Unit 1: Education and Humanity
Full exercise of Education First | Language Development | Class 11 English Notes NEB
Ways with words
A. Find the words from the text that mean the following.
a. a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission
envoy
b. the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect
dignity
c. harm done to someone in response to harm
revenge
d. a person who holds extreme views in political or religious matters
extremist
e. sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others
compassion
f. a person who is believed to speak for God
prophet
g. the study of the nature of knowledge, reality, and existence
philosophy
h. the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy
violence
i. an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things
prejudice
B. Match the words on the left with their opposite meanings on the right.
honor – disgrace
innocent – guilty
brutality – kindness
forgiveness – punishment
illiteracy – literacy
C. Using a dictionary
a. Study the dictionary entry above and answer these questions.
i. What is the headword in the first entry?
The headword in the first entry is Humanity.
ii. How many meanings of the word ‘humanity’ are given?
Four meanings of the word ‘humanity’ are given.
iii. What do the abbreviations U, OPP, pl, and sth stand for?
U, OPP, pl, and sth stand for uncountable, opposite, plural, and something, respectively.
iv. What is the British English spelling of ‘humanize’?
The British English spelling of ‘humanize’ is humanise.
v. How is the word ‘humanize’ pronounced?
The word ‘humanize’ is pronounced as /ˈhjuːmənaɪz/.
vi. If we say every person should have the sense of humanity, which meaning of ‘humanity’ is applied?
If we say every person should have the sense of humanity, the quality of being kind to people and animals by making sure that they do not suffer more than is necessary, ‘humanity’ is applied.
b. Arrange the following words in alphabetical order.
i. advanced analysis amuse, assure, allergy, attain, aid, anxiety, acute, agreement
acute, advance, agreement, aid, allergy, amuse, analysis, anxiety, assure, attain
ii. smoke, small, smart, speaking, smelling, smoothly, smuggler, smashed, smearing, smallpox
small, smallpox, smart, smashed, speaking, smearing, smelling, smoke, smoothly, smuggler,
iii. terminal, terminate, terminology termite, terms, terrace, terrible terribly
terminal, terminate, terminology, terms, terrace, terrible, territory, terror
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Comprehension
Answer the following questions.
a. Why did the speaker receive thousands of good-wish cards and gifts from all over the world?
The speaker was hospitalized for treatment and recuperation after the Taliban shot her in the left side of her forehead. As a result, the speaker got thousands of cards, presents, and well wishes from people all around the world.
b. According to the speaker, what are hundreds of human rights activists and social workers struggling for?
According to the speaker, hundreds of human activists and social workers are struggling to achieve their goals of education, peace, and equality.
c. What has she learnt from Gandhi?
She learned the value of nonviolence from Gandhi.
d. In what sense is peace necessary for education?
Peace is essential to high-quality education. Only in a peaceful environment can children receive a valuable education. Otherwise, the kids can’t concentrate on their schoolwork and are scared to go to school. Peace is therefore essential for education.
e. According to the speaker, what are the main problems faced by both men and women?
According to the speaker, poverty, ignorance, injustice, racism, and deprivation of basic rights are the main problems faced by both men and women.
f. What is Malala calling upon all governments?
Malala is calling upon all governments to ensure free education for all children all over the world, to fight against terrorism and violence, and to protect them from brutality and harm.
g. What is the main message of this speech?
The main message of this speech is that education is such a weapon that it can eradicate problems like illiteracy, terrorism, violence, and harassment of fundamental human rights. So, providing education to every child in this world should be the first priority of all governments.
Critical thinking
a. ‘All children have the right to quality education. How can we ensure this is right for every child? Discuss the role of the government and the parents to make sure that every child can attend school.’
Quality education is the demand of the 21st century. There are different aspects related to getting a quality education. The roles of parents, government, and schools are the main stakeholders related to a student’s quality education.
Role of Government
– The government can subsidize education in several forms, including school fees for low-income parents.
– Providing equality in education whereby the government ensures that the public schools offer a high quality of knowledge to the learners.
