Class 9 Words and Expressions Solutions Unit 10
Words and Expressions Class 9 Unit 10 Solutions
Class 9 English Words and Expressions Solutions Unit 10
‘Kathmandu’ is an excerpt from the travelogue Heaven Lake written by Vikram Seth. The travelogue is an account of his travel from China, Tibet and Kathmandu to India. Vikram Seth beautifully describes the natural landscape, cultural richness and diversity among people from region to region.
Do You Know?
A river in New Zealand has become the first in the world to be recognised as a living entity with the legal status of a person after a 170 year battle by the local Maori people.The nation’s parliament passed a bill to allow whanganui River – known by the Maoris as Te Awa Tupua – to represent its own interests and advocate on its own behalf. This is a unique judgement for sustaining the health and well-being of the river.
Question 1.
Collect information on similar judgements being taken in the context of river Ganga, and discuss in the class.
Answer:
Supreme court of India declared the Yamuna and Ganga are not to be considered as living entities (July 7, 2017).
Question 2.
Talk about the condition of Bagmati river in Kathmandu written by Vikram Seth.
Answer:
The Bagmati River contains large amounts of untreated sewage, and large levels of pollution of the river exist due primarily to the region’s large population. Many residents in Kathmandu empty personal garbage waste into the river. Attempts are being made to monitor the Bag¬mati River system and restore its cleanliness. These include “pollution loads modification, flow augmentation and placement of weirs at critical locations”. On May 18, 2013, under the initiative of former chief secretary Leela Mani Poudyal, The Bagmati Mega Clean Up Campaign was started. Every Saturday, Nepal Army, Nepal Police and General Public gather to clean the waste and sewage from the river. In 2014, Bagmati River is claimed to be almost pure.
Reading Comprehension:
Text-I
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
When we think of tourism, we think primarily of people who are visiting a particular place for sightseeing, visiting friends and relatives, taking a vacation, and having a good time. They may spend their leisure time engaging in various sports, sunbathing, talking, singing, taking rides, touring, reading or simply enjoying further. We may include in our definition of tourism . people who are participating in a convention, a business conference, or some other kind of business or professional activity.
Those who are taking a study tour under an expert guide or doing some kind of scientific research or study are also doing tourism. These visitors use all forms of transportation from hiking in a wilderness park to flying in a jet to an exciting city. Transportation can include taking a chairlift up a Colorado mountainside or standing at the rail of a cruise ship looking across the blue Caribbean. Whether people travel by one of these means or by car, motor coach camper, train, motorbike or bicycle, they are taking a trip and thus are engaging in tourism. (Adapted from Tourism : Principles, Practices, Philosophies by Charles R. Goeldner and J.R. Brent Ritchie, p. 4)
Question 1.
Tourism is about taking a tour
(a) to a place under an expert guide
(b) for hiking in remote places
(c) for visiting a place for sightseeing
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d) All of the above
Question 2.
By ‘hiking in wilderness’ the author means
(a) taking a long-distance walk in abandoned areas
(b) walk in the forest areas
(c) marathon in uninhabited areas
(d) sprinting in abandoned, uninhabited areas
Answer:
(d) sprinting in abandoned, uninhabited areas
Question 3.
A cruise ship is
(a) a large ship that carries people on voyages of pleasure.
(b) a big ship that carries people and goods on special mission.
(c) a large watercraft for carrying passengers from one point to another.
(d) a large ship that carries mail, goods and first aid facilities.
Answer:
(a) a large ship that carries people on voyages of pleasure.
Question 4.
What all activities do tourists engage in?
Answer:
The tourists engage in sight seeing, visiting friends and relatives, taking a vacation, having a good time indulging invarious sports, sunbathing, talking, singing, taking rides, touring, reading, study tours, hiking in wilderness, flying
in a jet, riding a cruise ship, travel in cars, motor coaches, motorbike, undertaking pilgrimages etc.
Question 5.
What are the forms of transportation tourists use for visiting places?
Answer:
The forms of transportation are flying in a jet, taking a chairlift, riding a cruise ship, cars, motor coaches, motorbikes, bicycle etc.
Text – II
Following is an excerpt from the travelogue, The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain.
A little after noon on that distinguished Saturday I reached the ship and went on board. All was bustle and confusion. The pier was crowded with carriages and men; passengers were arriving and hurrying on board; the vessel’s decks were encumbered with trunks and valises; groups of excursionists, arrayed in unattractive travelling costumes, were moping about in a drizzling rain and looking as droopy and woebegone as so many molting chickens. The gallant flag was up, but it was under the spell, too, and hung limp and disheartened by the mast. Altogether, it was the bluest, bluest spectacle!
It was a pleasure excursion – there was no gain saying that because the programme said so – it was so nominated in the bond – but it surely hadn’t the general aspect of one.
