Haryana State Board HBSE 8th Class English Solutions Honeydew Chapter 2 The Tsunami Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.
Haryana Board HBSE 8th Class English Solutions Honeydew Chapter 2 The Tsunami
HBSE 8th Class English The Tsunami Textbook Questions and Answers
Comprehension Check – I
Say whether the following are True or False:
1. Ignesious lost his wife, two children, his father-in-law, and his brother-in-law in the tsunami.
Answer:
True.
2. Sanjeev made it to safety after the tsunami.
Answer:
False.
3. Meghna was saved by a relief helicopter.
Answer:
False.
4. Almas’s father realised that a tsunami was going to hit the island.
Answer:
True.
5. Her mother and aunts were washed away with the tree that they were holding on to.
Answer:
True.
Comprehension Check-II
Answers the following in a phrase or sentence:
Solutions Of Tsunami HBSE 8th Class Question 1.
Why did Tilly’s family come to Thailand?
निम्न में सही या गलत बताओ:
Answer:
Tilly’s family came to Thailand to celebrate Christmas.
Solution Of Tsunami HBSE 8th Class Question 2.
What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw?
टिली का परिवार थाईलैंड क्यों आया था?
Answer:
Tilly and her mother saw that the sea slowly rose, and started to foam, bubble and whirlpools.
Class 8 Honeydew Chapter 2 HBSE Question 3.
Do you think Tilly’s mother was alarmed by them?
क्या तुम सोचते हो कि टिली की माता उनसे चौकन्नी हो गई थी?
Answer:
No, she wasn’t alarmed by them.
सुनामी कक्षा 8 HBSE Question 4.
Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion?
टिली ने समुद्र को इसी अजीब तरीके से व्यवहार करते हुए कहाँ देखा था?
Answer:
She had seen this in her geography class in a video of tsunami.
Class 8 English Chapter 2 The Tsunami Word Meaning HBSE Question 5.
Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape from the tsunami?
स्मिथ परिवार तथा तट के अन्य लोग सूनामी से बचने कहाँ गये?
Answer:
To escape from tsunami, they take refuge in the third floor of a hotel.
Honeydew Chapter 2 HBSE 8th Class Question 6.
How do you think her geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?
उसके भूगोल शिक्षक ने कैसा महसूस किया होगा, जब उसने फुकेत में टिली ने जो किया, उसके बारे में सुना होगा?
Answer:
I think, he must be feeling proud of Tilly.
Comprehension Check – III
Answer the following using a phrase or a sentence:
The Tsunami Class 8 Solutions HBSE Question 1.
In the tsunami 150,000 people died in tsunami. How many animals died?
150,000 लोग सूनामी में मर गये। कितने जानवर मरे?
Answer:
Not so many as reported.
Tsunami Solutions HBSE 8th Class Question 2.
How many people and animals died in Yala National Park?
यदला राष्ट्रीय उद्यान में कितने व्यक्ति और जानवर मारे गये?
Answer:
Sixty people and two water buffaloes.
8th Class English Chapter 2 Question Answer HBSE Question 3.
What do people say about the elephants of Yala National Park?
याला राष्ट्रीय उद्यान के हाथियों के बारे में लोग क्या कहते हैं?
Answer:
People said that they have seen elephants running from the Patnangala beach just before an hour of tsunami.
Honeydew Class 8 Chapter 2 Question Answer HBSE Question 4.
What did the dogs in Galle do?
गाले में कुत्तों ने क्या किया?
Answer:
The dogs refused to go for their daily run on the beach.
Working with The Text
Discuss the following questions in class. Then write your own answers.
Question 1.
When he felt the earthquake, do you think Ignesious immediately worried about a tsunami? Give reasons for your answer. Which sentence in the text tells you that the Ignesious family did not have any time to discuss and plan their course of action after the tsunami struck?
