Section - E — ENGLISH STD 11 Commerce — Question

Respected teachers and my dear friends, I am Altaf Shaikh of standard XI - C and I am going to speak on the topic ‘If trees could speak’.

If trees really could speak they would be the best teachers in the world. They would tell us that the beautiful world we live in is fragile and needs to be taken care of. They would remind us that they form the first link in the food chain and if we don’t respect and take care of them we would be causing an imbalance in the food chain.

They would remind us to maintain a 33% forest cover to save us from global warming. They would go on a strike and not support us with the environmental gifts that they give us like controlling soil erosion, maintaining the humidity and bringing rain.

The leaves would tell us how they love the spring time which helps them grow and how they hate the autumn and winter when they are made to fall off the trees. Trees would hate to tell us that we human beings are their worst enemies. They would insist that we learn to live and let live. This world is not just our own but we co-exist with the other living beings. They also have an equal right to live and enjoy the best of nature.