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Lesson 1
The Fun They Had
(1) How old are Margie and Tommy ?
(हाउ ओल्ड आर मार्गी एंड टॉमी ?)
Ans. Margie is eleven and Tommy is thirteen.
(मार्गी इज़ इलेवन एंड टॉमी इज थरटीन।)
(2) What did Margie write in her diary ?
(व्हाट डिड मार्गी राइट इन हर डायरी ?)
Ans. Margie wrote, “Today Tommy found a real book !” with the date 17 May, 2157.
(मार्गी रोट “टुडे टॉमी फाउन्ड अ रीयल बुक ! “विद द डेट 17 में, 2157.)
(3) Had Magie ever seen a book before ?
(हैड मार्गी एवर सीन अ बुक बिफोर ?)
Ans. No, Margie had never seen a book before. (नो मार्गी हैड नेवर सीन अ बुक बिफोर ।)
(4) What things about the book did she find strange ?
(व्हाट थिंग्स अबाउट द बुक डिड शी फाइन्ड स्ट्रेन्ज ?)
Ans. She found strange to read words that stood still instead of moving.
(शी फाउन्ड स्ट्रेन्ज टू रीड वर्ड्स दैट स्टुड स्टिल इनस्टीड ऑफ मूविंग ।)
(5) What is a telebook ?
(व्हाट इज अ टेलेबुक ?)
Ans. A telebook is a book that can be displayed on a screen for educating or entertaining people.
(अ टेलेबुक इज़ अ बुक दैट कैन बी डिस्प्लेड ऑन अ स्क्रीन फॉर एजूकेटिंग और एनटरटेनिंग पीपल ।)
(6) Where was Margie’s school ? Did she have any classmates ?
(व्हेअर वॉज मार्गीज़ स्कूल ? डिड शी हैव एनी क्लासमेट्स ? )
Ans. Margie’s school was next to her bedroom. She did not have any classmates.
(मार्गीज़ स्कूल वॉज़ नेक्स्ट् टू हर बेडरूम । शी डिड नॉट हैव एनी क्लासमेट्स ।)
(7)What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn ?
(व्हाट सब्जेक्ट्स डिड मार्गी एंड टॉमी लर्न ?)
Ans. Margie and Tommy learned Maths, Geography and History.
(मार्गी एंड टॉमी लई मैथ्स, ज्योग्राफी एंड हिस्ट्री ।)
II. Answer the following with reference to the story :
(1) “I wouldn’t throw it away.’
(i) Who says these words ?
(ii) What does ‘it’ refer to ?
(iii) What is it being compared with by
the speaker ?
(“आय वुडन्ट थ्रो इट अवे।” )
(i) (हू सेज़ दीज़ वर्ड्स ?)
(ii) (व्हॉट डज़ “इट” रेफर टू ?)
(iii) (व्हॉट इज इट बीईंग कम्पेयर्ड विथ बाय दे स्पीकर।)
Ans. Tommy said these words.
(टॉमी सेड दीज़ वर्ड्स ।)
Ans. “It” refers to a book.
(” इट” रेफर्स टू अ बुक।)
Ans. It is being compared with the television screen.
(इट इज़ बीईंग कम्पेयर्ड विद द टेलीविजन स्क्रीन ।)
(2) “Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.’ “
(i) Who does ‘they’ refer to ?
(ii) What does ‘regular’ mean here?
(iii) What is it contrasted with ?
(” श्योर दे हैड अ टीचर, बट इट वॉज़न्ट अ रेग्युलर टीचर; इट वॉज़ अ मैन।”)
Ans. ‘They’ refer to boys and girls of very old school.
(i) (हू डज़ ‘दे’ रेफर टू ?)
(ii) (व्हॉट डज़ ‘रेगुलर’ मीन हेयर ?)
(iii) (व्हॉट इज इट कन्ट्रास्टेड विद ?)
Ans. ‘They’ refer to boys and girls of very old school.
(‘ दे’ रेफर्स टू बॉयस एंड गर्ल्स ऑफ व्हेरी ओल्ड स्कूल।)
Ans. Here, ‘regular’ means normal.
(हेयर, ‘रेगुलर’ मीन्स नॉर्मल ।)
Ans. It is contrasted with a man.
(इट इज़ कन्ट्रास्टेड विद अ मैन।)
(3) What did he do?
(व्हॉट डिड ही डू ?)
Ans. He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple. He took the teacher apart. After inspecting, he patted Margie’s head and told her mother that it was not Margie’s fault. There was some problem in Geography sector. He was satisfied with Margie’s progress.
