How to Avoid Secondhand Smoke
It’s simple: Avoid being around people who are smoking, and try to
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convince those around you who smoke to quit. Anyone who does smoke
should do so outside, as far away from other people as possible.
Your home is probably the most important place to keep smoke-free. Being
far away from smoke can help lower your chances of having respiratory
infections and many other serious conditions.
Therefore, banning smoking in public places and at homes (when children
are around) would also have a significant positive effect.
[Adapted from Reuters (March 4, 2014) and WebMD (2014)]
Word Trove
tobacco /təˈbækəʊ/ : dried leaves which people smoke in cigarettes
vulnerable /ˈvʌlnərəbl/ : in danger
infant /ˈɪnfənt/ : a baby or a very young child
asthma /ˈæsmə/ : a respiratory condition that causes difficulty in breathing
respiratory /rəˈspɪrətri/ : relating to breathing
exposure /ɪkˈspəʊʒə(r)/ : being in a situation where it might affect you.
irreversible /ˌɪrɪˈvɜːsəbl/ : that can not be changed into previous condition
arteries /ˈɑːtəriz/ : blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to all
parts of the body
stroke /strəʊk/ : a sudden serious illness when a blood vessel (= tube) in
the brain bursts or is blocked
attributable /əˈtrɪbjətəbl/ : related
fatal /ˈfeɪtl/ : causing death
premature /ˈpremətʃə(r)/ : too early; occurring before the proper time
chronic /ˈkrɒnɪk/ : an illness that lasts for a long time
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Way With Words
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A. Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column
B.
Column A Column B
cigarette a person who smokes
secondhand a roll of tobacco which people smoke
smoker not obtained directly from your own experience
fatal a person who studies and discovers facts
overweight deadly
researcher weighing more than normal
B. Find words from the passage which give opposite meaning
to the following.
near active private smallest
decreasing most careless risk-free
Checking Understanding
A. Write True or False.
1) Smoking is very fatal.
2) Being around tobacco smoke is bad.
3) When someone smokes a cigarette, most of the smoke goes into their
lungs.
4) Smoking is banned in many public places.
5) Secondhand smoking is very dangerous to children.
6) Passive smoking is not a serious health risk.
7) Seana Gall is a researcher at the University of Tasmania.
8) Not going around people who are smoking is the best way to avoid
passive smoking.
B. Answer the following questions.
1) What are caused by smoking?
2) What is passive smoking?
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3) How do we easily become secondhand smokers?
4) What will be the risks of secondhand smoking?
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5) Why are kids like you at risk for the effects of secondhand smoke?
6) How many children are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke at
home?
7) How many people die every year due to passive smoking?
8) How can we avoid passive smoking?
Going the Extra Mile
A. The text above shows dangerous effects of smoking. What
information related to smoking do you know about Nepali
society? Discuss.
B. Do you think that passive smoking is as dangerous as firsthand
smoking? Why?
C. You have seen smoking as a problem. Interview your health
teacher or a health worker whom you know very well about
the causes and consequence of smoking. Then, present the
interview script to your teacher.
Let’s Spell
Read the paragraph below. Circle the misspelled words and
number them. Write the correct spelling below on the lines.
Health is wealth. There is nothing in our life that is more valueble than good
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health. Without health there is no happyness, no piece and no sussess. A
person with bad health cannot injoy the pleazure of being welthy. In my
vieu, health is more impotant than money becose money cannot buy us
happiness.
1) valuable 2) ____________
3) ____________ 4) ____________
5) ____________ 6) ____________
7) ____________ 8) ____________
9) ____________ 10) ____________
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d Let's Learn the Sounds
Dd
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A. Practise saying these words after your teacher.
respiratory asthma secondhand breathing
environmental exposure overweight structure
arteries researcher damage strokes
B. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the beginning sound /r/.
/r/ race radical radio rage
rail rain raise range
rank rapid rare rash
C. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the sound /ɔ:/.
/ ɔ:/ cause caution ought author
more order port cost
caught fought bought thought
Let’s Listen
Listen to your teacher or the tape and tick the best answer to
these questions.
1) How many people are in Anita’s family?
a. four b. five c. six
2) Anita’s mom works at the ....................
a. restaurant b. mall c. hospital
3) This passage is mostly about Anita’s ....................
a. family b. pets c. badminton team
4) Which of the following is most likely true?
a. Anita’s mom coaches the badminton team.
b. Sonam is the best badminton player in the family.
c. Rinku and Benzo are part of Anita’s family.
5) The oldest brother in Anita’s family is ....................
a. Sonam b. Niyam c. Benzo
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Let’s Speak
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A. Role play the following dialogue with your friend or teacher.
Daughter : Mom, I am home.
Mom : How was school? How did you do on the test?
Daughter : School was OK,
and I did great on
the test. Mom, I
was so worried
about that test,
but now I feel
great. What a
relief!
Mom : I am glad to hear
that. You have
been studying
so hard the past
few weeks. Now,
you can relax and
enjoy life.
Daughter : What are you cooking? It smells so good.
Mom : I am baking cakes. This is your favourite carrot cake.
Daughter : It looks really yummy. Can I have a piece of carrot cake? I
want to enjoy life right now.
Mom : You don’t want to wait until tea is ready?
Daughter : No, I don’t want to wait. Can I, mom?
Mom : OK, go ahead.
B. Work in pairs. Discuss these questions with your friend.
1) Who prepares food for you at home? Now talk about it with your
friend in the class.
2) Have you ever made any food for your entire family? Share your
experience?
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Everyday English
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Look at the pictures and discuss what they mean.
A. Look at the following examples of spoken warning:
1) Watch out!
2) Look out! There is a snake beside you.
3) Be careful! The road is slippery.
4) Beware of dogs!
5) Please, do not disturb.
6) No smoking.
7) Don’t step on the grass!
8) Keep (this medicine/the matchbox) out of the reach of children.
B. What do you tell to someone in the following situations?
1) Someone standing beside you smokes in a public area.
