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HSC English First Paper English For Today Unit 4 Lesson 1

HSC English First Paper English For Today Unit 4 Lesson 1

 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

 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

 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...