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HSC English First Paper English For Today Unit 4 Lesson 1

 HSC English First Paper English For Today Unit 4 Lesson 1

Three Speeches

An abridged version of a famous speech made by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28 1963 in Washington DC, USA.

I have a dream.

The Negro is still not free.... the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination... The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. The Negro is still languishing in the comers of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land, So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition .... 

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today ang tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.” 

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. 

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. 

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. 

I have a dream today. 

I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of ‘interposition’ and ‘nullification’, that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. 

I have a dream today. 

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, ‘‘and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.” 

This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with.

With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. 

With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.... 

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania ... 

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring. 

And when this happens, and when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” (abridged)

Answer the following questions.  

(1) Describe the condition of the Negro in the state of Mississippi. 

Answer. The condition of the negro in the State of Mississippi is very bad, The Negro is in the grip of injustice and oppression.

(2) Martin Luther King Jr. is an advocate of a creating land free from segregation and discrimination. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer. 

Answer. Yes, I agree with the statement that Martin Luther King Jr. is an advocate of a creating land free from segregation and discrimination. Every line of his speech speaks of his ardent love of freedom and brotherhood.  

(3) Briefly describe the condition of the Negro in the state of Mississippi. 

Answer. Martin Luther King Jr. says that the Negro is not still free because the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.

(4) The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. Explain. 

Answer. According to Martin Luther King Jr. the Negro is living in poverty and those who live around the Negro enjoy a prosperous life. So, the habitat of the Negro is compared to a poverty-stricken island which is surrounded by the ocean of prosperity.  

(5) Why does the Negro find himself an exile in his own land? Can you explain the reason for this condition? 

Answer. The Negro finds himself an exile in his own land because in spite of being native he possesses a very lower position in American society. He is oppressed and dominated by the white.  

(6) What is the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. regarding the state of Mississippi? 

Answer. The dream of Martin Luther King Jr. regarding the state of Mississippi is that the state sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.  

(7) What is the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. regarding the nation and its creed? 

Answer. The dream of Martin Luther King Jr. regarding the nation and its creed is that one day the nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal."  

(8) Describe in brief the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. regarding the red hills of Georgia. 

Answer. The dream of Martin Luther King Jr. regarding the red hills of Georgia is that one day on these hills, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.  

(9) Describe the condition of Alabama with reference to its racists and the governor. 

Answer. Alabama is full of vicious racists and the governor is described as having his lips dripping with the words of 'interposition' and 'nullification'.  

(10) What kind of nation is in the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. where his four children will live?

Answer. Martin Luther King Jr. dreams that his four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character

āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύ āφāĻ›ে

āĻŽাāϰ্āϟিāύ āϞুāĻĨাāϰ āĻ•িং āϜুāύিāϝ়āϰ

....āĻ•ৃāώ্āĻŖাāĻ™্āĻ—āϰা āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤ āύāϝ়.... āĻ•ৃāώ্āĻŖাāĻ™্āĻ—āĻĻেāϰ āϜীāĻŦāύ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ•ীāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰ āĻšাāϤāĻ•āĻĄ়া āĻāĻŦং āĻŦৈāώāĻŽ্āϝেāϰ āĻļিāĻ•āϞ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻĻুঃāĻ–āϜāύāĻ• āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦিāĻ•āϞ āĻšāϝ়ে āφāĻ›ে..... āĻŦৈāώāϝ়িāĻ• āϏāĻŽৃāĻĻ্āϧিāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āϏাāĻ—āϰেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻĻাāϰিāĻĻ্āϰ্āϝেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϞা āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒে āĻŦাāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻ›ে āĻ•ৃāώ্āĻŖাāĻ™্āĻ—āϰা....āĻ•ৃāώ্āĻŖাāĻ™্āĻ—āϰা āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āφāĻŽেāϰিāĻ•াāύ āϏāĻŽাāϜেāϰ āĻ•োāĻŖে āύিঃāĻļেāώ āĻšāϝ়ে āϝাāϚ্āĻ›ে āĻāĻŦং āύিāϜেāĻ•ে āύিāϜেāϰ āĻĻেāĻļে āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϏিāϤ āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে āĻĻেāĻ–āĻ›ে। āϏুāϤāϰাং,āφāĻŽāϰা āφāϜ āĻāĻ–াāύে āĻāϏেāĻ›ি āĻāĻ•āϟি āϞāϜ্āϜাāϜāύāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āύাāϟ্āϝāϰূāĻĒ āĻĻিāϤে .......

