Question

Below are some common remarks made by youngsters, their parents and guardians. They show the differences of opinions on modem music and film between the three groups. First read them carefully.

On the basis of the above comments, write an article for your school magazine, entitled: "Yesterday, Today and Tomonow." Here are some tips:

i. Make your article interesting and readable by reporting the feeling in the above
speech bubbles.
ii. Use both 'direct' and 'indirect' ways of reporting.
iii. Use a variety of reporting verbs to suit the mood, purpose, and manner of the
speakers above. You may wish to use some of the reporting verbs listed below.

added                  contended                            (= to express a firm belief) admitted            chorused                           (=to say something                                          together) agreed               considered advised              declared announced         forbade                           (=to stop somebody from                           saying or doing something) asserted (= to make a point strongly)

implied   informed     objected protested preferred thundered (=to say something loudly and angrily).

iv) You may like to read the article "The Road to English" (Al) again, for some
ideas.

Answer 1

‘Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’
(By: Prerna XA)

Modern music and films have undergone a drastic change for the last two decades. New electronic instruments have brought a sea-change in rhyme, rhythm and pitch in the songs. But my father’s friend has declared that it is not music. It is simply an ear¬splitting noise which almost maddens a man. My father said, “It is no music at all” because of fast beats. I tried to assert that it was lively. I asked if they could imagine a party with the sort of music that they had about 20 years ago.

And films, the elderly people don’t like modern films. My aunt protested, “The films today are so cheap that no one can see them with one’s family.” At this my friend contended, “The actors and actresses today are so natural.” Another friend of mine added that he couldn’t stand the theatrical and ‘sing-song’ way in which actors delivered their lines in old films. Modern day films are more and convincing realistic. Another uncle of mine announced that the films in their time had meaningful stories. The argument came to an end with a concluding remark of my grandfather. He said, “Everyone thinks their time was the best.”

On the whole, trends change with the changing times. ‘Change is the Law of Nature.’