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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 Sri Lanka: The Pearl of the Indian Ocean The Maldives India: Unity In Diversity Bhutan: The Land of Happiness Nepal, The Land of Everest 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 Twelve: Roots My Roots My Roots 2 The Return Of the Native In Search Of Identity 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 Unit Thirteen: Media and Modes of E-communication Media and Modes Of E-Communication Social Network Sevices E- Learning Unit Eleven: Renewable Energy Renewable Energy Sources (Part 1) Renewable Energy Sources (Part 2) Unit Ten: Dreams Have a Dream What I Dream to be They Had Dreams (Part- 1) They Had Dreams (Part- 2) 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

May Day

নবম-দশম শ্রেণি (মাধ্যমিক) - English for Toady - Unit Three: Events and Festivals | | NCTB BOOK
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A. Look at the picture and talk about it.                                                                                        

             Picture of May Day........................


1 What do you see in the picture?
2 Can you relate any historical event to this picture? What happened on this day?
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B. Read the text and answer the questions that follow.

May Day or International Workers' Day is observed on May 1 all over the world today to commemorate the historical struggle and sacrifices of the working people to establish an eight-hour workday. It is a public holiday in almost all the countries of the world.
Since the Industrial Revolution(¹) in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and the US, the workers in mills and factories had been working a long shift, fourteen or even more hours a day.
On May 1st in 1886, inspired by the trade unions(2), half of the workers at the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company in Chicago went on strike demanding an eight-hour workday. Two days later, a workers' rally was held near the McCormick Harvester Machine Company and about 6000 workers joined it. The rally was addressed by the labour leaders. They urged the workers to stand together, to go on with their struggle and not to give in to their bosses. At one point of the rally, some strike breakers started leaving the meeting place. The strikers went down the street to bring them back. Suddenly about 200 policemen attacked them with clubs and revolvers. One striker was killed instantly, five or six others were seriously wounded and many others were injured. The events of May 1, 1886 are a reminder that workers will continue to be exploited until they stand up and speak out to gain better working conditions, better pay and better lives.

 

Notes
1. Industrial Revolution: the period, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries Europe, when machines were invented and first factories were established.

2. Trade Union: an organisation that represents workers of mills and factories.

 

Questions:
1 What does May Day refer to?
2 How long did the workers have to work in a day before the May 1 strike?
3 Why did the workers in Chicago go on a strike? 4 What do you learn from the events of May 1, 1886?

C. Fill in the blanks with the verbs given in the box. Put them into their correct forms.

add                 arrive                   begin                    tread                         do     

hear                  live                     send                  support                       work

Tania is a poor garment worker. She................. in a big garment factory in Gazipur. She...................... in a slum with a few fellow workers. She works eight hours a day on a monthly salary of Tk. 3000/-. She does overtime to......................some more. money to her income. If she can save something, she.......................it to her father to................. the family.

One day Tania was busy................... her work in the factory. Suddenly she......................... someone shouting "Fire! Fire!" The workers were panic-stricken and everyone.................... to rush to the stairs. There were not enough staircases in the factory building. So some workers were.............................. under the foot and others were injured in some other ways. However, the fire brigade.......................... there in minutes and nothing serious happened.

 

D. Now read the completed passage in C silently and answer the following questions.

1 Do you think Tania's monthly salary is enough for her work?

2. Is the factory safe enough for workers? Why do you think so?

3.  Do you have any suggestions for safety of factory workers? If so, what?

 

 

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