Textbook (verbatim transcription): What Should We Do
Verbatim transcription of the printed NCTB textbook pages.
Printed page 88
After completing the lesson students will be able to
A. Read the following dialogue:
Bahar, Azim, Joseph and Shujan are classmates. They are planning a vacation.
Bahar: We have a week's vacation next week. What should we do?
Azim: Let's go somewhere we haven't been before.
Joseph: Right! I saw an ad for an interesting place. Hmm… well, here it is!
Bahar: Let me see! Ah! A two day trip to Kuakata! That sounds interesting! Look at the picture of the sea- beach and the sunrise! It looks fantastic!
Azim: Well, I've always wanted to climb a mountain. Why don't we go to the Chimbuk Mountains in Bandarban?
Shujan: I've an idea! How about going to the Sunderbans? We can see some wild animals and can also take pictures of the forests and the sea.
Bahar: Well… well… calm down everybody! We can't go to all the places and do all the things at a time, right?
Joseph: Yeah. Let's think about all the options and then decide.
Printed page 89
A1. Make a list of the places the friends wanted to go to. Why did they want to go to these places?
A2. Think of a place you would like to go to. Now write down a few sentences about where you want to go, why you want to go there, who you want to go with.
Language Focus
| For suggestions, we often use these expressions: |
|---|
| What should we do? |
| Why don't we ……………………? |
| How about……………………… ? |
| Let's ………………………….., etc. |
A3. Write short dialogues for the following situations. Use the expressions in the Language Focus.
a. You and your friends want to do a class project. Discuss and decide what you want to do.
clues: poster, drawing, wall magazine, drama, etc.
b. You and your friends want to buy a gift for your teacher on his/her birthday. Discuss and decide what gift to get.
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