Dhaka Tribune Wednesday, August 27, 2014Volume 2, Issue 17

Tales From The CiTyTales From The CiTyEpisodE 61 : daddy mEowEpisodE 61 : daddy mEow

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This week, we have a lot in store for you. In Discobang’s Pad (pg 2), learn about a new artist known by the pet name ‘Potua.’ Try out the math magic in Dr Meow’s lab (pg 6) while also checking out our trivia about the mysterious

disease als. Connect the dots and find out what the figure is (pg 4). Friends, please don’t hesitate to share your drawings and poetry with us. You can send it to treehouse@dhakatribune.com. We look forward to it. LovE

Jonaki

Hey friends,

ContEnts

2 disCobang’s padQuizWord on the streetWant some stickers

3 taLEs from tHE CityDaddy Meow

4 bHootum’s CLassroomAmazing factsLearn English kids

5 spEEdy’s ZonEWriting Contest 2014Writing tipsConnect the dots

6 dr mEow’s LabFun sciencePlastic milkMagicMath magicFiction DeathTrivia A mysterious disease

How did Inspector Danger know? Today’s newspaper on the chair gave Bruce Bumster away.

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want somE stiCkErs?“Will you buy some stickers, please?” says the little boy’s face. This little future businessman is surrounded by all these bright colours around him. With eyes full of big dreams, he sits in his tiny stall full of beautiful stickers and waits for his friends to show up. Even though he could not go to school, he still finds a meaningful way of spending his childhood, and let his friends experience the joy of a colourful life.

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He is known in Bangladesh as Potua, a word usually used by folk artists. He always tried to spread the culture of his country and the beauty of rural Bangladesh through his paintings. In addition, his work has come to be a part of Bangladesh’s political history. One of it is the amazing artwork of Yahya Khan, the Pakistani president who ordered cruel killings in Bangladesh.

wHo is tHE artist of tHEsE piCturEs?

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Created and story by Sabrina Fatma Ahmad Illustration by Syed Rashad Imam Tanmoy

Colour by Rio Shuvo

taLEs from tHE City

Dr Meow faces his worst nightmare

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TONGUETWISTERSTongue twisters are difficult to say. How fast can you say it without making any mistakes?

I can think of six thin things, but I can think of six thick things too.

Find lots more fun things to do atwww.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishkids © British Council 2013

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What makes a great story far better to read than a good story are the little mistakes. Little mistakes add up to a big one, and that affects your story much more than you would think. Here are a few of those mistakes to look after, if you want to make your essay spotless of red marks.

SpellingThe easiest to spot and most annoying of all are the careful spelling mistakes make readers think poorly of the writer. So be careful care when you revise and spot them out,

TenseMistakes in tense makes the sentence sound wrong and confuses its meaning. Be aware of them.

Singular/PluralThis mistake is a silly one, and can be noticed easily by the readers too. Revise your writings well, and revise again.

No headingsYour story may be great, but without a heading it’s pointless. In a writing competition, this will take away a lot of marks.

rEad bEforE you writE, and tHEn rEad again!

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a mystErious disEasE• Social media is now filled with

“ALS Ice Bucket Challenge”. Starting from Robert Downey Jr to former president George W Bush, almost every celebrity took part in it. Apart from the challenge here are a few facts which you should know about ALS.

• The full form of ALS is “Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”.

• It is a disease that affects the nerves that connect the hands, legs etc.

• The nerves die and the organs stop working. Imagine a person who wants to drink water but can’t grab the glass because his hand is not working!

• The signs of ALS are having a hard time in moving the arms, or in talking or chewing or swallowing.

• There’s no test that can identify ALS.

• There’s no cure for ALS.

• ALS doesn’t spread by touching.

• It is sometimes called “Lou Gehrig’s Disease” as baseball player Lou Gehrig suffered from this disease.

• Even now, doctors have no idea why ALS occurs.

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Samia stopped running and decided to take rest for a few seconds. She could see Jimmy running without even looking back. Samia used to find it very cute and it was something she loved to do after a busy long day. Jogging in the park with Jimmy was the best part of her day. She started running again. She saw a crowd gathered around something lying on the road in

front her. Was it..? No! She didn’t even dare to think something like that. She pushed through the crowd and saw her German Shepherd lying on the ground in pain.

Samia woke up from her dream. She was sweating. She repeated the words her therapist advised her to say, “Jimmy is gone. I left Bnagladesh. Toronto is my new home.” anika Jannat

What you’ll need?• Adult help• A cup of milk• A bowl• A strainer• Four teaspoons of white vinegar

What to do?Ask an adult to heat up the milk but not to boil it. Then ask the adult to pour the milk into the bowl. Add vinegar to the bowl and stir it for 1-2 minutes with a spoon. Now carefully pour the milk into the sink through the strainer. After you are done you will see a droplet of milk in the strainer. Let it cool for few moments then wash it with water. You can mold it into any shape you like. Within few days it will harden like plastic.

anika Jannat

What you’ll need?• A piece of paper• A pen• An envelope

What to do?Before you start your magic show muliply the current year by two and write it on a paper. Put the paper inside an envelope and start your show.

Ask one of your audience members to volunteer. Ask the volunteer the following his/her birth year and the year he/she started school.

Now subtract each answer separately from the current year. Add the two years he said with the answer you got from subtracting before. Hand him/her the envelope and ask them to open it. And voila! anika Jannat

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