Question 1.
Why is Saturday described as that distinguished Saturday?
(a) because the much-awaited Saturday has come when the voyage has to start.
(b) because Saturday was a holiday.
(c) because it is on Saturday that people were allowed to board the ship.
(d) because it is in the afternoon on Saturday that ship would start the voyage.
Answer:
(a) because the much awaited Saturday has come when the voyage has to start.
Question 2.
Who are excursionists?
(a) They are the research students.
(b) They are pilgrims.
(c) They are musicians.
(d) They are tourists on a leisure trip.
Answer:
(d) They are tourists on a leisure trip.
Question 3.
What was the mood of the people on the ship?
Answer:
The people on the ship were looking droopy, very sad and miserable.
Question 4.
What was the author looking forward to?
Answer:
The author was looking forward to a pleasure excursion.
Question 5.
Match the words/phrase in Column A with pictures in Column B :
Answer:
(A) – (v);
(B) – (iii);
(C) – (i);
(D) – (ii);
(E) – (iv)
Vocabulary:
Question 1.
Match the phrasai verbs in Column A with the meaning in Column B.
| A | B |
| (A) A Look for | (i) to try to find a piece of information |
| (B) Look upto | (ii) await eagerly |
| (C) Look forward to | (iii) having a great deal of respect for a person |
| (D) Look up | (iv) search |
Answer:
| A | B |
| (A) A Look for | (iv) search |
| (B) Look upto | (iii) having a great deal of respect for a person |
| (C) Look forward to | (ii) await eagerly |
| (D) Look up | (i) to try to find a piece of information |
Question 2.
Rewrite the following words by removing the suffix ‘age’.
Answer:
(C) carry
(d) cover
(e) hermit
(f) marry
Question 3.
Rewrite the following words by adding the suffix ‘ful’.
Answer:
(a) beautiful
(b) colourful
(c) dutiful
(d) revengeful
(e) helpful
(f) mouthful
(g) merciful
Grammar:
Question 1.
Tense
Read the following passage carefully. What is the event described in the passage ? Guess when ‘ it took place. Underline and name the tenses in the following passage.
This is a good place to enrich ourselves about plant species which are environment friendly. The residents could gather a lot of information about horticulture at the event. Several states from north India are represented at this event and the florists showcase the best of their horticulture at the show.
The organisers said that several events are lined up for Sunday and these include dance, drawing, painting and a fashion show competition, among others. As many as 85 stalls have been put up by florists, gardening equipment wholesalers and seed retailers. Entry to the show has been made free for all. However, this year, it’s the pollution control plants that have been grabbing all eyeballs. All plants emit oxygen, but it was established in a study conducted by National Aeronautics and Space Administration back in 1989 that some indoor plants could be extremely useful in controlling the air pollution by acting as a ‘vaccurn cleaners’ against the pollutants and absorbing them.
Detox plants, which act as ‘vacuum cleaners’ inside the house, are a hit in the ongoing event. . Nature enthusiasts are preferring them for pollution control as well as interior decoration. (Source: Hindustan Times, Saturday, 24 Feb. 2018)
Answer:
| Verb | Tense |
| is | Present tense |
| enrich | Present tense |
| are | Present tense |
| could | Past tense |
| are represented | Present tens |
| showcase | Present tense |
| said | Past tense |
| include | Present tense |
| have been | Present tense |
| has been | Present tense |
| Emit | Tense |
| Was | Present tense |
| Conducted | Present tense |
| Acting | Present tense |
| Absorbing | Past tense |
| Act | Present tens |
Editing:
Question 1 .
Punctuate the following passage with appropriate punctuation marks.
Kathmandu is vivid mercenary religious with small shrines to flower-adorned deities along the narrowest and busiest streets with fruit sellers flute sellers hawkers of postcards shops selling western cosmetics film rolls and chocolate or copper utensils and nepalese antiques film songs blare out from the radios car horns sound bicycle bells ring stray cows low questioningly at motorcycles vendors shout out their wares. ted – past tenseThis passage is taken from the text ‘Kathmandu’ by Vikram Seth. You can compare and check your rewritten passage with the passage in the textbook and see how far you are cor-rect.
Answer:
Present tenseKathmandu is vivid, mercenary, religious, with small shrines to flower-adorned deities along the narrowest and busiest streets; with fruit sellers, flute sellers, hawkers of postcards; shops selling western cosmetics, film rolls and chocolate; or copper utensils and Nepalese antiques. Film songs blare out from the radios, car horns sound, bicycle bells ring, stray cows low questioningly at motorcycles, vendors shout out their wares.
Listening:
Question 1.
Listen to the passage and answer the questions that follow.
