Famous personality, not of your country

·         I know of many famous personalities, but here I would like to talk about Barack Obama

·         Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States.

·         He is the first African American to hold the office.

·         He is about 49 years old.

·         He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

·         His father Barack Obama, Sr., is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas.

·         He is married to Michelle Obama and has two daughters Malia and Sasha.

·         Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School.

·         Obama's presidential campaign began in February 2007.

·         He won his party's nomination, against Hillary Clinton.

·         In the 2008 general election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain

·         and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009.

·         Obama is also the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

·         He has respect for variety of cultures.

Favourite book from childhood

·        I have read many books in my childhood – like story books, comics and so on

·        But here I would like to talk about a book that is very special to me even today

·        The title of the book is Grimm’s fairy tales

·        The book is written by W.C.Grimm

·        This book was gifted to me by my mother on my tenth birthday

·        She bought the book from an exhibition

·        This book has many fairy tales

·        To name a few – the frog prince – the sleeping beauty – snow white and the seven dwarfs and so many more

·        Even today I flick through the pages of the book when I am free.

·        The pages of the book have turned yellow but still the book is very special to me

·        I remember I was very possessive about the book

·        I never used to give it to anybody

·        Sometimes I used to take it to school also

·        Once I took part in a story telling competition and I got first prize

·        I told the story of The Frog Prince

·        The stories are very interesting and meaningful

·        Along with the text there are many pictures also

·        I have covered the book with glazed paper

·        Every night before going to bed, I used to read one or two stories

·        My brother also used to read stories from this book

·        This book inculcated in me the habit of reading

·        You know ma’am, nowadays the habit of reading is going down in children

·        My mother always inspired me to read books

TV programme that you did not like

·       Well, I live watching TV

·       In fact whenever I get free time, I glue myself to the TV screen

·       I watch a few daily soaps and some reality shows

·       The recent programme I saw and did not like was – Raaz pichle janam ka – which means the mystery of the past life

·       I saw the programme last week when I went to visit my cousin

·       There I saw it for the first time

·       My cousin never misses any episode

·       The programme was telecast on NDTV Imagine at 9.30 p.m.

·       The program was hosted by mr Ravi Kishan

·       He hosted the programme very nicely

·       As per the program, a person can peep into his past life

·       I did not like it because it appeared very unrealistic to me

·       Moreover, the past is over and there is no fun digging into past life

·       I also feel that such programmes can breed superstitions

·       Such programmes are not my cup of tea

·       Later on I came to know from my cousin that the programme has been withdrawn

·       Maybe it did not appeal to the masses

Interview( Lucky Basra - Jan 2010)

-       What is your full name?

-       How shall I call you

-       May I see your identification

-       Where do you come from

-       Describe your home town

-       What is your favourite weather and why

-       How do you get weather forecast

-       Do you know your next door neighbour

-       Is it beneficial to know your neighbour

Cue Card
Talk about a place / town / city you have visited

-       Where is it

-       How often you go there

Discussion
- what is the weather like in your home town

-       What sounds you hear in cities

-       What sounds you hear in villages

-       What facilities should be there in cities

-       What facilities should be there for relaxation in cities

-       Are people healthier in cities or villages

-       Where do you go for relaxation