(ही स्माइल्ड एट मार्गी एंड गेव हर एन एपल। ही टुक द टीचर अपार्ट। ऑफ्टर इंस्पेक्टिंग, ही पैटेड मार्गीज़ हेड और टोल्ड हर मदर दैट इट वॉज़ नॉट मार्गीज़ फॉल्ट। देयर वॉज सम प्रोब्लम इन ज्योग्राफी सेक्टर। ही वॉज़ सैटिस्फाइड विद मार्गीज़ प्रोग्रेस ।)
(4) Why was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the County Inspector do to help her ?
(व्हॉय वॉज मार्गी ड्रइंग बैडली इन ज्योग्राफी ? व्हॉट डिड द काउन्टी इंस्पेक्टर डू टू हेल्प हर ?)
Ans. Margie was doing badly in Geography on the screen, the geography sector was adjusted to a higher level by mistake.
The county inspector helped Margie by slowing down the sector of Geography upto her level.
(मार्गी वॉज़ डूइंग बैडली इन ज्योग्राफी एज़ ऑन द स्क्रीन, द ज्योग्राफी सेक्टर वॉज़ एडजस्टेड टू अ हायर लेवल बाय मिस्टेक।)
(5) What had once happened to Tommy’s teacher ?
(व्हॉट हैड वन्स हैपन्ड टू टॉमीज़ टीचर ?)
Ans. Once, the County Inspector had taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month as his mechanical teacher had blanked out history sector completely.
(वन्स, द काउन्टी इंस्पेक्टर हैड टेकन टॉमीज़ टीचर अवे फॉर नियरली अ मन्थ एज़ हिज मेकेनिकल टीचर हैड ब्लैक्ड् आउट हिस्ट्री सेक्टर कम्पलीटली ।)
(6) Did Margie have regular days and hours for school ? If so, why ?
(डिड मार्गी हैव रेगुलर डेज़ एंड आर्स फॉर स्कूल ? इफसो, व्हाई ?)
Ans. Yes, Margie had regular days and hours for school.
The Television screen used to be on at the same time everyday except for Saturday and Sunday. It is because children learn better if they learn at regular hours.
(यस, मार्गी हैड रेगुलर डेज़ एंड आर्स फॉर स्कूल । द टेलीविजन स्क्रीन यूज्ड टू बी ऑन एट द सेम टाइम
एवरीडे एक्सेप्ट फॉर सैटरडे एंड संडे ।
इट इज़ बिकॉज़ चिल्ड्रेन लर्न बेटर इफ दे लर्न एट रेगुलर आर्स।)
(7) How does Tommy describe the old kind of school ?
(हाउ डज़ टॉमी डिस्क्राइब्ड द ओल्ड काइन्ड ऑफ स्कूल ?)
Ans. Tommy describes the old kind of school as a special building where all the children used to go together. They used to laugh, shout and learn the same thing together in school.
(टॉमी डिस्क्राइब्स द ओल्ड काइन्ड ऑफ स्कूल एज़ अ स्पेशल बिल्डिंग व्हेयर ऑल द चिल्ड्रेन यूज़्ड टू गो टुगेदर। दे यूज़्ड टू लाफ, शाउट एंड लर्न द सेम थिंग टुगेदर इन स्कूल।)
(8) How does he describe the old kind of teachers ?
(हाउ डज़ ही डिस्क्राइब द ओल्ड काइन्ड ऑफ टीचर्स ?)
Ans. Tommy describes the old kind of teachers in a funny way. He says, teachers were men who did not live in our houses. They used to go to special building to teach the same thing to all the children. He used to ask questions to them and gave them home work.
(टॉमी डिस्क्राइब्स द ओल्ड काइन्ड ऑफ टीचर्स इन अ फनी वे। ही सेज़, टीचर्स वर मेन हू डिड नॉट लिव इन अवर हाउसेज । दे यूज़्ड टू गो टू स्पेशल बिल्डिंग टू टीच द सेम थिंग टू ऑल द चिल्ड्रेन। ही यूज़्ड टू आस्क क्वेश्चन्स टू देम एंड गेव देम होम वर्क ।)
IV. Answer each of these questions in two or three paragraphs (100-150 words) : (निम्न प्रश्नों के उत्तर 100-150 शब्दों में लिखिए 🙂
(1) What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the schoolroom that Margie and Tommy have in the story?
(व्हॉट आर द मेन फीचर्स ऑफ द मेकेनिकल टीचर्स एंड द स्कूलरूम दैट मार्गी एंड टॉमी हैव इन द स्टोरी ?)