A Visit to Bhitarkanika
The sun was warm but the sea breeze kept up its cooling effect all along. Soon the steamer turned away and anchored near a creek by the river. The muddy fringe and the mangrove vegetation declared the gateway to the Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha. The steam¬er could not negotiate these creeks at low tide, so a similar motorboat was hired to ferry us to the Dangmal forest rest-house in the heart of the mangrove forest. From the motorboat we had a good look at a large crocodile basking in the sun.
The boat moved on, taking us deeper into the forest. Here we felt as though we had stepped into a time warp. In this awesome and mysterious place, birds of extraordinary plumage ap-peared before us. For the moment, we revelled in the magnificence of nature which had us completely in its thrall. Among the birds, the kingfishers were the stars of the show. Croco-diles, large and small, slid into the water at our approach. Through the foliage we could see Chital deer delicately browsing on fresh outcrops of leaves.
A herd of wild boar was spotted searching for succulent roots. High above us, open-billed storks stood sentry-like following our progress through their remarkable kingdom. The evening sun was beginning to paint the tree-lined horizon crimson and gold and a brooding silence enveloped us all.(Source : Steps to English, Workbook for Class IX, NCERT, 2003)
(a) Where was the author going?
(b) Where was the forest rest-house? How did the group manage to get there?
(c) Which creature did they see first?
(d) What does the author mean by ‘the magnificence of nature’?
(e) How are the kingfishers and the open-billed storks described?
(f) What were thfe Chital deer and the wild boar doing when the motorboat went past them?
Answer:
(a) The author was going to Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha.
(b) The forest rest-house ws in the heart of the mangrove forest. The group ferried on a mo-torboat to the forest rest-house.
(c) First they saw a large crocodile basking in the sun.
(d) The author means to tell about the fascinating things that nature has in store for us;
(e) Kingfishers have been described as stars of the show. The open-billed storks have been described as sentry-like.
(f) The Chital deer was delicately browsing on fresh outcrops of leaves. The group of wild boars was searching for succulent roots.
Speaking:
Prepare a short speech on the following and share it in the school assembly.
Question 1.
“Travelling – it offers you a hundred roads to adventure and gives your heart wings.” Travel¬ling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a eller.” (Ibn Batuta, a 14th century traveller)
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow – mindedness, many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” (Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad)
Answer:
Today I, Anil, Class IX, stand before you to speech on “Travelling – it offers you a hundred roads to adventure, and gives your heart wings”. The statement is very appropriate to describe the value and benefits of travelling. Mark Twain, the celebrated American writer, was right to comment that “travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrrow mindedness”. You’ll see that when one travels, one has a chance to see the landscape, meet people of different re-ligions, sects, culture and beliefs. While interacting with these people, one’s mind and heart get receptive and tolerant. There arises a feeling of uniting with them as they are the same everywhere.
An affinity to be with them on the levels of friendship develops. Thus you will see that travelling makes one loving, kind and ready-to-unite. One’s heart gets enlarged, recip-rocal and sym pathetic. A traveller becomes friendly and tolerant towards all things which constitute life as a whole. The travel opens up doors of knowledge and through knowledge a traveller acquires various human values that make life a beautiful journey. Human beings having different traditions, cultures, foods etc., get united emotionally and psychologically. They become broadminded and liberal in thought and attitude. Thus we must travel as much as we can.
Thank you very much.
Question 2.
The tourism sector can be aligned with the policies of sustainable development.
Answer:
Wbrthy Principal, teachers and dear students Today I, Parveen, Class IX, stand before you to speak on an important topic. It is: “The tourism sector can be aligned with the policies of sustainable development”.
You may know that tourism makes a man tolerant, large-hearted and full of knowledge about eyerything.ilt is a means through which one becomes liberal and large-hearted. At the same time, if it is aligned with the policies of sustainable development, it can create a class of people who can spread universal brotherhood in the world.
When tourists visit our country, they bring valuable foreign exchange which can be in-vested in developing various facilities like hotels, transport, food etc. Then tourists bring in a rich experience of the world where they have visited. The locals get a rich experience of interacting with them and learning various aspects of life’s experience. You’ll see that many countries depend upon the inflow of tourists for the sustainable development of their places and cities. If the tourism sector is aligned with the policies of sustainable development, the life of the natives can improve a lot. The foreign exchange the foreign tourists bring in can be used for the infrastructure of their economies. Tourists visit those places frequently which are of world heritage and where there are staying facilities with full security.
Thus the cities halving world heritage, sights and scenes can be made more attractive and interesting to get in more tourists. Tourism is thus a necessary component that can help greatly the growth and development at international levels. We must create an atmosphere where tourists are treated as gods much in line with “Atithi Devo Bhava”. It constitutes the basic ingredient of our age-old culture.
Thank you very much.
Writing:
Question 1.
