Dear friends, Being neat and clean is an important trait that we all should maintain in our lives. Cleanliness has many aspects and two of them are the cleanliness of our body and our surroundings. On the first level we should brush our teeth daily with frequent hand wash before and after meal, taking regular bath. And on the second level we should keep our surroundings clean because man is social animal and for healthy society cleanliness is an important aspect. We should avoid throwing rubbish carelessly in public places and spitting on roads. The habit of cleanliness keeps us healthy, saves us from many diseases and gives a pollution free environment. Take care, Edi
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1A guide was showing an old lady round a zoo. “Here we have a native of Australia,” he said, taking her to the kangaroo’s cage. “Goodness,” the old lady replied in shock. “My grand-daughter’s married one of those!” 2Customer: Do you call this a full meal? You served me twice as much yesterday. Waitress: Where did you sit yesterday? Customer: By the window. Waitress: Oh, that’s why. We do that for advertising purposes - it gives people passing by the impression that this is a good restaurant! 3Gappu: Ha, ha! Nippi: What’s so funny? Gappu: Well, I was thinking ... Nippi: Yes, you’re right - that is funny! 4Tom: I’ve got such a bad headache. Alfie: I know why. Tom: Why? Alfie: Well, yesterday when I had stomach ache, mummy said it was because it was empty, so I guess that’s the problem with you too! 5Father to son: If I give you two cats and four dogs, how many animals would you have? Son: Nine, dad. Father: How will you get nine? Son: Have you forgotton we already have a turtle, rabbit and a parrot! 6Tom: Do you know which queen had the largest crown? Harry: Of course I do. Tom: Then tell me who? Harry: The one with the largest head! 7Alice: How did you get that black eye? Dick: The manager at that new restaurant punched me. Alice: But, why? Dick: I told him his restaurant was a good place to eat dirt cheap - he thought I was insulting his food! 8Teacher: Your handwriting is dreadful, Kamal. You must learn to write better. Kamal: If I did, you’d find out my spelling was dreadful too! 9Two school children were talking at breaktime: Bill: The clock fell off the wall in class this morning. If it had fallen a moment sooner, it would have hit Miss Pringle on the head. Susan: That clock was always slow!
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Interesting Facts 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.
The average human with a full head of hair contains between 85,000 to 150,000 hairs. Most people shed between 50 to 100 hairs every day. Squirrels forget where 50% of the nuts they’ve hidden are. Did you know the first bullet proof vest was invented by a woman. Cold weather makes fingernails grow faster. Only humans cry because of feelings. (Awesome)! Mohammad is the most common birth name in the world. (Wow)! It takes about 7 minutes for the average person to fall asleep. Writing fast consumes one sixth of the calories consumed while walking at a regular speed. The price of the Titanic was $7 million and the price of the Titanic movie was 200 million. The only animal with four knees is the elephant. The average person laughs 15 times per day. (Hahaha)! The eye of an ostrich is larger than its brain. A person eats around 60,000 pounds worth of food during his life which is the equivalent of six elephants. (Incredible)! Ants can pull 30 times their own weight and lift 50 times their own weight. Did you know, you cannot fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times. Try it! More people are killed from donkeys in a year than planes. Dead skin is the root cause of most of the dust in your house. Lung cancer was how the cigarette company Marlboro’s first owner died. Hmmm Snails can sleep for up to 3 years. You cannot think of an English word to rhyme with the word month be cause there isn’t one. Four out of five people over 100 years old are women. Interesting! An average male spends during his entire life around 3100 hours shaving. It’s true Contributed by Sidra Arif
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Punctuality - The key to success Cover story
Punctuality is a habit when an individual does things on time. It is one of the secrets for success and one of the hallmarks of leaders. Punctuality means being systematic maintaining everything in orderly manner and completing the task and Young Nation-May 5, 2012
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being available on time. Punctuality is etiquette. Punctuality is all about doing things timely and being aware of the importance of time. It helps in managing one’s own time thereby respecting others’ as well. Regular and punctual
students always shine bright in their exams. They earn respect of their teachers. But those who are habitually latecomers become a laughing stock in their classes and give poor performance. Such students also lose the trust of friends and their teachers. If you are one of those latecomers then you must remember that punctuality is a secret for you academic success as well as the success in your career. But how do some students manage to be on time every single day when you find it so difficult? The truth is, they are the students who arrive early every day. Following are some tips which can help you to be punctual.
up early one morning and time yourself (moving at a normal pace) to see how long it takes you to get ready. You may be surprised at the time it takes, especially if you find you have been trying to squeeze forty minutes worth of grooming into fifteen minutes each morning. Know exactly when you need to be at your school and subtract ten or fifteen minutes to establish your arrival time. This will give you time to chat with friends. What time are you expected to be seated in your first class? If class begins at 7:45, you should arrive at the school by 7:30 and be in your seat at 7:40.
