Class 8 | English for today Unit 1 Lesson: 3 | Our ethnic friends (1)

 Lesson: 3 | Our ethnic friends

 Key words: ethnic region majority shifting

A. Look at the question and discuss in groups.
Have you heard the word 'ethnic people'? Can you tell what it means?

Answer :  

s1 : I have heard the word ‘ethnic people’ in television and I have seen the word in my book. 

s2: It means minor population subgroup.

s3: Garo, chakma, marma etc. are ethnic people in Bangladesh.

 

 Now look at the pictures. Then discuss the following questions in pair.

1.What do you see in the picture?

2.What are they called?

3.Who wear them?

Answer : 

s1 : What do you see in the picture?

s2 : These the dresses and ornaments?

s1 : What are they called?

s2 : The dresses are called thamis, angis and lungis.

s1 : Who wear them?

s2 : Marma women wear thamis and angis and men wear lungis..

  

 Now look at the pictures. Then discuss the following questions in pair.

1. Do you know where the ethnic people live in Bangladesh?

2. What are they called?

Answer : 

s1 : Do you know where the ethnic people live in Bangladesh?

s2 : Yes. The majority of these people live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The others live in the regions of Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet.

s1. What are they called?

s2. the Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas, the Moorangs, The Santals, Khasias , the Monipuries, the Hajangs and the Garos.

 

B. Now read the text.

The ethnic people in Bangladesh hold a very important place in the culture of the country. বাংলাদেশের ক্ষুদ্র নৃ-গোষ্ঠী দেশের সংস্কৃতিতে অত্যন্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ স্থান দখল করে আছে।

The majority of these people live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. এদের মধ্যে সিংহভাগই পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রামে বসবাস করে। The others live in the regions of Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet. বাকিরা ময়মনসিংহ, রাজশাহী ও সিলেট অঞ্চলে বসবাস করে। They live in forest areas, in the hills and in rural areas. বনাঞ্চলে, পাহাড়ে এবং গ্রামাঞ্চলে এদের বসবাস। They do Jhum cultivation.  তারা ঝুম চাষ করে। For this work they clear apiece of land in the forest, prepare it and sow seeds in it.এই কাজের জন্য তারা জঙ্গলের এক টুকরো জমি পরিষ্কার করে, প্রস্তুত করে এবং তাতে বীজ বপন করে। They are mostly farmers. তারা বেশিরভাগই কৃষক। By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists. ধর্ম অনুসারে তারা হিন্দু, খ্রিস্টান বা বৌদ্ধ। They speak their own mother tongues. তারা নিজেদের মাতৃভাষায় কথা বলে। Some of them are the Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas and the Moorangs, who live in the Hill Tracts. এদের মধ্যে কিছু হল চাকমা, মারমা, টিপরা এবং মুরাং যারা পার্বত্য অঞ্চলে বাস করে। The Santals live in Rajshahi. রাজশাহীতে সাঁওতালদের বসবাস। The Khasias and the Monipuries, live in Sylhet and the Hajangs and the Garos in Mymensingh. খাসিয়া ও মনিপুরীরা সিলেটে এবং হাজং ও গারোরা ময়মনসিংহে বাস করে।

C. True or false? If false, give the correct information.

1. All the ethnic people of our country live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

2. Most of them are farmers.

3. By religion all of them are Buddhists.

4. The Moorangs are an ethnic group.

5. They practise jhum cultivation. 

Answer : 

1. False. Correct answer : The majority of the ethnic people live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. 

 2. True. 

3. False. Correct answer : By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists.

4. True.

5. True.

 

D. Ask and answer the questions in pairs.

1. Where do you find the Marmans?

2. What language do they speak at home?

3. Where and how do they do the Jhum cultivation? 

Answer : 

s1. Where do you find the Marmans?

s2 : They live in the Hill Tracts.

s1 : What language do they speak at home?

s2 : They speak in their mother language at home.

s1 : Where and how do they do the Jhum cultivation?

s2 :   They do Jhum cultivation. For this work they clear a piece of land in the forest, prepare it and sow seeds in it.