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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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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
पाठ 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Listening | Q 1. | पृष्ठ ७३

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Read aloud the conversations in the story turn by turn.


Listen carefully and write all the words correctly.

'I need two books.' 'Me, too.' 'I gave one to my sister.'


Listen to the passage on 'anger management' and match the sentence parts by drawing a line. The recording can be played more than once if needed.

1. Meditation is definitely a great technique ______. a) who will take care of the reason why you got angry?
2. There is a person living inside you ______. b) to know how to handle it is a virtue.
3. Getting angry is natural but ______. c) to calm your inner self.
4. Anger is something that releases the tension ______. d) speak to your self and calm yourself.
5. Close your eyes and ______. e) who always tells you how to act.

Listen to the paragraph and fill in the blanks.

The ______________South Indian floods resulted from heavy rainfall generated by the annual north east monsoon in _________________ 2015. They affected the ___________ region of the South Indian states of _________________, and the Union Territory of ___________, with Tamil Nadu and the city of __________________ particularly hard-hit. More than ________ people were killed and over 18 lakh people were______________. With estimates of damages and losses ranging from nearly 200 billion rupees to over 1 trillion rupees, the ___________ were the costliest to have occurred in 2015, and were among the costliest natural disasters of the year. The flooding has been attributed to the 2014-16 ________________ .


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 ___________.


How does she proclaim that she represents the future generation?


Santhiya’s parents and friends can always ___________ her.


Mobile phones often _________ at the wrong moment.


Raj understood that failures are stepping stones to ______.


The health of a bird can be determined ______.


Fitness is ______.


Announcement 3

When will the flight be in the air?


Announcement 3

What is prohibited during the flight?


Listen to the passage carefully and write the answer.

Fleming’s thought at breakfast

Sir Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, was once forced into an interview in New York by two journalists just as he was about to have breakfast. One of them asked him, ‘Sir, what are you thinking about right now? We wish to know what a great scientist think while getting ready for breakfast’. Fleming mused a while on the question and he replied, ‘I am thinking of something very special. The journalist, who were all ears, drew themselves forward. ‘I am thinking, whether to have one egg or two.

 

  1. Name the scientist.
  2. What did he discover?
  3. Who approached the scientist?
  4. What was the question asked by the journalist?
  5. When did they meet the scientist?

Listen to the passage carefully and write the answer.

When did they meet the scientist?


The daughter also loves to fish.


Listen to the flash news. Read the question given below, then listen to the flash news again and complete the response.

What escaped from the zoo?


The box fell out of a truck.


Nandhu wanted to play with the lamp.


Who bagged 'all-rounder' award?


Listen to your teacher and number the pictures accordingly.


Paragliding is also a recreational adventure sport.


Ooty was the Summer Capital of the______ during the British Rule.


Here is a humorous story. But there are some words missing. Listen to your teacher and fill in the blanks to complete the story. Then give a title and a moral to the story.

Once there lived______ friends Vani, Kavi and Sumi. They always played pranks on one another. One day Vani bought some delicious______ and she decided to share them with her______.

Kavi and Sumi were______ to see the berries. The three of them sat and started eating the berries. Suddenly Sumi decided to play a______ on Kavi. When she looked under her chair she saw a small heap______ of. She stealthily pushed the heap of seeds under______chair.

Then Sumi said, “What is this Kavi? You are so______ ! You alone have eaten so many berries.” Kavi felt______ and didn’t know what to say.

Vani looked here and there. When she looked under Sumi’s chair there were______ seeds. So, she replied “Sumi, Kavi was at least greedy, but see ______. You have eaten all the berries including its seeds.” Then Kavi understood that her friend had just played a trick on her and then all three of them ______heartily.


Listen to your teacher read a description of the character from the story. Identify the character based on your understanding and write the name in the space provided. Number the characters in sequence as they appear in the story.

  Identify the character Number the characters in sequence
   
   
   
   
   

Listen to the audio and answer the following.

Who has the robot?

  1. Jacklin 
  2. Shabeena

If there is no clock in the house to wake you in the morning, how will you wake up?

Will you continue to sleep or....


First, read the following statements. Then, listen to the passage read aloud by your teacher or played on the recorder and answer the questions that follow. You may listen to it again, if required.

Tejaswini Sawant is an Indian shooter from the Maharashtrian city of Kolhapur. Her father Ravinder Sawant was an officer in the Indian Navy. Tejaswini represented India in 2004 at the 9th South Asian Sports Federation Games. She, in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, won one gold medal in Women’s 10m Air Rifle Singles and Women’s 10m Air Rifle Pairs. In 2009, in the 50m Rifle 3 positions, she won a bronze and in 2010 she became a world champion in the 50m Rifle Prone game held in Germany. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won one bronze and two silver medals in the women’s 50m Rifle Prone Pairs, the Women’s 50m Rifle Prone Singles and the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 positions respectively. Tejaswini was the first Indian shooter to win a Gold medal at the world championship in the 50m Rifle Prone Game.

Choose the most appropriate option and complete the sentences.

1. Tejaswini Sawant is an Indian______.

  1. shooter
  2. boxer
  3. cricketer

2. She represented India at the 9th South Asian Sports Federation Games in ______.

  1. 2001
  2. 2002
  3. 2004

3. In 2006, she won a Gold medal in the ______.

  1. Commonwealth Games
  2. Olympic Games
  3. Asian Games

4. She became a world champion in the 50m Rifle Prone game held in ______.

  1. Germany
  2. Russia
  3. India

5. Tejaswini was the first Indian woman shooter to win a ______ medal at the World Championship in the 50m rifle prone game.

  1. gold
  2. silver
  3. bronze

Some phrases have been left out in the poem below. Fill in the missing phrases on listening to the reading or the audio played by the teacher. You may listen again, if required

The Soldier

If I should die, ______

That there’s some corner______

That is ______ There shall be

In that rich earth a richer ______

A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,

Gave, _____ roam;

A body ______ air,

Washed ______ suns of home.

And think, ______ away,

A pulse in the ______, no less

Gives somewhere back ______ given;

Her______; dreams happy as her day;

And laughter,______ and gentleness,

In hearts .______ English heaven.

Rupert Brooke


Listen to the poem and fill in the blanks with appropriate words and phrases. If required listen to the poem again.

The World Is Too Much with Us

The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in ______that is ours; We have given ______away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom ______, ______that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like ______, For this, for everything, we are ______; It ______us not. Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising ______Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.


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