Understand the importance of being on time: Students who are always on time are those who earn the best grades, win scholarships, and get into great colleges. They all realize the importance of time and do not waste it. In the working world, the people who are always on time are the people who get promotions.
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Get enough sleep: If you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, then make a serious effort to go to bed earlier. Sufficient sleep is essential for maximum brain function anyway, so you really don’t want to ignore this aspect of your scholastic habits. Give yourself a realistic amount of time to dress and groom: You can do this with a simple exercise: Get
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preferences: Does your teacher want you to be seated early? If your teacher wants you to be in class before the bell rings, then do so if it’s possible-even if you don’t agree. Don’t get angry and blame others if they aren’t meeting the teacher’s expectations. Why cause trouble for yourself? Communicate any problems: If your bus is always late or you have to take your younger brother to school and it always makes you late, just explain this to your teacher. Set your clocks forward by ten minutes. This is a dirty little psychological trick that many people play on themselves. The funny thing is that it really works!
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A man had a little dog, and he was very fond of it. He would pat its head, and take it on his knee, and talk to it. Then he would give it little bits of food from his own plate. A donkey looked in at the window and saw the man and the dog. “Why does he not make a pet of me?” said the donkey. “It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog only wags its tail, and barks, and jumps on its master’s knee. It is not fair.” Then the donkey said to himself, “If I do what the dog does, he may make a pet of me.”
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So the donkey ran into the room. It brayed as loudly as it could. It wagged its tail so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it tried to jump on to its master’s knee. The master thought the donkey was mad, and he shouted, “Help! Help!” Men came running in with sticks, and they beat the donkey till it ran out of the house, and they drove it back to the field. “I only did what the dog does,” said the donkey,” and yet they make a pet of the dog, and they beat me with sticks. It is not fair.”
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ONE WoRD SUBSTITUTIoN A person who believes in fate A person who is above hundred years A book published after the death of its author A book written by an unknown author A cinema show which is held in the afternoon A citizen of the world A contagious disease which spreads over a huge area A drug or other substance that induces sleep A flesh eating animal A game or battle in which neither party wins A Government by a king or queen A Government by one A Government by the few A Government by the Nobles A Government by the officials A Government by the people A Government by the rich A grass eating animal A great lover of books A handwriting that cannot be read A land animal that breeds in water A life history written by oneself A life history written by somebody else A list of names, books etc. A loss of damage that cannot be compensated A man devoid of kind feeling and sympathy A man who has too much enthusiasm for his own religion A man who is easily irritated A medicine that kills germs A medicine that prevents decomposing
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Fatalist Centenarian Posthumous Anonymous Matinee Cosmopolite Epidemic Soporific Carnivorous Drawn/ Tie Monarchy Autocracy Oligarchy Aristocracy Bureaucracy Democracy Plutocracy Herbivorous Bibliophile Illegible Amphibian Autobiography Biography Catalogue Irreparable Callous Fanatic Irritable Germicide Antiseptic
Madagasgar 3 The usual cast of Madagasgar return in the 3rd instalment of the story. This time Alex the Lion, Gloria the Hippo, Melman the Giraffe, Marty the Zebra are trying to get home to New York City. The only problem is they are on the most wanted list and have to make their way from Monte Carlo, while trying to avoid the Authorities. Of course the Lemar is back too and causing all kinds of bother along with the Penguins. In order to get back to New York, they decide to join a circus and travel across Europe, while trying to keep their heads down. Well some of them try to do that, at least. Marty the Zebra has other plans.
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Release date: 8th June 2012 Genre: Animation/Action/Comedy Directed By: Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath Starring: Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sasha Bowen Cohen, David Schwimmer and Ben Stiller
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Once there was a little boy who had bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy drove 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper
than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that he should now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the
hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you Apologize, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is worse than physical wound.”
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1. The biggest planet in our solar system is ……………………. 2. The chemical symbol for the element oxygen is………………………. 3. Another name for a tidal wave is……………………. 4. What is the 7th element on the periodic table of elements? 5. The highest mountain on earth is…………………… . 6. The coldest place on the earth is……………………….. 7. The name of the element with the chemical symbol ‘He’ is ………………….. . 8. The molten rock that comes from a volcano after it has erupted is known as…………………… . 9. The name of the part of the human skeleton which protects our brain is ……………………. . 10. The longest river in the world is the ……………………… . 11. The longest highway in the word is the ……………………... 12. The country also known as ‘country of copper’ is………………………… 13. The biggest desert in the world is the………………………………….. 14. The largest coffee grown country in the world is the………………………….
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2. O 5. Mount Everest 8. Lava 11. Trans-Canada 14. Brazil
3. Tsunami 6. Verkoyansk in Serbia 9. The skull 12. Zambia
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1. Jupiter 4. Nitrogen 7. Helium 10. Nile 13.Sahara Desert
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