Question

Writing
When we want to make a goneral point and support it with relevant facts, one way of doing
introduce the general point. 2. mention the different facts that support it, and 3. conclude
Suppose we want to make and support the point that even little things can have big conce
general point again
one way of doing it
The story The Boy Who Broke the Bank shows us that little things can have very big com
It begins like this one of the clerks in Seth Govind Ram's bank was falling sick and taking
work. He was in charge of paying the part-time workers. No other clerk in the bank wat
up this responsibility. As a result, the part-time workers-including Nathu the sweeper boy
the news to others. Everyone who spread the rumour added some new detail to it. The
get their salaries for two months. Nathu expressed his anger to his friend Sitaram, who
until it was no longer about Nathu, but about the imminent collapse of the bank. People
had no money actually caused the bank to lose all its money and collapse! This shows uste
their money from the bank at once and some people even tried attacking it. The rumourth
things do indeed matter. Therefore, it is important that we treat as equal every brick in the
member of the society.
Now, write a paragraph on how gossiping and spreading rumours can be harmful. Yours
structure the paragraph like this -
1. State what your opinion on gossiping and spreading rumours is.
2. Write about the consequences of the rumour in The Boy Who Broke the Bank
a. How did it hurt the bank and Seth Govind Ram's reputation?
b. How did it affect people's work?
c. Did it affect people's finances?
d. Was there any violence or physical damage?
3. Write about any experiences you've had or heard of about damaging gossip
and rumours. You can also provide examples from the Listening exercise.
4. Write a conclusion: why rumours and gossip are damaging and how we
should deal with them
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