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Listen to the passage being read out. Based on your understanding, complete the statements given below with appropriate answers.

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Listen to the passage being read out. Based on your understanding, complete the statements given below with appropriate answers.

Boredom
We have all experienced boredom sometime or the other. Boredom occurs when a person is unable to stay attentive. It is something more than an unpleasant feeling. It can make you angry and frustrated and lead to negative physical health consequences.

How boredom affects one physically
A study reveals that when a person is affected by acute boredom his eyelids droop and the face assumes a frown. There is a gradual loss of ability to coordinate movements. These symptoms are accompanied by mental fatigue and a slowing down of thought processes. A bored person at work is likely to make many more errors than one who is not bored. We should never let boredom take charge. There are several easy ways to overcome boredom.

Here are a few practical suggestions:

  • Set goals for yourself, work towards them.
  • Develop an interest in hobbies and crafts.
  • Socialize, stay in the company of cheerful people.
  • Take up a charitable cause.
  • Exercise regularly.

Coming out of boredom will feel like breaking free from a cold, dark room into the outdoors on a warm, sunny day

  1. Boredom occurs when a person is unable to ______
  2. ______ and ______ are emotional consequences of boredom.
  3. Two physical signs of acute boredom are
  4. How does boredom affect the quality of work a person does?
  5. Mention two ways by which one can overcome boredom.
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उत्तर

1. Boredom occurs when a person is unable to stay attentive.

2. Anger and frustration are emotional consequences of boredom.

3. Two physical signs of acute boredom 

  1. Drooping eyelids, 
  2. Frown

4. A bored person commits a lot of errors in his work.

5. two ways of overcome boredom

  1. Goal setting
  2. stay in the company of cheerful people
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पाठ 3.1: In Celebration of Being Alive - Listening [पृष्ठ ७३]

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पाठ 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Listening | Q 1. | पृष्ठ ७३

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Listen carefully and guess how the sentence would end.

There were dark clouds in the sky. Soon, it began to ______.


____________ is the third highest mountain in the world.


After Senchal lake, they visited __________________.


Listen to the passage about Nammazhwar, an environmental crusader from Tamil Nadu. As you listen, answer the following question. The listening act can be repeated if required.

In 1963 he worked for ___________ as ___________.


Where did Chatur Pandit find the red peacock?


What sort of a person was Chatur Pandit?


Preethi received the Kalpana Chawla Award for Courage and Daring Enterprise.


Your personal details like __________ and __________ are a must.


She got her mobile in January.


How did Santhiya solve the problem?


Raj was upset as he had done______ in his English test.


Granny compared ______ with the pencil.


Shorter bird vocalizations are ______.


The daughter is going to cook the fish.


The Nobel Committee has been called a conservative body because


The speaker is most probably a.


The box fell out of a truck.


Mint leaves help to cure______.


Who is lucky?


Listen to your teacher and number the pictures accordingly.


Choose the correct one after listening the movie clip.

Bart’s mother wants him to make tomato sauce.


Yellow card is known as ______.


Listen to the conversation and answer the following.

Name the special dish.

  1. Adai
  2. Idly
  3. Dosai

All the children are coming only by bus.


Listen to the audio and choose true or false.

It absorbs the pressure.


Listen to the audio and respond to the following question.

It is so cloudy in ______.


Listen and tell the sounds that these words in the poem produce.

  • cart ______
  • drinks ______

Can you make these sounds?


First, read the incomplete sentences given below. Listen to two interesting anecdotes about two scientists, that your teacher will read aloud or play on the recorder. Then, based on your understanding, complete the sentences suitably.

Thomas Alva Edison stepped from a train in Orange, New Jersey and walked down the platform. The station master knew how forgetful the famous inventor was. Therefore, he would always ask him a customary question. He asked Edison if he had left anything behind. Edison confidently replied that he had not left anything and everything was safe with him. Then, he began taking a count of his suitcases. As he was doing so, he happened to look up at the train. With a start, he dropped his bags and raced back to the car in which he had been travelling. What prompted that burst of activity was the face of his bride, with whom he had just married and returned from a honeymoon trip, staring from a window.

Albert Einstein was working at the Princeton University. One day when he was going back home he forgot his home address. The driver of the cab aid not recognize him. Einstein asked the driver if he knew Einstein’s home. The driver exclaimed that there could be no one who did not know Einstein’s address. He added that everyone in Princeton knew where Einstein lived and asked him if he wanted to meet Einstein. Einstein with a sheepish grin replied that he was Einstein and he had forgotten his residential address. He requested the cabbie if he could take him there. The astonished driver drove him home and dropped him safely. The cabbie considered driving Einstein a great honour and refused to charge him for the service.

  1. Edison travelled to New Jersey by ______.
  2. The station master enquired Edison if ______.
  3. Edison raced back to the car when he saw ______.
  4. Albert Einstein was working in ______.
  5. One day, when he was going back home, he ______.
  6. Einstein asked the cab driver if he knew ______.
  7. The driver was so good that he ______.

The oath taken by Graduates of Medicine is given as Listening passage.

Hippocratic Oath:

I solemnly pledge myself to consecrate my life to the service of humanity;

I will give to my teachers the respect and gratitude which is their due;

I will practice my profession with conscience and dignity; The health of my patient will be my first consideration;

I will maintain by all the means in my power, the honour and the noble tradition of the medical profession;

My colleagues will be my brothers; I will not permit considerations of religion, nationality, race, party politics or social standing to intervene between my duty and my patient; 

I will maintain the utmost respect for human life, from the time of conception, even under threat. 1 will not use my medical knowledge contrary to the laws of humanity; 

I make these promises solemnly, freely and upon my honour.

After listening to the pledge played on the tape recorder carefully, fill in the following statements with the right options given:

a) The medical graduates take oath to dedicate their ______to the service of humanity. 

  1. money 
  2. talent 
  3. life 
  4. nation

b) The ______of the patient should be the doctor’s greatest concern. 

  1. dignity 
  2. gratitude 
  3. health 
  4. honour

c) The would-be graduates promise to practise their profession with ______and dignity.

  1. conscience 
  2. knowledge 
  3. understanding
  4. respect

d) They should respect the ______of the patients.

  1. age 
  2. wealth
  3. background 
  4. secrets

e) The pledge is also to treat the patients without any ______

  1. fee
  2. discrimination
  3. interest
  4. hatred

Which of the following is not considered a tool for formative assessment?


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