My roots
Pair Work
C. Read the text in the speech bubbles. Make questions based on the bubbles and then compare them in pairs.
E. Work in pairs. Talk about these questions.
X : Do you have any root other than the place where are you living now?
Y : Yes, I have.
X : Where is it and who are there?
Y : It is my village in Joypurhat. My grandmother and uncles live there.
X : How do you label your roots?
Y : It’s a village?
X : Do you feel any attraction or pull of your roots?
Y : Yes, I do.
X : How do you nourish your roots?
Y : I always feel my childhood, my village, the relatives, neighbours of my village. I try my best to look after my relatives at my village. Thus I nourish my root.
X : What, according to you, are the reasons of people’s being rootless?
Y : Disintegration of joint family, rush for job and business in the city, poverty etc. are the reasons for being rootless.