2) Your little brother runs out of home, but there is a motorcycle speeding
up.
Let’s Write
Write a letter to your relative or neighbour who smokes
highlighting the negative consequences of smoking and strongly
suggesting him or her to quit smoking.
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Let’s Connect
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Work in groups. Look at the school safety poster and discuss
what rules are more relevant for your school context.
Let’s Create
A. Work in groups. Each group will work on either of the
following idea.
1) Prepare a big poster about the hazards of smoking. Do not forget to
insert some slogans. Then post it on the notice board of your school.
2) Prepare a school or road safety poster and post it on the notice board
of your school.
NOUN VERB Time for Grammar
A. Look at the following scrapbook and prepare a similar one
on your own.
Write the root form (present) on a page, past form on the second page and
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past participle on the third page. You may also write present participle and
third person singular present form on the subsequent pages.
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past present present (third
present past
participle participle person singular)
go went gone going goes
Past Past Participle
begin
bring
did done
drive
eat
fall
go
grow
B. Put the verbs into the simple past:
1) Last year I (go) ........... to England on holiday.
2) It (be) ........... fantastic.
3) I (visit) ........... lots of interesting places. I (be) ........... with two friends
of mine.
4) In the mornings, we (walk) ........... in the streets of London.
5) In the evenings, we (go) ........... to pubs.
6) The weather (be) ........... strangely fine.
7) It (not/rain) ........... a lot.
8) But we (see) ........... some beautiful rainbows.
9) Where (spend/you) ........... your last holiday?
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Picture Talk
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A nasty injury
1) Can you guess the missing words?
Yesterday, I __________ and fell backwards and banged my __________
on the ground. I started to feel __________ and then I __________ I was
unconscious for some minutes. When I came round, my arm was very
painful. It was quite swollen and __________ but it wasn’t bleeding. I
realized it was a serious injury. So I went to hospital.
Hints: You can choose one word for each blank from the following list
fainted dizzy slipped bruised elbow
Let's Have Fun
Read the following story for fun.
Mr. Bean had a few days’ holidays, so he said, ‘I’m going to go to the
mountains by bus.’ He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to
the station and got into the bus. He had a beautiful cap, and he often put
his head out of the window during the trip and looked at the mountains.
But the wind pulled his cap off.
Mr. Bean quickly took his old bag and threw that out of the window too.
The other people in the carriage laughed. ‘Is your bag going to bring your
beautiful cap back?’ they asked.
‘No,’ Mr. Bean answered, ‘but there’s no name and no address in my cap,
and there’s a name and an address on the bag. Someone’s going to find both
of them near each other, and he’s going to send me the bag and the cap.’
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UNIT 8 A New Flower
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In this unit, you will:
Read about love for flowers
Listen and complete a story
Talk about your favourite author Unit Highlights
Write a diary entry Love for flowers
Make a bouquet Vowel sound /3:/
Use reflexive pronouns Consonant cluster /kl/
Enjoy a poem Giving advice
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Let’s Begin
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A. Look at the picture
and guess the
answers to these
questions:
1. Where is the old man
going?
2. What is the girl doing?
3. How old is the girl?
B. Do you like flowers?
When you see some
beautiful flowers,
what would you do? Pick it up or tender with care?
Let’s Read
A New Flower
- Ruskin Bond
It was the first day of Spring (according to the Hindu calendar), but here
in the Himalayas, it still seemed mid-winter. A cold wind hummed and
whistled through the pines, while dark rain clouds were swept along by
the west wind only to be thrust back by the east wind.
I was climbing the steep road to my cottage at the top of the hill when I
was overtaken by nine-year-old Usha hurrying back from school. She had
tied a scarf round her head to keep her hair from blowing. Dark hair and
eyes, and pink cheeks, were all accentuated by the patches of snow still
lying on the hillside.
‘’Look,’’ she said, pointing. ‘’A new flower!’’
It was a single, butter-yellow blossom, and it stood out like a bright star
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against the drab winter grass. I hadn’t seen anything like it before, and had
no idea what its name might be. No doubt its existence was recorded in
some botanical tome. But for me it was a new discovery.
‘’Shall I pick it for you?’’ asked Usha.
‘’No, don’t,’’ I said. ‘’It may be the only one. If we break it, there may not
be any more. Let’s leave it there and see if it seeds.’’
We scrambled up the slope and examined the flower more closely. It
was very delicate and soft-petalled, looking as though it might fall at any
moment.
‘’It will be finished if it rains,’’ said Usha.
And it did rain that night - rain mingled with sleet and hail. It rattled and
swished on the corrugated tin roof; but in the morning the sun came out.
I walked up the road without really expecting to see the flower again. And
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Usha had been right. The flower had disappeared in the storm. But two
other buds, unnoticed by us the day before, had opened. It was as though
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two tiny stars had fallen to earth in the night.
I did not see Usha
that day; but the
following day, when
we met on the road,
I showed her the
fresh blossoms. And
they were still there,
two days later, when
I passed by; but so
were two goats,
grazing on the short
grass and thorny
thickets of the slope.
I had no idea if they
were partial to these
particular flowers,
but I did know that
goats would eat almost anything and I was taking no chances.
Scrambling up the steep slope, I began to shoo them away. One goat
retreated; but the other lowered his horns, gave me a baleful look, and
refused to move. It reminded me a little of my grandfather’s pet goat who
had once pushed a visiting official into a bed of nasturtiums; so I allowed
discretion to be the better part of valour, and backed away.
Just then Usha came along and, sizing up the situation, came to the
rescue. She unfurled her pretty blue umbrella and advanced on the goat
shouting at it in goat-language. (She had her own goats, at home.) The
beast retreated, and the flowers (and my dignity) were saved.
As the days grew warmer, the flowers faded and finally disappeared. I
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forgot all about them, and so did Usha. There were lessons and exams
for her to worry about, and rent and electricity bills to occupy a freelance
writer’s thoughts.
