that television has enormously contributed us in the formation of public opinion.”

----- Bill Clinton (Election – 1996, USA) INDEPENDENCE DAY: 26 th MARCH :

1. “Our Independence Day has been a golden factor in our life which inspires us to raise our heads in high esteem.”

----- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

VICTORY DAY: 16 th DECEMBER :1. “The Victory Day of the Liberation War brought holy exuberance for the

Bengalee which must be put into equipment.”----- Dr. Kamal Hossain

2. “The holy spirit of the Liberation War could lead the Bengalee reach the highest pinnacle of success.”

----- Anthony Masckurenhus DOWRY SYSTEM:

1. “Dowry System paves the way to woman – oppression.”----- Jen Austin

2. “Dowry System is a hateable system which privilizes woman – persecution.”----- M. K. Gandhi

UNFAIR MEANS IN EXAM:1. “Our general circumstances are responsible for our students’ being

corruptive in the examination.”----- Dr. Md. Farasuddin: (X – Governor, Bangladesh Bank)

READING NEWSPAPER:1. “Reading maketh a full man.”

----- Francis Bacon

FRIENDSHIP:1. “The noble mind’s delight and pride,

To men and angles only giv’n,To all the lower a world denied.”

----- Samuel Johnson2. “Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life.”

----- David Grayson REMOVING ILLITERACY:

1. “ Illiteracy is ignorance which is the curse of God;Knowledge the wing wherewith to fly to heaven.”

----- William Shakespeare2. “Education rationalizes a man’s soul, heart and mind

Education basically flourishes the spine of any people.”----- Plato

3. “Education is indispensable for it ennobles,purifies and directs man’s advancement.”

----- Mathew Arnold FLOOD:

1. “Floods are destruction, constructive work is disturbed.So, floods must be controlled by joint Endeavors.”

----- Flood Expert Team, SAARC2. “Floods are perilous,

Floods are heinous,Floods are baneful,To control floods is hopeful.”

----- (Nature scientist) NATURAL CALAMITY/DISASTER:

1. “Calamity is man’s true touchstone.”----- Beaumont & Fletcher

JOURNEY BY BUS/BOAT/TRAIN:1. “It’s human nature to go, to see, to understand.” (text page-120)2. “Life is an adventure- dare it.” (text page-120)

VALUE OF TIME:“I have defeated the Austrians mainly because they could not realize the value of only five minute’s time.” - - - - Napoleon Bonaparte

HONESTY:“Honesty is the best policy.” ----- Franklin

DIGNITY OF LABOR:“… if any would not work, neither should he eat.” ----- (The Bible)

PATRIOTISM:“I love my life, true, but not more than I love my motherland.”---- Edwin Arnold