Ans. Mechanical Teachers: These are the special TV screens where all the sectors of different subjects are adjusted to a particular level of each child.
The mechanical teachers would be on at a particular time. It would start the lesson mechanically and give tests. Then it would ask the children to insert the previous days homework in the proper slot.
Schoolroom: Schoolrooms were the rooms next to the bedroom with the Mechanical teacher on and waiting for the child. It was always on at the same time daily except Saturday and Sunday.
(2) Why did Margie hate school ? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun ?
(व्हाय डिड मार्गी हेट स्कूल ? व्हाय डिड शी थिंक द ओल्ड काइन्ड ऑफ स्कूल मस्ट हैव बीन फन ?)
Ans. Margie always hated school but she started hating it more after one incident. The mechanical teacher had been giving her Geography test after test above her level and she had been doing very badly. She was even sent for the County Inspector. She wanted her teacher to go away altogether.
She thought the old kind of school must have been fun as all the children from neighbourhood would go to school together. They would laugh, play, shout and learn together in school and at the end of the day, all the children would go home. They would talk and help one another with the homework.
(3) Do you agree with Margie that schools today are more fun than the school in the story? Give reasons for your answer.
(डू यू एग्री विद मार्गी दैट स्कूल्स टुडे आर मोर फन दैन द स्कूल इन द स्टोरी ? गिव रीज़न्स फॉर योर आन्सर्स ।)
Ans. Yes, I agree that schools today are more fun than the school in the story.m
The school in the story has a TV screen as a teacher, next to the bedroom of the house. It gets on at a particular time everyday. It gives routine work, teach the lesson and gives homework. There is a dull atmosphere, child is all alone. There is no exchange of words. Nobody is there to interact.
Whereas in schools today, children come to school together. They learn, talk and play together. They have different periods of different subjects. Teachers also tell the stories to children. If child has any problem, he discusses with his teacher and friends. They learn to adjust with others. Children play many outdoor games in school and in happy mood they go back home.
Other Important Questions
(1) What did Margie hate the most about her school ?
(व्हाट डिड मार्गी हेट दी मोस्ट अबाउट हर स्कूल ?)
Ans. The part that Margie hated the most about her school was the slot where she had to put Homework and test papers in a punch code.
(दी पार्ट दैट मार्गी हेटेड दी मोस्ट अबाउट हर स्कूल वॉज दी स्लॉट व्हेयर शी हैड टु पुट होमवर्क एंड टेस्ट पेपर्स इन अ पंच कोड।)
(2) Who was the county inspector ?
(हू वाज दी काउन्टी इंस्पेक्टर ?)
Ans. The county inspector was a technical expert who identified and rectified errors in the functioning of the mechanical teachers.
( दी काउन्टी इंस्पेक्टर वॉज अ टेकनिकल एक्सपर्ट हू आयडेन्टिफाइड एंड रेक्टिफाइड एरर्स इन दी फंक्शनिंग ऑफ दी मैकेनिकल टीचर्स)
Lesson 1(B)
The Road Not Taken
Thinking about the Poem
I. (1) Where does the traveller find himself ? What problem does he face?
(व्हेयर डज़ द ट्रेवलर फाइन्ड हिमसेल्फ ? व्हॉट प्रोब्लम
डज़ ही फेस ?)
Ans. The traveller finds himself standing on a fork in the path. He is in a problem as he must choose one path and he is unable to decide which one to choose.
(द ट्रेवलर फाइन्ड्स हिमसेल्फ स्टैडिंग ऑन अ फोर्क इन द पाथ। ही इज़ इन अ प्रोबलम एज़ ही मस्ट चूज़ वन पाथ एंड ही इज़ अनेबल टू डिसाइड विच वन टू चूज़।)
(2) Discuss what these phrases mean to you.
(डिस्कस व्हाट दीज़ परेज़ेस मीन टू यू।)
(I) A yellow Wood.
(अ यलो वुड)
Ans. It refers to forest which has withering leaves as in the season of autumn.
(इट रेफर्स टु फोरेस्ट विच हैज़ विदरिंग लीव्स एज़ इन द
सीजन ऑफ ऑटम ।)
(II) it was a grassy and wanted wear.
(इट वॉज़ ग्रासी एंड वॉन्टेड वियर)
Ans. It means that the path had a lot of grass on it. This means that it had not been walked over by many people.
(इट मीन्स दैट द पाथ हैड अ लॉट ऑफ ग्रास ऑन इट। दिस मीन्स दैट इट हैड नॉट बीन वाक्ड् ओवर बाय मैनी पीपल।)
(III) the passing there.