The months passed; summer and autumn came and went, with their own
more showy blooms; and in no time at all winter returned with cold winds
blowing from all directions.
One day I heard Usha calling to me from the hillside. I looked up and saw
her standing behind a little cluster of golden star-shaped flowers - not,
perhaps, as spectacular as Wordsworth’s field of golden daffodils, but
nevertheless an enchanting sight for one who had played a small part in
perpetuating their existence.
Where there had been one flowering plant, there were now several. Usha
and I speculated on the prospect of the entire hillside being covered with
the flowers in a few years’ time.
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I still do not know the botanical name for the little flower. I cannot
remember long Latin names, anyway, but Usha tells me that she has seen
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it growing near her father’s village, on the next mountain, and that the hill
people call it Basant, which means Spring.
Although I am just a little disappointed that we are not, after all, the
discoverers of a new species, this is outweighed by our pleasure in knowing
that the flower flourishes in adversity. May it multiply!
Meet the author
Ruskin Bond
Born: May 19, 1934
Now: Lives with his adopted family in Landour
near Mussoorie.
Nationality: Indian
Ruskin Bond is a delightful children’s author
and well-known novelist. He has written
many short stories, essays and novels, all
of which are reflective of the beauty and
mystery of the nature. Ruskin Bond
Word Trove
accentuated /əkˈsentʃueɪtɪd/ : stressed or emphasized
drab /dræb/ : dull
tome /təʊm/ : large, heavy book
seeds /siːdz/ : produces seeds for new flowers to grow
swished /swɪʃt/ : hissed and rustled
thorny thickets /ˈθɔːni ˈθɪkɪt/ : dense growth of prickly shrubs
baleful look /ˈbeɪlfl lʊk/ : threatening look
nasturtiums /nəˈstɜːʃəmz/ : yellow, red and orange trumpet-shaped flowers
outweighed by /ˌaʊtˈweɪd baɪ/ : of more important than
flourishes in adversity /ˈflʌrɪʃɪz ɪn ədˈvɜːsəti/ : does well in hard or difficult
conditions
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Way With Words
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A. Find the words in the box in the wordsearch puzzle. Let’s
see who finds all of these words first.
AUTUMN BLOSSOM CLOUDS
DOUBT EXAMS FLOWER
HILLSIDE HIMALAYAS MOMENT
MOUNTAIN NIGHT SNOW
SUMMER WIND WINTER
M T
N U P P Z T N I A T N U O M S J H O O
S M Y H Y M O M E N T D J U Z F Y S W
R F J K S M
E L K S R R E M M U S Z T O Z O H
T O K G F N B W C E H C X A K L W
N W T O D B H E B J
I E X V E Z E N T N X I Z Y L
W R K P G L W P H I D M N G B
G I R Z A W A G W O A K H S
F I B U M K D H H U L O L Y
W Z W A A U M B A B G C
U E S Z K J J B U W C T Y W F L
F Y M U O T O Q U S Q C A Y N O
U Q A T S T I U
S R X V N L L B Q E C H M S M A G D
N A E E W S B R Z Y B X N C U Z H S
O P T Q
W A V P Y P T N M U T U A T H Z H Y X U
O T H I L L S I D E V H P G G U D K D L
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B. Match the following.
Himalayas returns with cold windows
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Usha butter-yellow
Flower a season
Winter still seemed mid-winter
Spring tied a scarf
Checking Understanding
A. Which words/phrases in the story are related to weather?
Complete the following chart.
Storm
Weather Cold
B. Answer the questions.
1) Who was Usha? What did she point out to the author?
2) Why did the author not allow Usha to pluck the flower?
3) What did Usha mean by ‘it will be finished if it rains’? Was it ‘finished’?
4) How did Usha save the flower?
5) When did the flowers come back?
6) Who found them again? Where?
7) How did the writer play a part in keeping the flowers alive?
8) Why do you think the hill people called the flower basant?
Going the Extra Mile
How did the writer play a part in keeping the flowers alive?
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Let’s Spell
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Unscramble the given groups of letters to make sensible words.
srfoet ercailptarl teer seavle renge
efir apcony alntp cwtuoodert neisgleds
d Let's Learn the Sounds
Dd
A. Practise saying these words after your teacher.
passage vain instance coast
campaign constitute league affect
institute render appeal generate
B. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the beginning consonant
cluster /kl/.
/ kl / class clinic clock clean cloth click
climate clear claim cloud club clap
C. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the sound /3:/.
/3:/ serve herb earn earth burn hurt
girl sir bird heard work Word
Let’s Listen
Listen to your teacher or the tape and complete the story.
I was so _________. I knew that Jenisha would like her _________.
I rang the _________. Jenisha’s _________ answered. I gave him the
present and ran over to the _________ room. _________ was blasting and
everyone was dancing.
Everyone was singing “Happy Birthday…” to Jenisha. We ate her _________
cake quickly. Jenisha’s mom called everyone for _________.
After dinner, we got ready to go to bed.
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Jenisha’s mom helped us tuck into bed. She said “Good night” to all of us.
Then, she _________ the lights and went to her room.
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In the _________, Jenisha’s older sister made _________. Then, we all got
dressed and we all left for our own houses.
Later, Jenisha called and said that she _________ my gift. I gave her a
“Make Your Own Pillow” kit. She _________ me over to do it together.
When we were done with the _________, it looked _________!
Let’s Speak
A. Who is your best author so far? Collect some information
about your favourite author and share it in the class.
B. Read the conversation between Mr Bean and Mrs Smith.
Mr Bean is waiting at the airport for a plane. He has over forty-five minutes
to wait, so he decides to find a café and have a cup of coffee. The café is
almost full, so he tries to find a seat and ends up making a new friend with
a lady called Mrs Smith.
Mr Bean : Excuse me, is this seat free?
Mrs Smith : Yes.
Mr Bean : Thanks. (Mr Bean sits down.)
Mrs Smith : My name’s Mrs Smith. It is nice to meet you.