Read/watch the advertisements on tourism. You can also watch the Kerala Tourism advertisement film “A Reading Room with a View’ which is on the cultural diversity of Kerala. The film is awarded the best film in 60 second category at the prestigious Kyoorius Awards. Now create an advertisement for your city or state for promoting tourism.
Answer:
Be in the lap of pristine nature in Darjeeling If you want to see the pristine beauty of nature, be in Darjeeling. After reaching Darjeeling in a taxi from Bagdogra Airport, relax in a hotel on the first day. You may visit old heritage shops like Habib Mullick, Jolly Arts for souvenirs. On day 2, undertake a 3 point tour which covers th Tiger Hill, Old Ghoom Monastery and Batasia loop.
A toy train takes a dramatic loop which is famous all over the world. After relaxing, visit Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Zoo, Ropeway, Tea Estate etc. Don’t forget to taste a delightful cup of tea at a Tea Estate. Visit Kalimpong and do a local sightseeing of both east and west Kalimpong. You must visit Deolo Hill, Mangal Dhham, Durpin Hill and Durpin Monastery, scenic army golf course etc.
Note : Students can take the help of Internet to write such a paragraph as an advertisement for various places like Shimla, Kulu Manali, Ooty, Kodaikanal in the south, etc.
Question 2.
Write a paragraph describing a journey, imaginary, or you have undertaken. You can follow the steps given below.
(a) Prepare an itinerary.
(b) You can make use of the following expressions, phrases and proverbs frequently used by the travellers.
Jet lag, itchy feet, hit the road, time table, on the home stretch, call it a day, book in advance, travel over, travel through, travel light, any port in a storm, stopover, etc.
Answer:
I always have itchy feet to travel and especially when it is with my cousins, I’d call it a day. The plan of a vacation to Ooty was made on a Sunday evening when my cousins Nisha, Asif, Kabeer, and Tannu had come home along with their parents. My father quickly booked the train tickets in advance and we started packing our bags with all clothes and other essentials, though we couldn’t travel light as it was a 5 days long trip. Finally, the day of our journey arrived, and we boarded a taxi to the railway station.
I was feeling sleepy as the train was at 5 am in the morning; however, the moment we reached the railway station, my excitement to travel doubled and my sleep vanished. We got onto the train and sat on our seats. My cousins and I planned to take turns to sit on the window seat as we had only two window seats that would have kept us sit together and we had to manage. As the train started, we all smiled and looked out of the window when all the trees and electric poles were going behind indicating that we were moving forward toward our destination.
Our mothers gave us some biscuits to share and we started talking. Then my cousin pro-posed we can play antakshri so we sang all the Hindi and Tamil songs. At around 7 am, we had a yummy breakfast that our mothers had cooked from home. We saw a blind person singing and a vendor with magazines. My father gave money to the blind person and then got us some magazines to read on. We started reading and sharing the information. We ate samosas and vadas that came in next. My father said we were going to get down at the next station and our energy got very high and we all screamed ! Though our travel came to an end, our vacation was yet to start. It had been a splendid experience.
Project:
You have read about the mesmerising effect of the music of flute on Vikram Seth in ‘Kathmandu’. Do you know the instruments for Sufi music differ from one culture to another ? In Turkey, Iran and North Africa, the most prominent instrument is the ‘Ney’ which is the reed flute. In Sufi music the ‘Ney’ is accompanied by string instruments like saz, santoor, rubab, etc.
- Create a class magazine on music and artists. Some suggestions are given below.
- Collect information on the commonly used musical instruments in the following categories :
- Indian classical music
- Ghazal singing
- Bharatnatyam, Chau and Kathak dance
- Folk music
- Jazz
- Collect photographs of musical instruments.
- Prepare brief biographical sketches of musicians, dancers, costume designers, artists, etc. You can meet some of them or collect information from sources like books, internet, magazines, newspapers, etc.
- Give a suitable name to the magazine.
1. Give a suitable name to the magazine.
Class Magazine
Musical Instruments
Sources
www.culturalindia.net
wikipedia.org
www.swarganga.org
www.sahajayogaportal.org
Question 2.
Plan a trip to the North-east region of the country by road. Explore the various pos-sibilities of the travel. Also, create a map of your travel.
Answer:
Road Trip to Sikkim from Siliguri
| Day 1 | Start from Siliguri reach Gangtok in the evening. |
| Day 2 | Travelling to Lachen stay overnight. |
| Day 3 | Drive towards Thanger and Gurudongmar Lake stay at Lachung village. |
| Day 4 | Visit yunthang valley. |
| Day 5 | Return to Gangtok visit Lai Bazar and M.G. Road. |
| Day 6 | Visit Tsongmo lake. |
| Day 7 | Visit Rumteh Monastery. Return to Siliguri. |