āφāĻŽি āφāϜ āϤোāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦāϞāĻ›ি, āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϰা, āϤাāχ āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āφāĻŽāϰা āφāϜ āĻāĻŦং āφāĻ—াāĻŽীāĻ•াāϞেāϰ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽুāĻ–ীāύ, āϤাāϰāĻĒāϰāĻ“ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύ āφāĻ›ে। āĻāϟি āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύ āϝা āĻ—āĻ­ীāϰāĻ­াāĻŦে āφāĻŽেāϰিāĻ•াāύ āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύে āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĨিāϤ।āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύ āφāĻ›ে āϝে, āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāύ āĻāχ āϜাāϤি āωāĻ ে āĻĻাঁāĻĄ়াāĻŦে āĻāĻŦং āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āύিāϝ়ে āĻŦাāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻŦে; “āφāĻŽāϰা āĻāχ āϏāϤ্āϝāĻ•ে āϏ্āĻŦāϤ:āϏিāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦāϞে āĻŽāύে āĻ•āϰি; āϏāĻŦ āĻŽাāύুāώ āϏāĻŽাāύāĻ­াāĻŦে āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে”। āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύ āφāĻ›ে āϝে, āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāύ āϜāϰ্āϜিāϝ়াāϰ āϞাāϞ āĻĒাāĻšাāĻĄ়েāϰ āωāĻĒāϰে, āϏাāĻŦেāĻ• āĻ•্āϰীāϤāĻĻাāϏāĻĻেāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāϰা āĻ“ āϏাāĻŦেāĻ• āĻĻাāϏ-āĻŽাāϞিāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāϰা āĻāĻ•āϏাāĻĨে āĻ­্āϰাāϤৃāϤ্āĻŦেāϰ āϟেāĻŦিāϞে āĻŦāϏāϤে āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦে। 

āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύ āφāĻ›ে āϝে, āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāύ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•ি āĻŽিāϏিāϏিāĻĒি āϏ্āϟেāϟ, āϝা āĻ…āĻŦিāϚাāϰেāϰ āωāϤ্āϤাāĻĒে āĻĒুāĻĄ়ে āϝাāϚ্āĻ›ে, āϝা āύিāĻĒীāĻĄ়āύেāϰ āωāϤ্āϤাāĻĒে āĻĒুāĻĄ়ে āϝাāϚ্āĻ›ে,āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤা āĻ“ āύ্āϝাāϝ়āĻŦিāϚাāϰেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŽāϰুāĻĻ্āϝাāύে āϰুāĻĒাāύ্āϤāϰিāϤ āĻšāĻŦে। āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύ āφāĻ›ে āϝে, āφāĻŽাāϰ āϚাāϰ āĻ›োāϟ্āϟ āĻļিāĻļুāϰা āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāύ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϜাāϤিāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŦাāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻŦে āϝেāĻ–াāύে āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϤ্āĻŦāĻ•েāϰ āϰāĻ™ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦিāϚাāϰ āĻ•āϰা āĻšāĻŦে āύা āĻŦāϰং āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰেāϰ āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āϟ্āϝ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽূāϞ্āϝাāϝ়āύ āĻ•āϰা āĻšāĻŦে ।

āφāϜ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύ āφāĻ›ে।

āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύ āφāĻ›ে āϝে, āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāύ āφāϞাāĻŦাāĻŽাāϝ়, āĻāϰ āύিāώ্āĻ ুāϰ āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāĻŦাāĻĻীāĻĻেāϰ āύিāϝ়ে, āĻāϰ āĻ—āĻ­āϰ্āύāϰ āύিāϝ়ে āϝাāϰ āĻ োঁāϟāĻ—ুāϞো 'āĻšāϏ্āϤāĻ•্āώেāĻĒ' āĻāĻŦং 'āĻ…āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•āϰāϤা' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϏিāĻ•্āϤ āĻšāϝ়ে āφāĻ›ে, āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāύ āĻ িāĻ• āĻāχ āφāϞাāĻŦাāĻŽাāϝ় āĻ›োāϟ্āϟ āĻ•াāϞো āĻ›েāϞেāϰা āĻāĻŦং āĻ•াāϞো āĻŽেāϝ়েāϰা āĻ­াāχ-āĻŦোāύ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻ›োāϟ āϏাāĻĻা āĻ›েāϞেāĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻŦং āϏাāĻĻা āĻŽেāϝ়েāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϝোāĻ— āĻĻিāϤে āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦে।

āφāϜ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύ āφāĻ›ে।

āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύ āφāĻ›ে āϝে, āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāύ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϟি āωāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻ•া āωঁāϚু āĻšāĻŦে, āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϟি āĻĒাāĻšাāĻĄ় āĻ“ āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤ āύিāϚু āĻšāĻŦে, āĻ…āϏāĻŽাāύ āϏ্āĻĨাāύāĻ—ুāϞো āϏāĻŽাāύ āĻšāϝ়ে āϝাāĻŦে āĻāĻŦং āφঁāĻ•াāĻŦাঁāĻ•া āϏ্āĻĨাāύāĻ—ুāϞো āϏোāϜা āĻšāϝ়ে āϝাāĻŦে, āĻāĻŦং “āϏৃāώ্āϟিāĻ•āϰ্āϤাāϰ āĻŽāĻšিāĻŽা āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļ āĻĒাāĻŦে āĻāĻŦং āϏāĻ•āϞ āϞোāĻ• āĻāĻ•āϏাāĻĨে āϤা āĻĻেāĻ–āϤে āĻĒাāĻŦে”।

