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Unit One: Father of the Nation Bangabandhu's Family in 1971 The Tale of Homecoming Bangabandhu at the UN Bangabandhu's Relationship with other countries Unit Two: Pastimes Have You Any Favourite Pastime? Reading Really Helps Change in Pastime Change in Pastimes in Bangladesh Pastimes Vary Unit Three: Events and Festivals Mother's Day May Day International Mother Language Day - 1 International Mother Language Day - 2 Independence Day Pahela Baishakh Unit Four: Are We Aware? The Ferry Boat Are We Too Many? Our Food and Shelter The Story of Lipi Let's become skilled workforce Unit Five: Nature and Environment The Greed of the Mighty Rivers Environmental Pollution Man and Climate Putting Our Fish In Hot Water A Friend of The Earth Unit Six: Our Neighbors Nepal, The Land of Everest Sri Lanka: The Pearl of the Indian Ocean The Maldives India: Unity In Diversity Bhutan: The Land of Happiness Unit Seven: People Who Stand Out Zainul Abedin, The Great Artist The Art Of Silence The Beginning Love For Humanity Love For Humanity The wizard of Apple Job's Childhood Unit Eight: World Heritage The Shat Gambuj Mosque The Somapura Mahavihara The Statue of Liberty Lake Baikal Unit Nine: Unconventional Jobs Jobs That People Do Weired jobs Around Floral Career Unit Ten: Dreams Have a Dream What I Dream to be They Had Dreams (Part- 1) They Had Dreams (Part- 2) Unit Eleven: Renewable Energy Renewable Energy Sources (Part 1) Renewable Energy Sources (Part 2) Unit Twelve: Roots My Roots My Roots 2 The Return Of the Native In Search Of Identity Unit Thirteen: Media and Modes of E-communication Media and Modes Of E-Communication Social Network Sevices E- Learning Unit Fourteen: Pleasure and Purpose Books Two Mothers Remembered The Sands Of Dee Time, You Old Gipsy Man Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening The Purple Jar (Part -1) The Purple Jar (Part -2) The Purple Jar (Part -3) A Pond of Flesh The Three Caskets The Trial

The Purple Jar (Part -1)

নবম-দশম শ্রেণি (দাখিল) - English for Today - Unit Fourteen: Pleasure and Purpose | | NCTB BOOK

A. Think about the following situation.
Suppose your mother/ father has given you some money to spend on
anything you like in a fair. Going round the fair, you have shortlisted the
following items:
 

(a) a beautiful decorative wooden horse 

(b) a colourful shirt / kamiz of latest fashion
(c) a box of delicious chocolates for your family
(d) a golden pen---a gift for your best friend
 

But you have money enough to buy only one thing.
Write a paragraph about what you will buy and why. 
 

 

B. Read the story and answer the following questions.
 

Rosamond, a little girl about seven years old, was walking with her mother in the streets of London. As she passed along she looked in at the windows of several shops, and saw a great variety of things. She wanted to stop to look at them and buy them all, without knowing their uses or even without knowing their names.
 

At first they stopped at a milliner's shop. The windows of the shop were decorated with ribbons, lace and festoons of artificial flowers. "Oh, Mamma, what beautiful roses! Won't you buy some of them?"
"No, my dear."
"Why?"
"Because I don't want them. They are not real flowers."
They went a little further and came to a jeweller's shop. In it were a great many pretty, bright ornaments of little value, set beautifully behind the glass.

"Mamma, will you buy some of these?" "Which of them, Rosamond?**
"Which? I don't know which, Look at those earrings,
that necklace, those pendants! Any of them will do,
they are so pretty!"
"Yea, they are all pretty, but of what use would they be to me?"
"I am sure, Mamma, you could find some use
if you only bought them first." "But I would rather find out the use first."
Though a little disheartened, Rosamond kept on looking at the shops and tried to
persuade her mother to buy this or that. "Mamma, buckles are very useful things. Please buy some."
"I have a pair of buckles. I don't need any now." So saying her mother walked on.
 

 

Questions
1. Make a list of things Rosamond wanted to buy.
2. How did the milliner's shop look like?
3. What can you see in a jeweller's shop in a town/city in Bangladesh, which you know well?

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