क्या तुम सोचते हो इग्नेशियस तुरंत ही सूनामी के बारे में चिंतित हो गया था जब उसने भूकंप महसूस किया था? अपने उत्तर के लिए कारण दो। पाठ का कौन सा वाक्य तुम्हें बताता है कि इग्नेशियस के परिवार के पास विचार-विमर्श का समय नहीं था.और सूनामी के प्रहार करने के बाद अपनी कार्य-योजना तैयार करने का समय नही था?
Answer:
Ignesious was not worried about a tsunami, when he felt the earthquake. He only puts down the television set on the ground so that it might not fall down and he didn’t take any other step to save himself from tsunami. His family ran out of the house just to save themselves from earthquake. The sentence ‘when the tremors stopped, they saw the sea rising’ tells us that they don’t have the time to discuss and plan their course of action after the tsunami struck.
Question 2.
Which words in the list below describe Sanjeev, in your opinion?
आपकी राय में नीचे दी गई सूची में से कौन से शब्द संजीव के विषय में बताते हैं?
(Look up the dictionary for words that you are not sure of.)
(जिन शब्दों मे तुम्हें यकीन न हो, शब्द कोश देखो।)
cheerful, ambitious, brash, careless, frightened, heroic, selfless, heartless, humorous, brave,
Answer:
brave and heroic.
Use words from the list to complete the three sentences below:
(i) I don’t know if Sanjeev was cheerful, humorous or ambitious.
(ii) I think that he was very brave, selfless and heroic.
(iii) Sanjeev was not heartless, careless or frightened.
Question 3.
How are Meghna’s and Almas’s stories similar?
मेघना और अल्मस की कहानियाँ एकसमान कैसे हैं?
Answer:
Meghna and Almas, both lost their families in the disaster of tsunami and both saved their lives by holding some wooden things.
Question 4.
What are the different ways in which Tilly’s parents could have reacted to her behaviour? What would you have done if you have were in their place?
टिली के माता-पिता उसके व्यवहार पर कितने अलग तरीकों से प्रतिक्रिया कर सकते हैं? यदि उनके स्थान पर तुम होते तो क्या करते?
Answer:
Tilly’s parents could have ignored her as she was just a ten years old girl or they might rebuke her for screaming too much. If I would happen to be there, I would have also taken Tilly seriously to take some precautionary steps for the upcoming disaster.
Question 5.
If Tilly’s award was to be shared, who do you think she should share it with- her parents or her geography teacher?
यदि टिली का पुरस्कार बाँटा जाए तो तुम क्या सोचते हो उसे किसके साथ बाँटना चाहिए-अपने माता-पिता या अपने भूगोल शिक्षक?
Answer:
I think, she should share it with her geography teacher as she had given them such an important knowledge.
Question 6.
What are the two different ideas about why so few animals were killed in the tsunami? Which idea do you find more believable?
सूनामी में इतने कम जानवरों के मारे जाने के बारे में दो अलग अनुमान क्या हैं? तुम्हें कौन सा अनुमान ज्यादा विश्वासप्रद लगा?
Answer:
The first idea is that animals possess a sixth sense and know when the earth is going to shake. The second idea is that their a cute hearing help them to find out the earth’s vibration. The second idea is much more believable because, it could be proved scientifically also.
Working with Language
Question 1.
Go through part I carefully and make a list of as many words as you can find that indicate movement of different kinds. (There is one word that occurs repeatedly count how many times!) Put them into three categories.
fast movement slow movement neither slow nor fast Can you explain why there are more words in one column and not in the others?
Answer:
| Fast Movement | Slow | Neither Slow nor Fast |
| Rushed out | Movement Floating | Swept away |
| The sea-rising | Recede | |
| Rushed in | Washed away | |
| Jumped into | ||
| Rushing back | ||
| Rush them | ||
| Rushed to |
The one word that occurs repeatedly is ‘Rush’ in various forms. It occurs more than about five to six times in the I part only.
There are more words in one column and not in the others because in the disasters’ situations like ‘ The Tsunami’, people’s movement are rather faster than the normal scene.
Question 2.
Fill in the blanks in the sentences below (the verbs given in brackets will give you a clue).
