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HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 7 Lesson 1 Brojen Das I had not failed my country  Brojen Das I could hear very faint voices as if coming from the other side of the world. The time was about 4:00 in the morning and the date September 22, 1961. I was feeling tired and exhausted and was encountering stiff opposition from the strong tide. I looked towards my accompanying motorboat carrying my manager Quazi Mohammad Ali, skipper Len Hutchinson and the official observer, Mr, J. U. Wood. They were all pointing towards the Kent shore. As I looked up, I could see flashes. I realized I was very close to the shore.  I asked what the time was and how far I had still to go. They told me that if I put the last ounce of energy into my swimming, I would set a new world record for France to England swim. This electrified me. The goal for which I had been striving for the past four years could be mine. The aim, which goaded me to swim the Channel six times, each time risking m...

HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 6 Lesson 1 Dreams What is a Dream Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands of years, but only recently have dreams been subjected to empirical research and scientific study. Chances are that you've often found yourself puzzling over the content of a dream, or perhaps you've wondered why you dream at all.  Fust, let's start by answering a basic question: What is a dream? A dream can include any of the images, thoughts and emotions that are experienced during sleep. Dreams can be extraordinarily vivid or very vague; filled with joyful emotions or frightening images; focused and understandable or unclear and confusing.  Why do we dream? What purpose do dreams serve?  While many theories have been proposed about the reason and function of dreams. nu consensus has emerged. Considering the time we spend in a dreaming state. the fact that researchers do not yet understand the purpose of dreams may seem baffling. However,...

HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 5 Lesson 5 Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot County Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvest-time, cherry-time, spring-time, or fall-time. A want of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. The white children could tell their ages.  I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege. I was not allowed to make any inquiries of my master concerning it. He deemed all suc...

HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 5 Lesson 1 Human Rights Are We Aware of These Rights -1 Articles of the Declarations of Human Rights Article 12. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home of correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference of attacks. Article 14. (1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.  Article 15. (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.  Article 16. (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family,  (2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of socie...

HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 4 Lesson 2  Marie Curie "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something above and this thing must be attained.” -Marie Curie  Do you know who was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize? Or the first person in history to achieve the remarkable feat of winning two Nobel Prizes? Do you know who is the only woman to receive two Nobel Prizes, and in two different scientific fields? The answer to all of these questions points to one extraordinary individual: Marta Salomea Sklodowska-Curie, more famously known as Marie Curie. Early life  Marie Curie née Maria Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, the daughter of a secondary-school teacher. From childhood she was remarkable for her prodigious memory, and at the age of 16 she won a gold medal on completion of her secondary education at the Russian lycé...

HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 4 Lesson 2 Contribution of a great woman to our environment “We have a special responsibility to the ecosystem of this planet. ln making sure that other species survive we will be ensuring the survival of our own.”  The first African woman and first environmentalist awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) received that honour in 2004 as the founder of the Green Belt Movement in Kenya, a nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.  Maathai introduced the idea of planting trees with the people and developed it into a broad-based, grassroots organization designed to conserve the environment and improve women’s quality of life. In 1986 the Green Belt Movement established a Pan African Green Belt Network and has introduced over 40 individuals from other African countries to its approach.  The Movement set both short and long-term objectives. The overall a...

HSC English First Paper English For Today Unit 4 Lesson 2 Leela Nag: First Female Student of the Department of English, Dhaka University  In 1921, Leela Nag (also known as Leela Roy for her marriage with Anil Chandra Roy, an Indian National Congress leader) was the first woman to be admitted to the M.A in English at the University of Dhaka. Breaking patriarchal barriers, Leela Nag established the identity of the Department of English from the very beginning as a platform for progressive and liberal ideas. Although her decision to join the Department of English was initially met with resistance, she achieved her goal with a special permission from the then Vice Chancellor Philip Hartog and fulfilled her dream of graduating from the University of Dhaka. In 1923, she was the first woman to receive an M.A. from the Department of English. But Leela Nag’s legacy goes beyond the confines of classrooms. While she was a student, she formed the Dhaka Women’s Committee and raised funds for th...

 HSC English First Paper English For Today Unit 4 Lesson 1 Nelson Mandela's statement at a trial in 1964  “I am the First Accused, I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Arts and practised as an attorney in Johannesburg for a number of years in partnership with Oliver Tambo. I am a convicted prisoner serving five years for leaving the country without a permit and for inciting people to go on strike at the end of May 1961. At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion made by the State in its opening that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or communists is wholly incorrect. I have done whatever I did, both as an individual and as a leader of my people, because of my experience in South Africa and my own proudly felt African background, and not because of what any outsider might have said.  In my youth in the Transkei I listened to the elders of my tribe telling stories of the old days. Amongst the tales they related to me were those of wars fought ...

 HSC English First Paper English For Today Unit 4 Lesson 1 A public speech delivered by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 7, 1971. My brothers,  I stand before you today with a heart overflowing with grief. You are fully aware of the events that are going on and understand their import. We have been trying to do our best to cope with the situation. And yet, unfortunately, the streets of Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi and Rangpur are awash with the blood of our brothers. The people of Bengal now want to be free, the people of Bengal now want to live, and the people of Bengal now want their rights.  What have we done that was wrong? After the elections, the people of Bangladesh voted as one for me, for the Awami League. We were to sit in the National Assembly, draft a constitution for ourselves there, and build our country; the people of this land would thereby get economic, political, and cultural freedom. Bat it is with regret that I have to report to you today that we ...

 HSC English First Paper English For Today Unit 4 Lesson 1 Three Speeches An abridged version of a famous speech made by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28 1963 in Washington DC, USA. I have a dream.. The Negro is still not free.... the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination... The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. The Negro is still languishing in the comers of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land, So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition ....  I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today ang tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.”  I have a dream that on...

HSC English First Paper English For Today Unit 3 Lesson 4 Khona The mythical story of Khona is deeply rooted in Bangla folklore. Khona, originally named Lila, an incredible woman with a gift for predicting weather and understanding the ways of farming. Her wisdom was shared through memorable rhyming verses known as “Khona's Words" or "Khonar Bochon." These sayings, though simple and easy to remember, were filled with practical advice for farmers. Khona used her knowledge to help the peasants, but her actions often challenged the ruling class. The rulers, not pleased with her defiance, punished her cruelly by cutting out her tongue. Thus she became known as Khona, which means “someone who cannot speak." Despite this harsh punishment, her wisdom lived on through her sayings, which have been passed down for over 1500 years. There are many versions of Khona's story. One retelling goes like this: in the kingdom of Deyulnagar, there was a royal astrologer named Va...