– A government should ensure that teachers are well paid so that they are motivated in the provision of their services.
– A government should put in place rules that could check to eliminate outdated syllabi since it misdirects many teachers and learners in schools.
Roles of Parents
– Kids would be easily inspired by what their parents do. So it would be good to be a role model in their learning phase.
– Parents should talk to their kid about their school life and different memories associated with it.
– Parents should help them to be more organized with their daily routine and find enough time for the lessons.
– Parents should make sure that the kids are provided with a peaceful and pleasant atmosphere at home.
b. Do you think that there is still discrimination between sons and daughters in terms of providing education in our country? What strategies do you suggest to overcome such discrimination against girls?’
In Nepal, education is still in the beginning stages. Even if efforts to provide free education through government schools have advanced, most people believe that this education falls short of what private schools offer. Government schools have less funding and offer lower-quality instruction than private ones.
While their brothers have access to high-quality, or at least superior, education at private schools, many girls are still enrolled in government institutions. This discrepancy stems from Nepalese society’s long history of marginalization based on gender. More significantly, parents believe that girls will move to their new homes after marriage and be unable to care for them as they age, which leads to discrimination against them in school.
Last but not least, parents continue to send their sons to prestigious schools while sending their daughters to less prestigious ones because they still think that men are stronger politically, intellectually, and physically.
A number of strategies should be applied by all to afford education to the girls to bring about the prosperity of the nation. Some of them are listed below:
1. Gender biases should be ended.
2. Women should be given platforms to be in power and achieve economic success.
3. Violence and sexual assault against women should be ended.
4. The preference for the son should be removed from the people’s psychology.
5. Money given in the name of dowry should be invested in the girl’s education.
c. ‘A Chinese philosopher, Confucius, said, “If your plan is for one year, plant rice; if your plan is for ten years, plant trees; if your plan is for one hundred years, educate children.” What is the meaning of this saying? Elaborate this with examples.’
The above sentence only means that our destination decides what kind of work we should do. It will take a long time to reach our lofty goals and get where we want to go. One of the ideas that the Chinese teacher who lived before Christ put forward was that confusion is what makes people’s lives change in long-lasting ways. Planting plants and rice will produce food within a year or ten years, but this is different. It will be almost 100 years before things get better.
In reality, the sentence above is talking about how important schooling is. At this point, people who don’t have schooling are like a pen that doesn’t have ink. How we learn affects our future. It gives us a good name in society. To think of a mature country without education is also like building a castle in the sky. If today’s kids get a good education, they will be very important to the growth of the country and the creation of a polite society in the future. As a result, giving kids the best education possible is an investment that will pay off for the whole country in the long run.
Grammar
Classify the underlined words into different word classes.
a. The man who is wearing glasses is my uncle’s friend.
who—pronoun
wearing – verb
my – determiner
b. I bought a round table in the supermarket.
round – adjective
the – determiner
c. Alas, she is dead.
Alas—interjection
d. Hari works very hard all the time, but his wife is very lazy.
hard – adverb
wife – noun
very – adverb
e. I have never been to Japan.
never—adverb
f. Ann drove a car safely.
Ann – Noun
Safely—Adverb
g. Nobody has claimed it.
nobody—pronoun
it—pronoun
h. She cut her hand with a knife.
her – determiner
with – preposition
i. They have postponed the program because of rain.
have – verb
because of – preposition
rain – noun
j. Everybody comes to the party.
everybody – pronoun
k. All such people ought to be avoided.
all – determiner
such—determiner
l. All of the food has gone.
all – pronoun
m. What was that noise?
what—pronoun
n. One must not boast of one’s own success.
one – pronoun
o. Nobody was there to rescue the child.
nobody—pronoun
p.Neither of the accusations is true.
neither – pronoun
a. Neither answer is correct.
neither – determiner
Here is the book that you lent me.
here—adverb
that – pronoun
s. Without health there is no happiness.
without – proposition
health – noun
happiness – noun