শিক্ষার্থীরা শিক্ষকের লেকচার শুনছে ও নোট করছে। ছবি- খবরের কাগজ
Unit-6, Lesson-4
1. Read the passage and answer question B.
When Shilpi heard about those risks, she invited her husband, Rashid, to discuss pregnancy with a counsellor. After hearing about the risks, Rashid agreed to delay having children for five years despite pressures from his parents and neighbours to produce an offspring. Together, the couple met with a female health care provider, who informed them about the various family planning options available. Shilpi’s mother-in-law and neighbours continued to pressurize the newlyweds. Deeply rooted cultural practices and traditions caused a rift between Shilpi and Rashid and their extended family, some of whose members insulted and criticized the couple. Unable to convince their close relatives of the risks, Shilpi and Rashid returned to the counsellor. They took the help of a parent peer who has been trained to speak to other parents about adolescent issues. Shilpi’s mother-in-law and neighbours eventually came to understand the harmful effects of early pregnancy on mother and child. Today the village no longer pressurizes the couple; their parents and neighbours now support them and speak out against early marriage and pregnancy.
B. Answer the following questions.
(a) How long did Rashid agree to delay having children?
Ans: When Rashid’s wife Shilpi came to know about the risks of early pregnancy, she invited him to discuss pregnancy with a counsellor. After hearing about the risks, Rashid agreed to delay having children for five years despite pressures from his parents and neighbours to produce an offspring.
(b) Who were creating pressures on Shilpi? Why?
Ans: Rashid’s parents and neighbours were creating pressures on Shilpi. They felt impatient that she would give birth to an offspring very soon.
(c) What did the couple do after having pressures?
Ans: The couple went to talk to a female health care provider and they got information about the various family planning options available in those days.
(d) What was responsible for the adverse situation in which the couple fell?
Ans: Deeply rooted cultural practices and traditions were responsible for the adverse situation the couple fell in; it created a rift between Shilpi and Rashid and their extended family; some of the members insulted and criticized the couple.
(e) How is the attitude of the village to the couple’s decision to delay having children now?
Ans: Now the village takes the couple’s decision to delay having children positively; it no longer pressurizes the couple. Moreover, their parents and neighbours now support them and speak out against early marriage and pregnancy.
লেখক : সহযোগী অধ্যাপক, ইংরেজি বিভাগ
ঢাকা কমার্স কলেজ, ঢাকা
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