(द पासिंग देयर)
Ans. It means that when he walked on the path that he had chosen.
(इट मीन्स दैट व्हेन ही वॉक्ड ऑन द पाथ दैट ही हैड चोज़ेन ।)
(iv) leaves no step had trodden black.
(लीव्स नो स्टेप हैड ट्रोडेन ब्लैक ।)
Ans. It means that no one had walked over the leaves as they were still green. If they had been walked over, they would have turned black.
(इट मीन्स दैट नो वन हैड वॉक्ड ओवर द लीव्स एज़ दे वर स्टिल ग्रीन। इफ दे हैड बीन वॉक्ड ओवर, दे वुड हैव टर्नड् ब्लैक ।)
(v) how way leads on to way ?
(हाउ वे लीड्स ऑन टू वे ?)
Ans. It means that as we walk on a path, we come across more options and make choices further. We keep on walking ahead on that way.
(इट मीन्स दैट एज़ वी वॉक ऑन अ पाथ, वी कम अक्रौस मोर ऑपशन्स एंड मेक चौइसेज़ फरदर, वी कीप ऑन वॉकिंग अहेड ऑन दैट वे।)
(3) Is there any difference between the two roads as the poet describes them-
(i) in stanzas two and three ?
(ii) in the last two lines of the poem ?
(इज़ देअर एनी डिफरेन्स बिटवीन द टू रोड्स एज़ द पोयट डिस्क्राइब्स देम-
(i) इन स्टैन्जा टू एंड थ्री ?
(ii) इन द लास्ट टू लाइन्स ऑफ द पोयम ?)
Ans. (i) The two paths were similar. In the beginning, the poet felt that one of them was grassy and had not been walked over by many people, but when he walked on it for some distance, he realized that it was like the other road.
दैट वन ऑफ देम वॉज़ ग्रासी एड हैड नॉट बीन वॉक्ड आवर बाय मैनी पीपल, वट व्हेन ही वाक्ड ऑन इट फॉर सम डिस्टेंस, ही रीअलाइज़्डू दैट इट वॉज़ लाइक द अदर रोड ।)
(ii) Here again, the poet talk of his initial decision when he thought that the roads were different and chose the one that had been walked over by a lesser number of people.
(हेयर अगेन, द पोयट टाक्स ऑफ हिज़ इनीशियल डिसिज़न्स व्हेन ही थोट दैट द रोड्स वर डिफरेन्ट एंड चोज़ द वन दैट हैड बीन वॉक्ड ओवर बाय अ लेसर नम्बर ऑफ पीपल।)
(4) What do you think the last two lines of the poem mean? (Looking back, does the poet regret his choice or accept it ?)
(व्हाट डू यू थिंक द लास्ट टू लाइन्स ऑफ द पोयम मीन ? लुकिंग बैक, डज़ द पोयट रिग्रेट हिज़ चॉयस और एक्सेप्ट इट ?)
Ans. The last two lines of the poem mean the acceptance of reality. The poet made a choice and accepted the challenging path. He wanted to do something different in his life so he chooses the less travelled road.
No he does not regret his choice.
(द लास्ट टू लाइन्स ऑफ द पोयम मीन द एक्सेप्टेन्स ऑफ द रऐलिटी। द पोयट मेड अ चॉयस एंड एक्सेपटेड द चेलैंजिंग पाथ। ही वान्टेड टू डू समथिंग डिफरेंट इन हिज लाइफ सो ही चूस दे लेस ट्रैवल रोड।)
Other Important Questions
(1) What is a wood ? What did the narrator see in the wood ?
(व्हाट इज अ वुड ? व्हाट डिड दी नरेटर सी इन दी वुड ?)
Ans. Wood means a forest. The narrator saw two paths diverging and disappearing in the undergrowth.
(‘वुड’ मीन्स अ फौरेस्ट। द नरेटर सौ टू पाथ्स डाइवर्जिंग एंड डिस्अपीयरिंग इन द अन्डरग्रोथ ।)
(2) What is the theme of the poem ‘The Road Not Taken ?
(व्हाट इज दी थीम ऑफ दी पोयम ‘दी रोड नॉट टेकेन’ ?)
Ans. The theme of this poem is that human beings are defined by “Choices they face” and the “Choices they make”.
(दी थीम ऑफ दिस पोयम इज दैट ह्यूमन वीईंग्स आर डिफाइन्ड बाय “चौयसेस दे फेस” एंड दी “चौयसेस दे मेक” ।)