(i) The earth trembled, but not many people felt the ………………. (tremble)
(ii) When the zoo was flooded, there was a lot of …………….. and many animals escaped into the countryside. (confuse)
(iii) We heard with ……………. that the lion had been recaptured. (relieve)
(iv) The zookeeper was stuck in a tree and his …………. was filmed by the TV crew. (rescue)
(v) There was much ……………… in the village when the snake charmer came visiting. (excite)
Answer:
(i) tremor
(ii) confusion
(iii) relief
(iv) resurrection or rescue
(v) excitement
Question 3.
Study the sentences in the columns.
| A | B |
| 1. Meghna was swept away. | The waves swept Meghna away. |
| 2. Almas’s grandfather was hit on the head. | Something hit Almas’s grandfather on the head. |
| 3. Sixty visitors were washed away. | The waves washed away sixty visitors. |
| 4. No animal carcasses were found. | People did not find any animal carcasses. |
Compare the sentences in A to the ones in B. Who is the ‘doer’ of the action in every case? Is the ‘doer’ mentioned in A, or in B?
Notice the verbs in A: Svas swept away’, ‘was hit’, Hvere washed away’, ‘were found’. They are in the passive form. The sentences are in the Passive Vocie. In these sentences, the focus is not on the person who does the action.
In B, the ‘doer’ of the action is named. The verbs are in the active form. The sentences are in the Active Voice.
Answer:
(i) The doer of the action is ‘The Waves.
→ The doer is mentioned in column B.
(ii) The doer of the action is ‘Something’.
→ The doer is mentioned in column B.
(iii) The doer of the action is ‘The Waves’.
→ The doer is mentioned in column B.
(iv) The doer of the action is ‘People’.
→ The doer is mentioned in column B.
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after each sentence.
1. Someone stole my bicycle
2. The tyres were deflated by the traffic police.
3. I found it last night in a ditch near my house.
4. It had been thrown there.
5. My father gave it to the mechanic.
6. The mechanic repaired it for me.
Answer:
1. Active Voice
2. Passive Voice
3. Active Voice
4. Passive Voice
5. Active Voice
6. Active Voice.
Katchal is one of the largest islands in the central group. It is about 61 sq. miles in area. It is slightly hilly at the centre, but otherwise remarkably flat.
Speaking And Writing
Question 1.
Suppose you are one of the volunteers who went to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for relief work after Tsunami. You work in the relief camps, distributing food, water and medicine among the victims. You listen to the various stories of bravery of ordinary people even as they fight against odds to bring about some semblance of normalcy in their lives. You admire their grit and determination. Write a diary entry.
You may start in this way.
31 December, 2004
The killer Tsunami struck these islands five days ago. But the victims are being brought in even now. Each one has a story to tell…
Ans.
Feb. 29, 200….
Delhi
10:30 p.m.
I have just returned from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. I went there to work as a volunteer for relief work after tsunami. Tsunami made the condition worst there. The people became homeless. I saw them fighting against all the odds to bring normaly to their lives. They were quite brave, determined and selfless people. I went to the relief camps. The survivors told me the stories of their rescue. I also helped the. Government officials in distributing food, water and medicine among the victims. Their efforts are praiseworthy. Hats off to them! My heart was filled with immense respect for those victims who lost their everything but did not loose their determination.
XYZ.
Question 2.
The story shows how a little girl saved the lives of many tourists when a tsunami struck the beach, thanks to the geography lesson that she learnt very well at school. She remembered the visuals about tsunami and warned her parents.
Do you remember any incident when something that you learnt in the classroom helped you in some way outside the classroom?
Write your experienced in a paragraph of about 90-100 v lords or narrate it to the whole class like an anecdote.
Answer:
(For classroom discussion)
I was sitting with my friends in a restaurant. Suddenly a short-circuit occurred inside the electricity meter and it caught fire. There was a hue and cry. People started running to save themselves from any mishappening.
