The begining
Activities
A. Read the text and tick the best answers to the following questions.
There is a small village called Bhabanipur in Jhenaidah. It is a typical Bangladeshi village. People here spend their day-to-day life mostly working in the fields and doing household work. In this ordinary village, there lives an extraordinary woman named Shamima Akhter Maya. Shamima's willpower and determination have made her extraordinary. She has seen the most cruel aspect of life.
But the cruelty could not defeat her spirit. She has come out as a winner, defying all the odds of life. Shamima is now 32 years old. She has only one son named Ashikur Rahman Kanok. She runs a small boutique called 'Oikko Nari Kollayan Shangstha' in her village. Let's hear from Shamima, how she succeeded in setting up her boutique.
(adapted from Prothom Alo, June 17, 2005)
1. Bhabanipur is a typical Bangladeshi village. The underlined word means
2. Shamima is an extraordinary person. Here the underlined word means
3. The people of determination succeed in the long run. Here the underlined word means
4. Shamima has faced the darkest aspect of life. Here the underlined word means
5. The tragedy in Shamima's life could not defeat her spirit. Here the underlined word means
6. She defied all the odds of life. The antonym for the underlined word is-
B. Read the text again. Now match the phrases with the meanings.
C. Read the text again and answer the following questions.
D. Write a paragraph about Shamima from your imagination. In your paragraph write what Shamima should do for the good of her own family as well as the other families in the village.
Shamima: An Extraordinary Person
Shamima is an extraordinary person who lives in a small village at Bhabanipur in Jhenaidah. Her willpower and determination have made her successful which is a rare case for a woman like her overall in the country. As an extraordinary person she has some certain responsibilities to perform for both family and country. She can remove the ignorance of knowledge by educating the villagers and her family members. In addition, she can help the women of the village to make clothes and other stuffs as she has a boutique in the village. Thus, the villagers can be benefited from these benevolent works and support themselves to earn their livelihood.