Mr Bean : Hi Mrs Smith. My name is Mr Bean. It’s nice to meet you,
too.
Mrs Smith : Where are you from, Mr Bean? You sound like you’re not
from England.
Mr Bean : I’m from Thailand. I have been visiting my family in
Manchester. How about you?
Mrs Smith : Same as every day at this time on my way to work, as usual!
Mr Bean : What do you do?
Mrs Smith : I’m an English teacher. My students love learning English.
How about you?
Mr Bean : I’m also an English teacher, but I’m on holiday right now.
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C. Now, act out this conversation in the class.
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Let’s Write
Imagine that you are Usha. You are delighted that the scant tiny
yellow flowers have now become a cluster. When you return
home, you make a diary entry tracing the events. Include the
following:
- How you are overjoyed on seeing the cluster of yellow flowers
- Your walk in the hills with the writer
- How you saved the flowers
Express your love for nature – the mountains and flowers – in conclusion.
Everyday English
A. Here are some ways which we can use to give advice or
suggestions.
For example, imagine that your friend is worried that she is getting fat. She
asks you for some advice. You can respond using the following phrases:
You should take some exercise.
You ought to eat more fruit and vegetables.
Why don’t you go jogging?
How about eating less sugary food?
I suggest doing regular exercise.
I suggest (that) you eat less food.
B. For stronger advice you can use ‘have to’ or ‘must’.
You must see a doctor
You have to take me to see that movie. I’ll love it!
C. What advice would you give in the following situations?
• I’ve got a bad toothache. What do you suggest?
• What do you advise me to do during the holidays?
• I don’t feel like doing homework. What’s your advice?
• I want to improve my spoken English. What should I do?
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Let’s Connect
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A. Read the following story.
The Best Flower in the Garden
As summer came to an end, all of the flowers in the garden wanted to
know which flower was the best:
The pink roses said, “We are the best because we were the first flowers to
bloom in the spring.”
The white daisies said, “Oh no, we are the best because we have pretty
flowers all summer long.”
The big yellow chrysanthemums (mums) said, “Don’t be silly, we are the
best because we are the last flowers to bloom in the autumn.”
Each flower argued that they were the best. But when people came to
see the garden, they stopped. All the flowers were quiet and looked very
proud so people would say that they were the best.
One day the gardener came into the garden. The pink roses fluffed their
petals so that they would look best. All of the white daisies stood up tall
so they would look the best. The yellow mums beamed in the sunlight so
that they would look the best. All the flowers were sure that the gardener
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would say they were the best. But the gardener only smiled and said, “Look
at all of my pretty flowers!”
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The gardener took a basket and began to put the pink roses into it. The
roses were sure they were special because they were picked first. But the
daisies just laughed at the roses, “Ha-ha! You are not pretty enough to stay
in the garden.”
Next the gardener put some daisies in the basket and the mums began to
laugh, “Told you! We are the best because we are the only flowers left in
the garden.”
Finally the gardener put the mums into the basket. Again, all the flowers
began to fight over who was the best.
When the gardener got to the house, he
began to put all of the beautiful flowers into
a vase. First he put the pink roses into the
vase, remembering that they were the first
flowers to bloom in the spring. Next he put
the yellow daisies into the vase and thought
how wonderful to see them every day when
he walked in the garden. Finally he put the
mums into the vase; he was very excited to
finally see the autumn flowers. He had been
waiting all summer to see them.
The gardener put the vase on the table and said, “I have the prettiest
bouquet of flowers. Alone each flower is the best, but together they look
perfect!”
Suddenly the flowers realized that all along each one was the best that
they could be. But it wasn’t until the gardener made a bouquet of all of
the flowers together that they became something special. At last all the
flowers were happy.
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B. Discuss the message in this story.
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Let’s Create
Look at the picture and make a bouquet yourself to give it to
your mother on a Mother’s Day, to a teacher on a Teachers’ Day,
your friend on a Friendship Day or tomorrow morning to them
just to wish them ‘good morning’.
NOUN VERB Time for Grammar
Complete the following sentences with an appropriate pronoun.
1. His letters are all about …………………. .
a) him b) himself c) Either could be used here
2. Peter, if you work like this, you will make …………………. ill.
a) yourself b) yourselves c) Either could be used here
3. They talk to …………………. a lot.
a) themselves b) themself c) Either could be used here
4. How long have you guys known …………………. .
a) yourself b) yourselves c) each other
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5. These shoes are designed for sprinters like …………………. .
a) you b) yourself c) Either could be used here
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6. Do you …………………. on Sundays?
a) shave b) shave yourself c) Either could be used here
7. She took her dog with …………………. .
a) her b) herself c) Either could be used here
8. You are very selfish. You only think of …………………. .
a) yourself b) you c) Either could be used here
9. I am quite pleased with …………………. .
a) myself b) me c) Either could be used here
10. Everybody came early except …………………. .
a) me b) myself c) Either could be used here
Picture Talk
There are at least three differences in the following pictures.
How many can you find?
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Let's Have Fun
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Read the following poem for fun!
The Life of A Cupcake
- Shelby Greer
They put me in the oven to bake.
Me a deprived and miserable cake.
Feeling the heat I started to bubble.
Watching the others I knew I was in trouble
They opened the door and I started my life.
Frosting me with a silver knife.
Decorating me with candy jewels.
The rest of my batch looked like fools.
Lifting me up, she took off my wrapper.
Feeling the breeze, I wanted to slap her.
Opening her mouth with shiny teeth inside.
This was the day this cupcake had died.
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UNIT 9 Goodbye Madiba
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In this unit, you will:
Read Nelson Mandela’s biography
Listen and respond
Talk about Nelson Mandela
Write an autobiography Unit Highlights
Make a poster Fighting challenges
Prepare a mini-biography Vowel sound /iə/
Use punctuation marks Consonant cluster /p/
Enjoy a story Asking for permission
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Let’s Begin
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A. Who are some of the world famous people you have read or
heard about? Discuss with your friends.
