Read the following text carefully and answer the question no. 4 and 5:
The Solar System is made up of all the planets that orbit the sun. Everything in the Solar System revolves the sun. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It is the smallest planet. It has no satellite. The distance from the Mercury to the sun is 0.4 Astronomical Unit. Venus has 0.7 Astronomical Unit distance from the sun. It is the hottest planet. It also has no satellite. The Earth is the only planet where living beings exist. The distance from the earth to the sun is 1 Astronomical Unit. It has one satellite, the moon. The earth revolves the sun in 365 days. Mars is smaller than the earth. The distance between the Mars and the sun is 1.5 Astronomical Unit. It has two tiny satellites. Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. The distance from Jupiter to the sun is 5.2 Astronomical Unit. It has 67. satellites. Saturn is next to Jupiter in distance. Its distance from the sun is 9.5 A.U. It has 62 satellites. Uranus is located next to Saturn. Its distance from the sun is 19.6 A.U. It has 27 satellites. Neptune is the remotest planet. The distance from Neptune to the sun is 30 A.U. It is smaller than Uranus. It has 14 satellites.
Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.
The Solar System consists of all the planets. And each planet revolves around the sun. So the sun is at the centre of the Solar System. The Earth is a planet in the system. It is the only planet for living beings. Murcury is the smallest and the closest planet to the sun. And, Jupiter is the largest in the Solar System.
C. Read the text and answer the questions that follow.
Let's imagine a citizen's ordinary day at work. The morning probably starts with a cup of coffee/tea, followed by greeting the colleagues. Then comes the inevitable, which is log in the computer. For many of us the third step has become an automatic behavior and it dominates the rest of our work day, receiving and sending dozens of emails.
An e-mail is an electronic mail. It is a computer-aided way of exchanging digital text messages from a sender to one or multiple recipient/s. E-mails operate through a network of computers linked by the Internet. There are commercial server agencies such as Yahoo, Gmail, Ymail, Hotmail, etc. that accept the text message from the sender, forward it and deliver instantly to the digital mailbox of the recipient. If the recipient is not online, the message is stored and delivered later when the recipient is online. It works instantly just with the click of your mouse. It has been a powerful communication tool in modern life.
Questions
1. What is an e-mail?
2. How do e-mails operate?
3. How do the commercial servers serve in the process of an e-mail?
4. 'It has been a powerful communication tool in modern life.' Explain the statement.
5. How do e-mails affect our daily work schedule?
D. Work in pairs and discuss the steps of your normal days, weekends, etc.
E. Pairwork. Read the following e-mail exchanged between two friends. Like an informal letter, an e-mail to a close one is casually written. Identify the mistakes in the main body of the message, discuss with your partner, and correct them.
Subject: Details of Dhaka Tour
FROM: Alexa Dowson
TO: Moutushi Laboni
Monday, 21 May 2012 6:20 AM
Hi Moutushi!
Thanks for your mail. I'll fly from Ottawa on 7:36 hours local time on 13 July with Qatar Airlines via London-Doha and land Dhaka on 15 July around 13:41 hours local time. Wish to stay 2 days in the Cox's Bazar and 1 day in Khulna. Return flight on 21 July at 3:04 hours local time.
Keep in touch and stay fine. Hope to see you soon!
Alexa
F. Pairwork. The e-mail in section E is a reply by Alexa to Moutushi's previous e-mail. Imagine what Moutushi might have written to Alexa. Write that e-mail.
Complete the table below with information from the passage.
Who/What | Event | Time | Place/reason |
| Salman Khan | was born | 1976 | (i) _____ |
| Khan's father | (ii) _____ | Barishal | |
| Salman Khan | joined YouTube | 2016 | (iii) _____ |
| (iv) ______ | recognized Khan | 2012 | (v) _____ |
Complete the table below with information from the passage.
Jerry | |||||
| Traits of his character | He is brave and honest and he has natural (i) _____ to do something for others. | ||||
| His assignment | To help the writer | ||||
Who/What | Event/Activity | When | Where | How | Specialty |
| Jerry | lived | since he had been four | (ii) ______ | brave and honest | |
| The axe handle | (iii) _____ | the orphanage | (iv) _____ | ||
| The author | wanted to pay the money | (v) ______ | |||
Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.
Complete the table below with information from the passage.
Barack Obama | |||
| Came to spotlight | By giving a well-reactive speech at the Democratic National Convention in (i) ____ | ||
Name of Events | Place | Year/Time | Achievement |
| Studied law | (ii) ______ | ||
| Taught law | (iii) ______ | ||
| (iv) _____ | in 1990 | ||
| in 2009 | (v) ____ | ||
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