 āĻāχ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āφāĻļা । āĻāχ āϏেāχ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āϝা āϏাāĻĨে āύিāϝ়ে āφāĻŽি āĻĻāĻ•্āώিāĻŖে āĻĢিāϰে āϝাāĻŦ। āĻāχ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āύিāϝ়ে āφāĻŽāϰা āĻšāϤাāĻļাāϰ āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āφāĻļাāĻŦাāĻšী āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻĒাāĻĨāϰ āĻ•েāϟে āύিāϤে āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦ । āĻāχ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āύিāϝ়ে āφāĻŽāϰা āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϜাāϤিāϰ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āĻŦেāώেāϰ āĻāύāĻāύাāύি āĻ­্āϰাāϤৃāϤ্āĻŦāĻŦোāϧেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ āϞāϝ়ে āϰূāĻĒাāύ্āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤে āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦ। āĻāχ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āύিāϝ়ে āφāĻŽāϰা āĻāĻ•āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤে, āĻāĻ•āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āĻĒ্āϰাāϰ্āĻĨāύা āĻ•āϰāϤে, āĻāĻ•āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āϏংāĻ—্āϰাāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāϤে, āĻāĻ•āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āϜেāϞে āϝেāϤে, āĻāĻ•āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻĻাঁāĻĄ়াāϤে āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦ, āĻāϟা āϜেāύে āϝে āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāύ āφāĻŽāϰা āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύ āĻšāĻŦ---

āφāĻŽেāϰিāĻ•া āϝāĻĻি āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŽāĻšাāύ āϜাāϤি āĻšāϝ়ে āϝাāϝ়, āĻāϟি āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāχ āϏāϤ্āϝ āĻšāϤে āĻšāĻŦে। āϏুāϤāϰাং, āύিāω āĻš্āϝাāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻļাāϝ়াāϰেāϰ āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽāϝ়āĻ•āϰ āĻĒাāĻšাāĻĄ় āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤাāϰ āϏুāϰ āĻŦেāϜে āωāĻ āϤে āĻĻিāύ। āύিāωāχāϝ়āϰ্āĻ•েāϰ āĻĒāϰাāĻ•্āϰāĻŽāĻļাāϞী āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤাāϰ āϏুāϰ āĻŦেāϜে āωāĻ āϤে āĻĻিāύ। āĻĒেāύāϏিāϞāĻ­াāύিāϝ়াāϰ āϏুāωāϚ্āϚ āĻ…্āϝাāϞিāĻ—āύি āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤāĻŽাāϞা āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤাāϰ āϏুāϰ āĻŦেāϜে āωāĻ āϤে āĻĻিāύ ।

āĻŽিāϏিāϏিāĻĒিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϟি āĻĒাāĻšাāĻĄ় āĻāĻŦং āϏ্āϤূāĻĒ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤাāϰ āϏুāϰ āĻŦেāϜে āωāĻ āϤে āĻĻিāύ। āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϟি āĻĒাāϰ্āĻŦāϤ্āϝ āĻāϞাāĻ•া āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤাāϰ āϏুāϰ āĻŦেāϜে āωāĻ āϤে āĻĻিāύ ।

āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ āϰāĻ•āĻŽāϟি āϘāϟāĻŦে āĻāĻŦং āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰা āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤাāϰ āϏুāϰ āĻŦেāϜে āωāĻ āϤে āĻĻিāĻŦ, āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϟি āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽ āĻāĻŦং āĻ›োāϟ āĻļāĻšāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻāϟি āĻŦেāϜে āωāĻ āϤে āĻĻিāĻŦ, āϤāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰা āĻĻ্āϰুāϤ āϏেāĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻĒাāĻŦ āϝেāĻĻিāύ āϏৃāώ্āϟিāĻ•āϰ্āϤাāϰ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϤ āϏৃāώ্āϟ āĻŽাāύāĻŦ, āĻ•ৃāώ্āĻŖাāĻ™্āĻ— āĻ“ āĻļ্āĻŦেāϤাāĻ™্āĻ—, āχāĻšুāĻĻী āĻ“ āĻ…āχāĻšুāĻĻী, āĻĒ্āϰোāϟেāϏ্āϟ্āϝাāύ্āϟ āĻ“ āĻ•্āϝাāĻĨāϞিāĻ• āĻāĻ•āϏাāĻĨে āĻšাāϤে āĻšাāϤ āϰাāĻ–āϤে āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦে āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āϰাāϚীāύ āĻ•ৃāώ্āĻŖাāĻ™্āĻ— āφāϧ্āϝাāϤ্āĻŽিāĻ• āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ—ুāϞো āĻ—াāχāϤে āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦে, “āĻ…āĻŦāĻļেāώে āφāĻŽāϰা āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤ। āĻ…āĻŦāĻļেāώে āφāĻŽāϰা āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤ। āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ āϏāϰ্āĻŦāĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻŽাāύ āϏৃāώ্āϟিāĻ•āϰ্āϤাāĻ•ে, āĻ…āĻŦāĻļেāώে āφāĻŽāϰা āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤ!” (āϏংāĻ•্āώেāĻĒিāϤ)

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