B. Think and answer.
- Have you heard about Nelson Mandela?
- Why is he famous in the world?
C. Have you heard about racial discrimination? Discuss what it
means with your friends and teacher.
Let’s Read
Nelson Mandela
Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South
Africa on 18 July 1918 and was given the name
of Nelson by one of his teachers. His father
Henry was a respected advisor to the Thembu
royal family.
Early Life
Nelson Mandela was born in the tiny village
of Mvezo, on the banks of the Mbashe River in
Transkei, South Africa. “Rolihlahla” in the Xhosa
language literally means “pulling the branch
of a tree,” but more commonly translates as Nelson Mandela
“troublemaker.” Nelson Mandela’s father,
who was destined to be a chief, served as a counselor to tribal chiefs for
several years, but lost both his title and fortune over a dispute with the
local colonial magistrate. Mandela was only an infant at the time, and his
father’s loss of status forced his mother to move the family to Qunu, an
even smaller village north of Mvezo. The village was nestled in a narrow
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grassy valley; there were no roads, only foot paths that linked the pastures
where livestock grazed. The family lived in huts and ate a local harvest
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of maize, sorghum, pumpkin and beans, which was all they could afford.
Water came from springs and streams and cooking was done outdoors.
Mandela played the games of young boys, acting out male rights-of-
passage scenarios with toys he made from the natural materials available,
including tree branches and clay.
At the suggestion of one of his father’s friends, Mandela was baptized in
the Methodist Church. He went on to become the first in his family to
attend school. As was custom at the time, and probably due to the bias of
the British educational system in South Africa, Mandela’s teacher told him
that his new first name would be Nelson.
When Mandela was nine years old, his father died of lung disease, causing
his life to change dramatically. He was adopted by Chief Jongintaba
Dalindyebo, the acting regent of the Thembu people—a gesture done as a
favor to Mandela’s father, who, years earlier, had recommended Jongintaba
be made chief. Mandela subsequently left the carefree life he knew in
Qunu, fearing that he would never see his village again. He traveled by
motorcar to Mqhekezweni, the provincial capital of Thembuland, to the
chief’s royal residence. Though he had not forgotten his beloved village of
Qunu, he quickly adapted to the new, more sophisticated surroundings of
Mqhekezweni.
ANC involvement
Mandela was educated at the University of Fort Hare and later at the
University of Witwatersrand, qualifying in law in 1942. He became
increasingly involved with the African National Congress (ANC), a multi-
racial nationalist movement trying to bring about political change in South
Africa.
In 1948, the National Party came to power and began to implement a
policy of ‘apartheid’, or forced segregation on the basis of race. The ANC
staged a campaign of passive resistance against apartheid laws.
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In 1952, Mandela became one of the ANC’s deputy presidents. By the late
1950s, faced with increasing government discrimination, Mandela, his
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friend Oliver Tambo and others began to move the ANC in a more radical
direction. In 1956, Mandela went on trial for treason. The court case lasted
five years, and ended with Mandela being acquitted.
Sharpeville
In March 1960, 69 black anti-apartheid demonstrators were killed by
police at Sharpeville. The government declared a state of emergency
and banned the ANC. In response, the organisation abandoned its policy
of non-violence and Mandela helped establish the ANC’s military wing
‘Umkhonto we Sizwe’ or ‘The Spear of the Nation’. He was appointed its
commander-in-chief and travelled abroad to receive military training and
to find support for the ANC.
Life imprisonment
On his return he was arrested and
sentenced to five years in prison. In
1963, Mandela and other ANC leaders
were tried for plotting to overthrow the
government by violence. The following
year Mandela was sentenced to life
imprisonment. He was held in Robben
Island prison, off the coast of Cape
Town, and later in Pollsmoor Prison on
the mainland. During his years in prison
he became an international symbol of resistance to apartheid.
In 1990, the South African government responded to internal and
international pressure and released Mandela, at the same time lifting the
ban against the ANC. In 1991 Mandela became the ANC’s leader.
First Black President
In 1994, for the first time in South African history, nonwhites were allowed
to vote in democratic elections. Mandela was elected president by an
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overwhelming majority. While
in office, he worked to improve
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housing, education, and economic
opportunities for the country’s
large black population.
Over the years, Mandela
continued working to promote
peace around the world. In 2007,
he helped found The Elders, an organization of world leaders committed
to ending conflicts and promoting human rights. “When you want to get
a herd to move in a certain direction,” he told TIME, a magazine, in 1994,
“you stand at the back with a stick. Then a few of the vmore energetic
cattle move to the front and the rest of the cattle follow. You are really
guiding them from behind. That is how a leader should do his work.”
A respected global statesman
He was awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize together with FW de Klerk,
then president of South Africa, in
1993. The following year South
Africa held its first multi-racial
election and Mandela was elected
its first black president.
In 1998, he was married for the
third time to Graça Machel, the
widow of the president of Mozambique. Mandela’s second wife, Winnie,
whom he married in 1958 and divorced in 1996, remains a controversial
anti-apartheid activist.
In 1997 he stepped down as ANC leader and in 1999 his presidency of
South Africa came to an end.
In 2004, Mandela announced his retirement from public life, although his
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charitable work continued. On 29
August 2007, a permanent statue
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to him was unveiled in Parliament
Square, London. He had written
a book, Long Walk to Freedom,
about the struggle to bring an end
of apartheid.
He died at his home in Johannesburg
on 5 December 2013, aged 95.
