English for Today Class: Nine/Ten Unit:1 Lesson:2

1. English for Today Class: Nine/Ten Unit:1 Lesson:2 MEETING OTHERS

2. Read the following Information about Prity. Prity,40, school teacher-two children, Nina 10, husband Salam, 42 postal clerk. Who is this lady? How old is she? What does she do? How much has she children? What are their name? What is the name of her husband? What does he do? 3 minutes

3. Look at the table below. Put a tick (√) for the true information. 5 minutes

4. Check your answers

5. Read the following pre-questions. What are they talking about? What do you think `freshen up’ means? What do you think Masum’s mother asked Becky if she needed to freshen up? What do you think Becky paused before answering Masum’s mother?. Who is the youngest member of the family? Do you think Masum’s family is happy to meet Becky? How do you know? 2 minutes

6. Listen to short conversation between Becky and Masum’sfamily carefully. Masum : Ma, meet Becky. She has flown all the way from Britain to attend the jamboree. Becky : Hello, I am very pleased to meet you. Mother : And I’m pleased to meet you too. Becky, you must be exhausted. Would you like to freshen up a little bit. Becky : Umm….yes, perhaps I should. Mother : Mita, please show Becky the way Mite : Hi ! I’m Mita. I’m the older sister. And this is Rubana. She’s the baby of the family. Rubana : H! We’ve been looking forward so much to meeting you. Becky : Hello. Me too. Rubana : Well, how do you like Bangladesh so far, Becky? Becky : Well, to be honest I haven’t seen much for it. I’m looking forward to getting to know Bangladesh. Rubana : Yes, yes. Masum and Mr. Abedin can take you around. Becky : Brilliant 4 minutes

7. Answer the questions given below. What are they talking about? They are introducing one another. What do you think `freshen up’ means? To wash hands and face What do you think Masum’s mother asked Becky if she needed to freshen up? Because she looked tired What do you think Becky paused before answering Masum;s mother?. Because she was a little shy. Who is the youngest member of the family? Rubana Do you think Masum’s family is happy to meet Becky? How do you know? Yes, They spoke to her freely and warmly. 4 minutes

8. Listen to the conversation again and circle the phrases that you hear in the conversation. Would you like? Freshen up. Pleased to meet you. Looking forward. All the way. 5 minutes

9. Look at the extracts below taken from Becky’s diary. Discuss and complete the sentences using the words in the list. Food Though the curry was —— and——— I——---it. There were a lot of———--------, ---——and boiled rice. House What—-------------me most is that their house is made of—-------with a tin roof. Each room is—------------- from the other. You have to walk through each to go the ——-------rooms. hot surprised clay liked spicy vegetable detached fish other Dress I love the—---------that Masum’s mother was wearing. His sisters wore dresses called —-----------and ——----. His grandfather wore lungi and —---------.I iked their clothes very much. saree Attitude All of the family are—---------and—---------—. They —---------------- her warmly. nice welcomed shalwar kamiz friendly punjabi List of words nice, friendly, warmly, welcomed, hot, spicy, fish, vegetables, large, live, surprised, were, lend, saree, shalwar, kamiz, punjabi, clay, detached, other, liked Family Masum has a large family: His grandparents—----with them. His aunts and uncles also —---there. They——— ---live with them but came to—------them a hand. live live do not give 5 minutes

10. Vocabulary Test Freshen up : To become fresh by working. Looking forward : To wait or hope for something with pleasure. A little bit : A small portion, very little Take around : To go around or make a short tour. All the way : From long distance. 3 minutes

11. Imagine you are Becky. Write a letter to your mother about your experience and feelings after visiting Masum’s family. Base your letter on the extracts from the diary. My dear mother, I haven't received your letter for long. I am very much worried about your health, for the last time's illness could have proved tragic, if the doctor had not been called in time. Thank God we were all there and managed to call in doctor who saved you. Nowadays only you and Papa are therewith nobody else to look after you. It is natural for me to be worried about your health. Please post me letters as often as possible. As regards myself, my studies are going on well. My first terminal examinations are over and the answer books have been shown to us. You will be happy to know that this time I am leading the whole class having secured the highest marks in every subject. I am not yet satisfied because my percentage is not yet high enough to merit me college gold medal. I am working hard towards that end. Now-a-days I feel fine. I have developed friendship with some boys who like me are quite ambitious and therefore studious. We are all working in a spirit of competitiveness and are helping one another. In the evening we go out for a walk together. We have curtailed our sports hours and have diverted them to studies. Nothing more to pen. Please keep me informed about your health so that I may devote myself heart and soul to the studies unworried. Convey my salam to Papa and Uncle. Please reply immediately. Yours lovingly, Name Sample Letter 4 minutes

12. Prepared by ABU TURAB MOHAMMAD MASRUH Assistant Teacher Coxsbazar Govt. Girls High School atm_masruh25@yahoo.com atm.masruh@gmail.com