Unit-10: Dreams
Lesson-4 (B): They Had Dreams (Part-2)
(গত ২২ সেপ্টেম্বর প্রকাশের পর)
2. Answer the following questions. 2×5=10
(a) What was the dream of Zahir Raihan?
(b) ‘Besides being known as a talented film-maker, prominent writer and journalist, Zahir Raihan was a generous man’. Do you support the opinion? If yes, explain in 2-3 sentences.
(c) According to the passage name some of the critics. What did they do?
(d) What was the effect of ‘Stop Genocide’?
(e) What do you know about the demise of Zahir Raihan?
3. Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text. 1× 5=5
An active (a) ---- of language movement, Zahir Raihan was born on 19 August 1935 in Feni district. He also (b) ---- part in mass movement and liberation war. He wanted to (c) ------- freedom of speech. He was a (d) ---- film maker. He (e) ---- his life for the freedom of the country.
Read the passage on Stephen Hawking and answer the questions no. 4 & 5.
Stephen Hawking is considered the greatest physicist after Einstein. He was born in England in 1942. He was very skilled in Mathematics from the early age. He wrote the book ‘A Brief History of Time’: From the Big Bang to the Present Times’ in 1988. In this book, he explains cosmology for the general public. It became famous and established his reputation as a great scientist. He received his Ph.D in Cosmology from Cambridge University in 1968. But fortune did not favour him. In 1972, he became a victim of Gehrig’s disease. Since then, he has been confined to a wheelchair with no power to control his body. But he continues teaching through the help of computers. In 1974, he won the prestigious Albert Einstein Award for theoretical Physics. In 1979, he joined Cambridge University as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. He is still carrying out his research work using his computer.
আরো পড়ুন : Unit-10: Dreams, Lesson-4(B): They Had Dreams (Part-2)-এর ১টি প্রশ্ন ও উত্তর, ১ম পর্ব
4. Complete the table below with information from the passage. 1×5=5
About Stephen Hawking
Answer : 2. (a) According to the passage, Zahir Raihan is regarded as a golden son of Bangladesh due to his outstanding talent of making symbolic films, his active participation in various movements and especially his contribution to the Liberation War with direct and indirect participation.
(b) ‘Besides being known as a talented film maker, prominent writer and journalist, Zahir Raihan was a generous man’- I support this opinion wholeheartedly. To help the freedom fighters, Zahir Raihan gave all his money that he got from the shows of his legendary film ‘Jibon Thekey Neya’ to the Freedom Fighters Trust. And again on 30 December 1971 Zahir Raihan left home to get his brother Shahidullah Kaiser back but unfortunately Zahir Raihan never came back. Again this towering writer’s patriotic activities inspire us to perform our duties towards our beloved country.
(c) Shahidullah Kaisar was Zahir Raihan’s elder brother who was also a great intellectual and famous writer of Bangladesh. Shahidullah was captured and killed by the Pakistani army and local collaborators during the last days of the war.
(d) ‘Stop Genocide’ had a great effect because it focused on Pakistani atrocities and helped create world sentiment in favour of our Liberation War.
(e) On 30 December 1971, being informed by someone Zahir Raihan went to somewhere at Mirpur to find out his brother Shahidullah Kaiser but unfortunately Zahir Raihan neither found out his missing brother nor did he ever return to his home.
(f) The critics are Satyajit Roy, Mrinal Sen and Ritwik Ghatak. They highly praised the film ‘Jibon Theke Neya’ directed by Zahir Raihan.
(g) ‘Jibon Theke Neya’ was built based on the Language Movement of 1952 and the family presented in that film symbolizes East Pakistan ruled by an autocrat.
(h) Zahir Raihan dreamt of a democratic society.
3. i) a) worker/participant; b) took; c) ensure; d) talented; e) sacrificed.
4. (i) till now, (ii) ‘A Brief History of Time: From the Big bang to the Present Times’,
(iii) Cosmology, (iv) Cambridge University/ the authority of Cambridge University, (v) in 1974.
লেখক : সিনিয়র শিক্ষক, ইংরেজি
লেক সার্কাস গার্লস হাই স্কুল, কলাবাগান, ঢাকা
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