Word Trove
advisor /ədˈvaɪzə(r)/ : person who gives advice
troublemaker /ˈtrʌblmeɪkə(r)/ : a person who creates troubles
destined /ˈdestɪnd/: happened
fortune /ˈfɔːtʃuːn/: luck
magistrate /ˈmædʒɪstreɪt/ : a judge in law courts
nestled /ˈnesld/ : moved
springs /ˈsprɪŋz/ : places from where water comes up through the ground
baptized /bæpˈtaɪzd/ : named
adopt /əˈdɒpt/ : take someone’s child into your own family making him/
her like your own child
subsequently /ˈsʌbsɪkwəntli/ : happening or coming after
adapted /əˈdæptɪd/ : adjusted
sophisticated /səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd/ : from high standard
multi-racial /ˌmʌltiˈreɪʃl/ : more than one race
apartheid /əˈpɑːtaɪt/: it was a system in south africa in which people were
divided into racial groups and kept apart by law
segregation /ˌseɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn/ : keeping people apart or divided
resistance /rɪˈzɪstəns/ : refusal to accept it
discrimination /dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃn/ : practice of treating people unfairly to one
group and fairly to another group
radical /ˈrædɪkl/ : changes completely
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treason /ˈtriːzn/ : crime of betraying your country
acquitted /əˈkwɪtɪd/ : officially warned not to commit crimes
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demonstrators /ˈdemənstreɪtə(r)z/ : people who march in the street to
support or oppose any system
abandoned /əˈbændənd/ : left or quit
overthrow /ˌəʊvəˈθrəʊ/ : remove from power
coast /kəʊst/ : the part of the land adjoining or near a sea
overwhelming /ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ/ : affecting very strongly
committed /kəˈmɪtɪd/ : determined to do something
promoting /prəˈməʊtɪŋ/ : supporting or actively encouraging
elected /ɪˈlektɪd/ : chosen by vote
Way With Words
A. Match the following words with their meanings.
Column A Column B
royal carry out
tribal crisis
pasture track or path
livestock freed from jail
carefree set of ideas or plans
implement related to king or queen
policy free
trail a large area of land where animals feed on the grass
emergency relating to or belonging to tribes or kinds of people
released animals such as cattle and sheep
B. Fill in the blanks below using the word bank.
countless lessons hero president
respected decades global retiring
Nelson Mandela was one of the most loved and _________ people in the
world. For _________ reasons, he was and remains a big _________. He
was a person from whom we can all learn many _________. He experienced
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many things in his nine _________, from being tortured to becoming
_________ the country he loved. After _________, he continued to travel
the world, helping people and raising awareness of _________ issues. He
died on the 5th of December, 2013, aged 95.
B. Find the words in the wordsearch grid by looking Diagonal,
Forward, Backward, Up, and Down. Circle them with a
pencil or use a marker to highlight the letters.
I F Z A P E A C E F U L M C K
E J R J S N S W Z X X D F X Q
X Z Y E W S D N W Y O E T C K
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K C N A R Q O M K E F R E D T
V K Z C C I L I A V Y A V I E
M R S I Y I S D T W C C O S L
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W Q O R A D E O N U X Y M E B
FOR D H O Q R W X S N M N M M
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AFRICA
FREEDOM
ARREST
PRESIDENT RIGHTS
MOVEMENT REVOLUTIONARY
LEADERSHIP
LAWYER DEMOCRACY PEACEFUL PRISON
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Checking Understanding
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A. Fill in the blanks.
1) Nelson Mandela was born on ................
2) His family moved to ................ after the death of his father.
3) He was baptized in the ................
4) He was just ................ years old when his father died of ................
5) He became the ................ of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
6) In ................ Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment.
7) He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in ................
8) He authored a book named ................
B. Answer the questions.
1) What was Mandela’s real name? How was it changed?
2) Where was Mandela born?
3) Who was his father?
4) Why did his family have to move to Qunnu?
5) What did they live on while residing in Qunnu?
6) What did Mandela and his friends play with?
7) Where did he study?
8) What does ANC stand for?
9) Why did the government declare a state of emergency?
10) How was he released from jail?
11) What did he found in 2007?
12) What was made in Parliament Square, London?
Going the Extra Mile
A. If you were Nelson Mandela and kept in prison for 27 years,
what would do during those years?
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B. Suppose you were brought up in a village. Now recall some
of the memorable moments you had.
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Let’s Spell
Match syllables to make words. Write the complete word on the
line.
1) pro brella 1. problem
2) for ulation 2. _______________
3) over sident 3. _______________
4) um dom 4. _______________
5) pre blem 5. _______________
6) pop ggle 6. _______________
7) free throw 7. _______________
8) stru tune 8. _______________
d Let's Learn the Sounds
Dd
A. Practise saying these words after your teacher.
financial entertain temper earnest
reflect wander insist knight
convention furnish compel inspire
B. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the beginning sound /p/.
/p/ Pat pull push plum
Pussy pumpkin Pokhara Poonam
piano pin
C. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the sound /iə/.
/iə/ ear hear near here
fear clear dear smear
gear steer peer deer
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Let’s Listen
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Listen to the people who discuss if they believe in ghosts and
why or why not. As you listen, put a tick in the right column
against each question.
Questions Asim Reeya Sunita
Does he/she believe in ghosts?
Whose family members believe
in ghosts?
Who only believes in things that
can be seen or proven?
Who thinks that some things
cannot be explained by science?
Did he/she have a ghost in the
house?
Has he/she seen a family ghost?
Who talks about getting scared
while watching a ghost movie?
Let’s Speak
A. Practise the following dialogue with your teacher.
Student : May I have a few more minutes to review before the test?
Teacher : Please feel free to study for a few more minutes.
Student : Thank you very much.
Teacher : No problem. Do you have any questions in particular?
Student : Uh, no. I just need to review things quickly.
Teacher : OK. We’ll begin in five minutes.
Student : Thank you.
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Everyday English
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A. Read the following dialogue.
Roshan : Hi Sweta, do you think I could use your pencil for a moment?
Sweta : Sure, no problem. Here you are.
Roshan : Thanks. It will only be a minute or two.
Sweta : Take your time. No rush.
Roshan : Thanks!
B. Here are some expressions which can be used while asking
for permission.
• May I have another piece of cake?
• Can I go out tonight?
• Do you think I could use your cell phone?
• Would it be possible for me to study in this room?
• Can I go out, please?
• May I open the window, please?
• Do you mind if I come in?
• Would you mind if I asked you something?
