Shamima's misery began when she was married and her husband abused her verbally and physically. She left her husband within a few months. Now, Shamima vows to work with women who have faced difficulties like her. She has an organization with 43 women members that she trains herself. The organization designs, prints, and embroiders fabrics and clothing that they sell. Shamima dreams of helping helpless people feel useful and live with dignity. Although she faced hardships, Shamima has no complaints or regrets, and just wants to bring smiles to other unfortunate women.

1. Class- VIIIClass- VIII
English 1st paperEnglish 1st paper
Unit -5Unit -5
Lesson -2Lesson -2
Presented by:Presented by:
Fauzia JesminFauzia Jesmin
Asst. TeacherAsst. Teacher
Camb Id:0412Camb Id:0412
Department of EnglishDepartment of English
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2. Let’s see some pictures
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3. Today’s lesson
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word meanin
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Key words
outward - away from the centre or a particular point:
vow - a formal and serious promise
Disabled -unable to use a part of your body
completely or easily
dignity - a calm and serious manner
regret - to feel sorry about something
ill-fated - not lucky and ending sadly
Product -a thing that is grown or produced
grudge - a feeling of anger or dislike

5. Loud Reading
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Shamima’s misery started the day she was married. Her husband was a
greedy person and he used to abuse her verbally and physically. Within a few
months into her marriage she had to leave her husband Amirul Islam.
Now Shamima vows to work with women, who are ill-fated like her. She has
43 female members in her organisation working for her. She trains the
members herself and then provides them with work. She designs fabrics,
makes block-print, brushpaint and hand-embroidered sarees. She also
makes three-piece dresses for women, and fatuas for men. She sells these
products in her shop and supplies them outside.
Shamima has a dream now, a dream to do something for the helpless
people. She wants them to feel useful. They can live with self-respect and
dignity. With this in view, she goes out looking for such people.
Shamima finished her story with a smile. Shamima has no complaints, no
regrets, no grudges. All she wants to do is to bring a smile on the faces of
those women who are unfortunate. Shamima wants to become a famous
designer.

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Shanima’s dreams were nipped in the bud

7. Shamima’s husband abuse her verbally and physically
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8. Shamima vows to work with ill-fated women
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9. Block-print, brush- print, hand-embroidered
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11. Shamima’s dream is to do something for the helpless woman
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12. Shamima’s outward beauty could be destroyed but the beauty of her mind is
ever beautiful
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Find a person in your locality who has
succeeded in the face of difficulties and
write about her/him.

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True or false? If false, give the correct information.
1. Shamima’s husband destroyed her.
2. Shamima promised to stand beside the helpless women.
3. She has some trainers to train the women of her
organization.
4. Shamima wants to become a wealthy person to help others.

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Write the summary of the passage.

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