Story 1: Many years ago as we got ready for
school we moved out of the house with my parents
in the car. A small distance from our house we met a
crowd of worried overwhelmed, angry and stranded
people. They were surrounding an injured woman.
This was a poor woman who fried pancakes for a
living and this sad morning she had tripped and
fallen into kalai of very hot cooking oil she had
placed on the charcoal stove. No one could help to
rush her to hospital. As we passed by my parents
told my brother to go by taxi to school so that in his
place this woman will be transported to the central
hospital.
Story 2: Being hosted in Uzbekistan for the last
two years I have compiled the
rich content of the
impressive research entitled ‘National Identities of
Uzbek Nation’. To my great surprise volunteerism
has constantly been on the rise across the whole
country. Its trends can be observed in polysemous
word ‘hashar’ that is interpreted as community
service in house building, greening, traditional
ceremony holdings, such as weddings, circumcising,
funeral - all social events in which neighborhood
and relatives are wholeheartedly involved to support
the holder materially and morally.
One of my memos found its deep enlightenment
in peopled talk about environmental issues and the
importance of taking some actions,
from recycling
to land protection. Each early spring on March 14
communities across Uzbekistan hold cleaning up
issues. People of all ages voluntarily grab a trash
bag and walk the streets of their town picking up
trash or dig up the ground nurturing its productivity.
Many youngsters care deeply about the threats
facing our environment and may have an interest
in helping their community “go green.” Moreover,
community service ideas include planting a
neighborhood garden or a tree for all to enjoy,
clearing pathway trails
or performing attraction
cleanups. Some communities plan clean-up days
when town members gather for one, huge cleaning
surge, but high school students don’t have to wait
for an official cleaning day. Like other groups more
and more middle and high school students all over
the 12 regions of Uzbekistan willingly perform
community service hours through fun as part of
their learning experience. As anyone who has ever
volunteered knows, the satisfaction and pride that
comes from helping others can be life changing.
This social involvement scene of the national
activity is massively broadcasted in local and
central media. It allows the audience to explore the
purpose and significance of the activity
and raises
their awareness of environmental issues. Each
youth has his own personality and interests - and
the mature should tap into those interests to ensure
the community service project has an invaluable
impact in committing social responsibility’.
(... taken from French sociologist report)
10 Work individually and give metaphoric definition to the word Good deed. Good deed is like.... as
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(R2) You will hear:
Rustam Hamroev, host,
Difuza Mamatqulova, interviewer
Jaloliddin Zuhriddinov, Professor in the
Department of Communications Sciences and
Disorders, National University of Uzbekistan
Predict which of the following topics you are likely to
hear about. Choose five only.
1. Speaking Disorders Such as Speech Obstruction,
Problems
2. Development of Fast Speech
3. Management of Central Nervous System to Test
Speech Pace
4. Speed of Different Professionals’ Speeches
5. Examples of Using Fast Speech
6. Experts Ideas on Pace of Speech
7. Process of Learning How to Speak Fast
8. Radio Programmes to Enhance Speed of Speech
2
Answer the following questions and write your
answers.
1. What are the main ways of getting new information
in our fast developing world? _____________
2. What was the speed rate of speech among different
people a century ago?_____________________
3.' When we speak slowly how does our nervous
system respond?________________________
L Types of Syllables
2. Importance of Memo in Learning Languages 1
3. Language and Communication
Did you know there are over 100
languages
spoken in Manitoba? While English is the dominant
language of the province, the next most commonly!
heard languages are German, French, TagalogJ
Ukrainian and Cree. Immigrants to the province]
bring their languages with them, enriching the
linguistic make-up of Manitoba. When you listen]
to a language other than your native language, it
often sounds as though it is spoken more quickly
than your own language. The words and music ofj
the language sound foreign and unfamiliar. Some
languages are spoken at a faster pace than others.]
For example, Spanish and Japanese sound as]
though they are spoken at breakneck speed.
However, those who
study languages say that
in fact, languages tend to convey information to
listeners at the same rate, even though the speed of
the delivery of some languages sounds much faster
than others. Scientists studied native language
speakers of seven common languages: English,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin
and Spanish. They also studied a less common
language, Vietnamese. One of the main things they
discovered was that a language speed is determined
by how much meaning is packed into each syllable.
The more information
a language packs into a
syllable, the fewer syllables have to be spoken in a
second to convey meaning. For example, the single
4. What problems do the new visitors face abroad ?
5. What can help to understand fast speakers?