• Is it okay if I sit here?
Let’s Connect
Have you heard about Malala Yousafzai? Who is she? What made
her known to the world?
Read about the latest achievement of Malala Yousafzai, still a
student and a social activist.
Born: 12 July 1997
Birthplace: Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Best known as: The schoolgirl who stood up for education
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan. As a
child, she became an advocate for girls’ education, she wrote for the
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BBC about life in her hometown under the Taliban, which resulted in the
Taliban issuing a death threat against her. On
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October 9, 2012, a gunman shot Malala when
she was traveling home from school. She was
seriously wounded in the head and neck and
airlifted to a British hospital for specialized
treatment. She survived, and has continued
to speak out on the importance of education
for girls. In 2013, Time magazine put her on
its list of the world’s most influential people
and in the same year she was nominated
for a Nobel Peace Prize. In 2014, she was
nominated again and won, becoming the
youngest person (at age 17) to receive the Malala Yousafzai
Nobel Peace Prize. She was given the Nobel
Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian activist and founder of the
Global March Against Child Labor. The two shared a prize of 8.0 million
Swedish kroner, or roughly 1.1 million US dollars, so each received about
$550,000.
Answer the following questions.
1) How old was Malala when she was shot by the Taliban?
______________________________________________________
2) About what did she write for BBC?
______________________________________________________
3) Why was she airlifted to a British hospital?
______________________________________________________
4) What does she speak for?
______________________________________________________
5) Whom did she share the Nobel Peace Prize? How much money did
she get as the prize?
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Let’s Write
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A. Think of someone whom you know very well and who has
contributed a lot in the society. Complete the following
biography worksheet about that person.
Why is this person important? What were his/her
.............................................. accomplishments?
.............................................. ..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
Birth Information: ..............................................
When : ........................... ..............................................
Where: ...........................
Mom : ............................ Quote: ............................
Dad : .............................. ........................................
Siblings : ........................ ........................................
Name of the Person :
.............................................
.............................................
Important event #1: ........... Personal Information/Facts:
.............................................. .............................................
.............................................. .............................................
.............................................
Important event #2: ........... .............................................
.............................................. .............................................
..............................................
Now, write your autobiography.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
________________
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B. Write about Nelson Mandela for 10 minutes. Show your
partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.
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Let’s Create
A. You also may have heard about some famous personalities
in Nepal. Collect some information about any one of them
on your choice. Then prepare a mini book of biographies.
B. Work in groups. Make a poster showing the different stages
of the life of Nelson Mandela. Paste your poster on the
school notice board or your block’s board, ask teachers to
rate your poster on a 1-5 scale. Also ask them to write some
comments on a comment box at a corner of your poster.
NOUN VERB Time for Grammar
Use correct punctuation marks and capital letters where
appropriate.
a new report from the united nations says more than 250 million children
of primary school age cannot read or write it said they could also not do
basic mathematics the report said that 120 million children have spent
little or no time in school the researchers said children not going to school
means countries lose money each year governments lose up to $130 billion
vibeke jensen a un spokeswoman said there was a global “learning crisis”
she said this was because there were not enough well-trained teachers
in poor areas she said that in a third of countries 75 per cent of primary
school teachers do not have enough training she added “the issue now is
to put the focus on quality” the report said that most of those not going to
school were girls it said it was important that developing countries educate
girls sending girls to school can increase a country’s wealth by 25 per cent
over 40 years
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Picture Talk
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Colour the following picture.
Let's Have Fun
Let’s learn about palindromes.
Palindromes are words or phrases that read the
same in both directions (forward or backward), Madam, I’m
e.g. EYE, or RACECAR. Here are a few longer Adam.
ones:
• Do geese see God?
• Murder for a jar of red rum.
• Some men interpret nine memos.
• Never odd or even.
• Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo.
• Rats live on no evil star.
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UNIT 10 A Different Kind of
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School
In this unit, you will:
Read about a unique school
Listen and complete a story Unit Highlights
Discuss the specialties of your school Empathy (putting
Write about your experience yourself in others’
Write a poem shoes)
Create a poster Vowel sound /u:/
Use the degree of adjectives Consonant cluster /str/
Enjoy a joke Expressing opinions
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Let’s Begin
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A. Look at the picture and discuss with your friend about this
picture. Also compare this picture with the picture of your
school.
B. Guess in what way the school in this unit may be different
from other schools or from your own school?
Let’s Read
A Different Kind of School
- E.V. Lucas
I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school. But not till last week
did the chance come to visit it.
When I arrived there was no one in sight but a girl of about twelve. Her
eyes were covered with a bandage and she was being led carefully between
the flower-beds by a little boy who was about four years younger. She
stopped and it looked like she asked him who had come. He seemed to be
describing me to her. Then they passed on.
Miss Beam was all that I had expected - middle-aged, full of authority, yet
kindly and understanding. Her hair was beginning to turn grey and she had
the kind of plump figure that is likely to be comforting to a homesick child.
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I asked her some questions about her teaching methods which I had heard
were simple.
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“No more than is needed to help them to learn how to do things – simple
spelling, adding, subtracting, multiplying and writing. The rest is done by
reading to them and by interesting talks during which they have to sit still
and keep their hands quiet. There are practically no other lessons.”
“The real aim of this school is not so much to teach thought as to teach
thoughtfulness - kindness to others and being responsible citizens. Look
out of the window a minute, will you?”
I went to the window which overlooked a large garden and a playground
at the back. “What do you see?” Miss Beam asked.
“I see some very beautiful grounds,” I said, “and a lot of jolly children.
It pains me, though, to see that they are not all so healthy and active-
looking. When I came in, I saw one poor little girl being led about. She
has some trouble with her eyes. Now I can see two more with the same
difficulty. And there’s a girl with a crutch watching the others at play. She
seems to be a hopeless cripple.”
Miss Beam laughed. “Oh, no!” she said. “She’s not really lame. This is only
her lame day. The others are not blind either. It is only their blind day.” I
must have looked very surprised, for she laughed again.
