Prepared by:
Ridwan Abrar
Junior Year Undergrad Student (Level 3 Term 2)
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE)
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
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Natural disaster, May 2006
It was an unusual disaster! A year had already passed but not a single drop of water fell from
the azure-blue sky and kissed our dry field. My father had his hands on his head and beads of
perspiration broke out on his forehead. His face had become so haggard that people of our
village often failed to recognise him. His farming profession had already gone haywire due to
the drought and the little amount of money gained from producing crops by artificial irrigation
was not sufficient. Our major support is our livestock but even that last stand is going to be
shattered today as father will sell the remaining cow to the nearest market. The money gained
will help us survive a bit longer. Death just seems one step ahead of us.
“I need your help,” said father, hopelessly sitting on the ground beside our tiny hut. It was
decided instantly that I should not go to school anymore. The sudden decision came to me as a
bolt from the blue. But I had no other option so I readily agreed with him. I heard many times at
school that ‘Knowledge is power’ but the quote should be changed and instead be made
‘Knowledge is power only after you have finished your education.’ I set off in the afternoon with
bare feet, the only shoe in the house was taken by my father.
The incessant search for work had started. I trudged along the sun-baked path, my feet seemed
to be dying of pain because of the warm path. I had to go on to get a work for a living. I begged
house after house but met with no success. Even the rich people of the village were severely
affected by this disastrous drought and nobody wanted to spend a penny for petty work which I
could do to help them. The afternoon sun seemed to be burning on my back and I retreated
back home, panting and my face was completely burned by the sinister sun.
My father had also returned after the transaction and his face also revealed the fact that he was
not very successful in his business. His face was wrinkled and he sat exactly in the same place
where I saw him last. He murmured that the buyer had given him too little money for the cow.
His face grew red with anger when he learned that I had not found any work yet. I couldn’t
understand why he went berserk and hurled rude and angry words at me. He then left off in the
blink of an eye and did not turn back at me.
,I was flabbergasted! I remained transfixed with shock for a few seconds; tears wanted to crawl
out but I swallowed the tears that so much wanted to be wept. With dogged determination, I
started looking all the houses again for a work but in vain. I decided to check out the nearby
village but my endeavour brought me nothing except emptying my stomach and leaving me
exhausted. I found no work and I realised that hard work is not always the key to success. I
returned home, completely devoid of all hope, and was welcomed by a torrential downpour of
dad’s abuse who realised what had happened by looking at my face. I thought of flinging his
words back at him but I realised the gravity of the situation and remained quiet.
Our conditions kept on deteriorating. A bleak future awaited ahead of us and we ate food only
once in four days! But our tiny hope to survive extinguished when my younger brother embraced
death in front of our eyes. My mother went into coma for such a long time that I felt that even
she would pass away. Life seemed futile for all of us. The next day, as we prepared for his
funeral, a torrential downpour started, The rain had finally started but it failed to fill up the empty
well that opened inside us.
Describe a place that is very cold.
I woke up in the morning with my eyes refusing to open themselves. When I turned around me, I
was astonished to find that everything was shrouded with blackness as mysterious as the heart
of a dark forest. Somebody entered my room but I couldn’t identify him because of having no
glasses.The Sun forgot its usual routine to rise in the morning but I had a routine which need to
be maintained.
Each step I placed on the floor was horrible. I plodded slowly to the washroom; a chill ran down
my spine as my hands touched the cold water. For split seconds, I was transferred to a statue.
Washing my hands and face now seemed a Herculean task for me. I decided not to do that and
instead ran downstairs where mom was preparing the breakfast. The sudden flight did me no
good and my shivering returned.
Title: Adolf Hitler, the unrecognized patriot
Note: This is not an O level style essay, I wrote it for one of my university
assignments.
, A patriot is a person who is willing to sacrifice anything for his country, whether this turns out to
be good or bad to the world as a whole. Famous examples include our freedom fighter Matiur
Rahman, Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln etc.
We have all heard about Adolf Hitler, the cruel and ruthless ruler who paved the path for millions
of deaths in the Second World war. But Hitler too has a brighter side seen clearly only by people
of his country and by some expert historians. The presentation aims to deal with such issues.
First of all, l would include some background information of this great leader. Born in Austria,
Hitler grew up in Germany and was initially a soldier during the First World War. He soon rose
up the ranks after the end of the war and became a politician. He was the founder and the leader
of the Nazi Party.
Let me explore some of the economic development accelerated by Hitler. Firstly, he was a
motivation and driving factor behind the making of the Volkswagen, a world-famous company
now. Ferdinand Porsche was the man who made the job possible. Hitler took great measures to
ensure that the cars were cheap and were available to everyone and hence the name 'The People's
Car.' Volkswagen is now the second largest automobile company in the world, second only to
Toyota. Three of the cars from the Volkswagen series occupies the top-10 spot of the best-selling
cars of all time, as can be seen below:
Hitler also ordered and had built a highly effective and efficient Highway System, known as the
Autobahn. General Dwight Eisenhower greatly admired this and had to coerce the American
Congress to build a similar one in the Continental US.
