- L-01: Greetings and Introductions
- L-02: Congratulations! Well done!
- L-03: At a railway station
- L-04: Where are you from?
- L-05: Thank you for your service!
- L-06: It smells good!
- L-07: Holding hands
- L-08: Grocery shopping
- L-09: Health is wealth
- L-10: Remedies: modern and traditional
- L-11: Are you listening?-1
- L-12: Birds of Bangladesh
- L-13: An unseen beauty of Bangladesh
- L-14: Our Pride
- L-15: The elephant’s long trunk
- L-16: An old people's home
- L-17: Boats sail on the rivers
- L-18: Are you listening?-2
- L-19: Make your snacks
- L-20: Stop, look and listen
- L-21: Hason Raja: the mystic bard of Bangladesh
- L-22: Wonders of the world-1
- L-23: Wonders of the world-2
- L-24: Aesop’s fable
- L-25: We live in a global village
- L-26: Our wage earners
- L-27: The concert for Bangladesh
- L-28: Buying clothes
- L-29: Andre
- L-30: Are you listening?-3
- L-31: Taking a test
- L-32: What should we do?
- L-33: Too much or too little water
- L-34: An invitation for Robin
- L-35: The garden
- L-36: Sample Question
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The concert for Bangladesh
Introduction
A. It's Friday evening. Mr. Farhad is playing a song on his DVD player in his study. Her daughter Fahmida comes in. On the TV screen, a tall, bearded man with long hair is playinga guiter and singing a song, "Bangladesh, Bangladesh..." Fahmida is thrilled to hear the word 'Bangladesh' from a singer who looks like foreigner. She has the following conversation with her father about the song and the singer.
Fahmida: Father, who is this singer? He is not a bangladeshi, is he?
Mr. Farhad: You are right! He is not. He is a famous singer from England. His name is George Harrison.
Fahmida: George Harrison! Why did he sing the song on Bangladesh?
Mr. Farhad: That's huge story. Harrison was not only a famous singer but also a great humanist. He helped us during our Liberation War of 1971.
Fahmida: Did he come to Bangladesh to take part in the Liberation War?
Mr. Farhad: No, my child, he didn't come to bangladesh to take part in the war
Mr. Farhad: No, my child, he didn't come to Bangladesh, but he fought for our cause by organising the historie Concert for Bangladesh.
Fahmida: Concert for Bangladesh! Please. father,Tell me more about it.
Mr. Farhad: Well, the Concert for Bangladesh was held on the 1st August, 1971 at the Madison square Garden, New York. George Harrison and some other famous musicians performed in that live concert in front of a audience of about forty thousand people. It was organised to make the world aware of the sufferings of Bangladesh during our liberation war.