“This is a very important part of our system. To make our children
appreciate and understand misfortune, we make them share in misfortune
too. Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day, one deaf
day, one injured day and one dumb day. During the blind day their eyes
are bandaged absolutely and they are on their honour not to peep. The
bandage is put on overnight so they wake blind. This means that they need
help with everything. Other children are given the duty of helping them
and leading them about. They all learn so much this way - both the blind
and the helpers.
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“There is no misery about it,” Miss Beam continued. “Everyone is very kind
and it is really something of a game. Before the day is over, though, even
the most thoughtless child realizes what misfortune is.
“The blind day is, of course, really the worst, but some of the children
tell me that the dumb day is the most difficult. We cannot bandage the
children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their will-power. Come
into the garden and see for yourself how the children feel about it.”
Miss Beam led me to one of the bandaged girls. “Here’s a gentleman come
to talk to you,” said Miss Beam and left us.
“Don’t you ever peep?” I asked the girl.
“Oh, no!” she exclaimed. “That would be cheating! But I had no idea it was
so awful to be blind. You can’t see a thing. You feel you are going to be hit
by something every moment. It’s such a relief just to sit down.”
“Are your helpers kind to you?” I asked.
“Fairly. But they are not as careful as I shall be when it is my turn. Those
that have been blind already are the best helpers. It’s perfectly ghastly not
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to see. I wish you’d try.”
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“Shall I lead you anywhere?” I asked.
“Oh, yes”, she said. “Let’s go for a little walk. Only you must tell me about
things. I shall be so glad when today is over. The other bad days can’t be half
as bad as this. Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost
fun, I guess. Having an arm tied up is a bit more troublesome because you
can’t eat without help and things like that. I don’t think I’ll mind being
deaf for a day - at least not much. But being blind is so frightening. My
head aches all the time just from worrying that I’ll get hurt. Where are we
now?”
“In the playground,” I said. “We’re walking towards the house. Miss Beam
is walking up and down the garden with a tall girl.”
“What is the girl wearing?” my little friend asked in A Different Kind of
School.
“A blue cotton skirt and a pink blouse.”
“I think it’s Millie?” she said. “What colour is her hair?”
“Very light,” I said.
“Yes, that’s Millie. She’s the Head Girl.”
“There’s an old man tying up roses,” I said.
“Yes, that’s Peter. He’s the gardener. He’s hundreds of years old!”
“And here comes a girl with curly red hair. She’s on crutches.”
“That’s Anita,” she said in A Different Kind of School.
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And so we walked on. Gradually I discovered that I was ten times more
thoughtful than I ever thought I could be. I also realized that if I had to
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describe people and things to someone else, it made them more interesting
to me.
When I finally had to leave, I told Miss Beam that I was very sorry to go.
“Ah!” she replied, “then there is something in my system after all.”
Meet the Author
Edward Verrall Lucas, (11 June 1868 – 26
June 1938) was a famous English humorist,
essayist, playwright, poet, novelist, short
story writer and editor. Born in Eltham, Kent;
he received an irregular education before
starting work at a bookshop in Brighton
where he began to read widely. After that he
worked on a local paper in Brighton and then
on a London evening paper. Lucas joined the
staff of the humorous magazine Punch in
1904, and remained there for the rest of his Edward Verrall Lucas
life.
Word Trove
flower-beds /ˈflaʊə(r)bedz/ : pieces of ground in a garden where flowers
are grown
plump /plʌmp/ : stout, pleasantly fat
crutch /krʌtʃ/ : a long stick with a crosspiece at the top, used as a support
under the armpit by a lame person
hopeless /ˈhəʊpləs/ : without hope
cripple /ˈkrɪpl/ : a person who is unable to walk or move properly
lame day /leɪm deɪ/ : day on which she acts as if she was lame
misfortune /ˌmɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/ : unfortunate condition; bad luck
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their eyes are bandaged /ˈbændɪdʒd/ : they are blindfolded
are on their honour /ˈɒnə(r)/ : have promised
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misery /ˈmɪzəri/ : difficulty; unpleasantness
thoughtless /ˈθɔːtləs/ : careless
awful /ˈɔːfl/ : bad
ghastly /ˈɡɑːstli/ : causing great fear; terrible
troublesome /ˈtrʌblsəm/ : difficult
gradually /ˈɡrædʒuəli/ : slowly
discovered /dɪˈskʌvə(r)d/ : found
Way With Words
A. Match the words and image with their meaning.
Word Image Meaning
blind a stick that helps one to walk
to look at something through
lame
a narrow opening
crutch unable to see
peep spaces in a garden for flowers
flower-beds unable to walk
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B. Solve the crossword puzzle using the hints given.
Across
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2. power or right to give orders
4. strength of will
6. wanting to be home
7. support stick for the lame people
8. happy and cheerful
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Down
1. not very caring
8
3. look through a narrow opening
5. causing great fear
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Checking Understanding
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Answer the following questions.
1) Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam’s school?
2) What was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play?
3) “Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day…” Complete
the line.
4) Which day was the hardest? Why was it the hardest?
5) What was the purpose of these special days?
6) What kind of teaching method was followed in Miss Beam’s School?
7) What was the real aim of Miss Beam’s School?
8) What pains the author?
Going the Extra Mile
Have you ever visited any school studied by physically challenged
students? What did you learn?
Let’s Spell
A. Circle the misspelled words in the sentences. Write them
correctly on the lines.
1) When I arivved their was no one in site but a girl of about twelve.
2) The reel aim of this school is not so much to teech thought as to teach
thoughtfoolness.
3) I sea some very beeutiful picturs.
4) This is a vary impotant part of our sistem.
5) During the blind day there eyes are bandazed absolutely and they are
on their hanour not to peap.
B. Here is a list of words that people often misspell. 6 are
spelled wrongly here. Can you identify the mistakes?
absent decsribe immedeately acheive
dictionery intresting address disappoint
mathematics among eightgh necessary
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