Ridwan Abrar
Junior Year Undergrad Student (Level 3 Term 2)
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE)
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural disaster, May 2006
It was an unusual disaster! A year had already passed but not a single drop of water fell from
the azure-blue sky and kissed our dry field. My father had his hands on his head and beads of
perspiration broke out on his forehead. His face had become so haggard that people of our
village often failed to recognise him. His farming profession had already gone haywire due to
the drought and the little amount of money gained from producing crops by artificial irrigation
was not sufficient. Our major support is our livestock but even that last stand is going to be
shattered today as father will sell the remaining cow to the nearest market. The money gained
will help us survive a bit longer. Death just seems one step ahead of us.
“I need your help,” said father, hopelessly sitting on the ground beside our tiny hut. It was
decided instantly that I should not go to school anymore. The sudden decision came to me as a
bolt from the blue. But I had no other option so I readily agreed with him. I heard many times at
school that ‘Knowledge is power’ but the quote should be changed and instead be made
‘Knowledge is power only after you have finished your education.’ I set off in the afternoon with
bare feet, the only shoe in the house was taken by my father.
The incessant search for work had started. I trudged along the sun-baked path, my feet seemed
to be dying of pain because of the warm path. I had to go on to get a work for a living. I begged
house after house but met with no success. Even the rich people of the village were severely
affected by this disastrous drought and nobody wanted to spend a penny for petty work which I
could do to help them. The afternoon sun seemed to be burning on my back and I retreated
back home, panting and my face was completely burned by the sinister sun.
My father had also returned after the transaction and his face also revealed the fact that he was
not very successful in his business. His face was wrinkled and he sat exactly in the same place
where I saw him last. He murmured that the buyer had given him too little money for the cow.
His face grew red with anger when he learned that I had not found any work yet. I couldn’t
understand why he went berserk and hurled rude and angry words at me. He then left off in the
blink of an eye and did not turn back at me.
,I was flabbergasted! I remained transfixed with shock for a few seconds; tears wanted to crawl
out but I swallowed the tears that so much wanted to be wept. With dogged determination, I
started looking all the houses again for a work but in vain. I decided to check out the nearby
village but my endeavour brought me nothing except emptying my stomach and leaving me
exhausted. I found no work and I realised that hard work is not always the key to success. I
returned home, completely devoid of all hope, and was welcomed by a torrential downpour of
dad’s abuse who realised what had happened by looking at my face. I thought of flinging his
words back at him but I realised the gravity of the situation and remained quiet.
Our conditions kept on deteriorating. A bleak future awaited ahead of us and we ate food only
once in four days! But our tiny hope to survive extinguished when my younger brother embraced
death in front of our eyes. My mother went into coma for such a long time that I felt that even
she would pass away. Life seemed futile for all of us. The next day, as we prepared for his
funeral, a torrential downpour started, The rain had finally started but it failed to fill up the empty
well that opened inside us.
Describe a place that is very cold.
I woke up in the morning with my eyes refusing to open themselves. When I turned around me, I
was astonished to find that everything was shrouded with blackness as mysterious as the heart
of a dark forest. Somebody entered my room but I couldn’t identify him because of having no
glasses.The Sun forgot its usual routine to rise in the morning but I had a routine which need to
be maintained.
Each step I placed on the floor was horrible. I plodded slowly to the washroom; a chill ran down
my spine as my hands touched the cold water. For split seconds, I was transferred to a statue.
Washing my hands and face now seemed a Herculean task for me. I decided not to do that and
instead ran downstairs where mom was preparing the breakfast. The sudden flight did me no
good and my shivering returned.
Title: Adolf Hitler, the unrecognized patriot
Note: This is not an O level style essay, I wrote it for one of my university
assignments.
, A patriot is a person who is willing to sacrifice anything for his country, whether this turns out to
be good or bad to the world as a whole. Famous examples include our freedom fighter Matiur
Rahman, Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln etc.
We have all heard about Adolf Hitler, the cruel and ruthless ruler who paved the path for millions
of deaths in the Second World war. But Hitler too has a brighter side seen clearly only by people
of his country and by some expert historians. The presentation aims to deal with such issues.
First of all, l would include some background information of this great leader. Born in Austria,
Hitler grew up in Germany and was initially a soldier during the First World War. He soon rose
up the ranks after the end of the war and became a politician. He was the founder and the leader
of the Nazi Party.
Let me explore some of the economic development accelerated by Hitler. Firstly, he was a
motivation and driving factor behind the making of the Volkswagen, a world-famous company
now. Ferdinand Porsche was the man who made the job possible. Hitler took great measures to
ensure that the cars were cheap and were available to everyone and hence the name 'The People's
Car.' Volkswagen is now the second largest automobile company in the world, second only to
Toyota. Three of the cars from the Volkswagen series occupies the top-10 spot of the best-selling
cars of all time, as can be seen below:
Hitler also ordered and had built a highly effective and efficient Highway System, known as the
Autobahn. General Dwight Eisenhower greatly admired this and had to coerce the American
Congress to build a similar one in the Continental US.
