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B. Study

Read the text and answer these questions orally.

1. What is business?

2. How do people progress in business?

An interview with a local businessperson

Some students of grade eight were assigned the task of interviewing a local businessperson
Centre
for their school magazine. They went to meet the businessperson. He welcomed them, all
four students, with tea and snacks. They told him why they wanted to meet him. The young
businessperson, a self - made man, was happy and ready to answer their questions.

Kamala : Would you mind telling us about your childhood and
primary education?

Businessperson : Of course. My childhood was very normal and happy.
My parents were farmers, so they were very hard
working. Though they were uneducated they sent me to a
reputed school. They never said ‘no’ to my requests.

How was your school life during primary level?
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Businessperson : Teachers were helpful yet strict too. We never felt bored
in the school because there was a music class everyday
and library classes three times a week. Adequate sports
materials also fulfilled the demands of all interested students.

Ambika : Were you particularly interested in any game?

Businessperson : Yes. I was intersted in table tennis.

Bimala : Please tell us how you came to be involved in business.

Businessperson : I had no such aim until my SLC level. When I joined the
management stream in class XI, my interest in business
gradually began to increase. My friends were mostly from
business-related families.

Kamala : Could you tell us what business is?

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