Write out and Outline

I want to go in depth about how differently we use bikes in America and in India. I will be talking about how in the United States being the first world country that it is, bikes are used for exercise and recreation. Usually in America the middle and upper class can afford owning a bicycle. While in India bikes are usually used for transporting mail, mail, people and other remedial work. I want to focus on how these different uses for bikes affect the people living in these two vastly different countries. I will use pictures from India and San Francisco as my visual aid. As for sources I want to use close family and friends in America as well as family in India which will help me and the audience grasp a better idea of the major differences in something as small as using a bike.

 

Outline:

paint a personal picture (about biking in America)

talk about how people in America use bicycles

  • uses
  • people
  • terrain

paint another personal picture (about biking in India)

talk about how people in India use bicycles

  • uses
  • people
  • terrain

Title Slide Hello everyone my name is Puja Badola and I will be talking to you about how bikes differ in different parts of the world. I will be contrasting America and India, going in depth of who uses bicycles and what affect it has in our everyday lives.

Slide 1: We all have gone on bike ride whether it was with our family or friends or even alone. Most of our memories of bicycles are happy memories, where we were allowed to be independent but not too independent. Some of our memories might be from us falling because we wanted to show our friends a “sick” trick.

Slide 2: In America we use bicycles for recreational or athletic purposes. On Sunday mornings you see many people riding their bikes for fun or for exercising purposes. As a first world country we use these bikes for fun

Slide 3: Those who can afford bicycles are usually middle and upper class families. A basic bike costs around $80 while a high end bike costs over a thousand. Nonetheless it gives us the message that bikes can make exercise seem fun rather than having to spend perilous hours at the gym.

Slide 4: when we ride our bikes we usually ride them on well built roads or sidewalks and occasionally dirt paths depending on where we plan to go. There are a lot of areas in America where you can ride your bike freely. The relationship between cars, bikes and pedestrians is usually an amicable one.

Slide 5: I want you all to close your eyes and imagine riding your bike. Except now, it’s hot and there is sweat in places you didn’t even know could sweat. Attached behind your bike is a huge seat where this old couple is sitting. So not only is it hot but also you are pulling your weight and the weight of two other people. So basically every group project I’ve ever been in.

Slide 6: In India a lot of basic jobs are done using a bike. The milkman will deliver milk to you on his bike, many servants will go run errands on their bikes. Bikes are an easy way to get a job done in India and helps many of those people with small jobs earn an income.

Slide 7: The people that usually have bikes are poor or lower class people in India. They usually have basic bikes that are used to mainly just get whatever job they have done. Much of the lower class population cherish their bikes and respect how much their bikes have done for them.

Slide 8: unlike in America a lot of the roads in India are filled with cars, people, street vendors, and sometimes even animals. So it is hard for someone with even something as convenient as a bike to navigate easily. Now many people own cars and want to take their cars wherever they go, but if more people start riding their bikes a lot of the traffic problems in India would clear up.

 

Thank you! any questions

 

One thought on “Write out and Outline

  1. Puja,
    I thought that your speech was very humorous! I liked how you talked about the biking culture in America versus India. Good Job!

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