Unfortunately a service-boy’s clothes caught fire. I recalled what my teacher had told me in ‘First- Aid classes’. I, at once, wrapped the boy in wet blanket throwing him on the ground and rolled him. The fire was extinguished. Fire-Brigade as well as ambulance had been called. There was no further loss of life. In this way, I could apply the learning at school, in my regular life.
The Tsunami Important Comprehension Passages
Read the passages carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Passage – 1
Ignesious was manager of a cooperative society in Katchal. His wife woke him up at 6 a.m. because she felt an earthquake. Ignesious carefully took his television set off its table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break. Then the family rushed out of the house.
When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea rising. In the chaos and confusion, two of his children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s brother, and rushed in the opposite direction. He never saw them again. His wife was also swept away. Only the three other children who came with him were saved.
Questions:
(i) Who is Ignesious?
(ii) Why did his wife wake-him up?
(iii) Where did the family rush?
(iv) Did they know that tsunami is coming?
(v) Who were saved?
(vi) Use ‘rescue’ in your sentence.
Answers:
(i) Ignesious was manager of a cooperative society.
(ii) His wife woke him up because she felt an earthquake.
(iii) The family rushed out of the house.
(iv) No, they didn’t know about it.
(v) Only Ignesious and three other children were saved.
(vi) Rescue: Fire Brigade tried very hard to rescue a child from fire.
Passage – 2
Almas Javed was ten years old. She was a student of Carmel Convent, Port Blair where her father had a petrol pump. Her mother Rahila’s home was in Nancowry island. The family had gone there to celebrate Christmas.
When the tremors came early in the morning, the family was sleeping. Almas’s father saw the sea water recede. He understood that the water would come rushing back with great force. He woke everyone up and tried to rush them to a safer place.
As they ran, her grandfather was hit on the head by something and he fell down. Her father rushed to help him. Then came the fust giant wave that swept both of them away.
Almas’s mother and aunts stood clinging to the leaves of a coconut tree, calling out to her. A wave uprooted the tree, and they too were washed away.
Questions:
(i) Where did Almas Javed read?
(ii) What did her father own?
(iii) Where did family go to celebrate Christmas?
(iv) What did Almas’s father see?
(v) With which Almas’s mother and aunt stood clining?
(vi) Give the meaning of‘recede’.
Answers:
(i) Almas Javed read in Carmel Convent, Port Blair.
(ii) Her father had a petrol pump.
(iii) The family went to Rahila’s home in Nancowry island to celebrate Christmas.
(iv) Almas’s father saw that the sea water was moving back.
(v) Almas’s mother and aunt stood clinging to the leaves of a coconut tree.
(vi) Recede-To move back from where it was.
Passage-3
“The water was swelling and kept coming in,” Penny Smith remembered. “The beach was getting smaller and smaller. I didn’t know what was happening.”
But Tilly Smith sensed that something was wrong. Her mind kept going back to a geography lesson she had taken in England just two weeks before she flew out to Thailand with her family.
Questions:
(i) What is the meaning of swelling of water?
(ii) Why the beach, was getting smaller?
(iii) Who sensed that something was wrong?
(iv) Where did Tilly take her geography lesson?
(v) Write opposite of “swelling”.
Answers:
(i) It means that water was coming in a huge mass.
(ii) The beach was getting smaller because it was filling with water everywhere.
(iii) Tilly sensed that something was wrong.
(iv) She took her geography lesson in her class in England.
(v) Swelling – Shrinking.
Complete Hindi Version, Parawise Along With Word-Meanings
BEFORE YOU READ
Look at the map of the Andaman and Andaman and Nicobar islands given below.
दिए गए अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीप समूह के मानचित्र को देखोः
Now read the sentences below. Rewrite the incorrect ones after correcting the mistakes.
अब नीचे दिए गए वाक्यों को पढ़ो। गलत वाक्यों को ठीक करके दुबारा लिखो:
1. Katchal is an island.
True
2. It is part of the Andaman group of islands
No. It is part of the Nicobar group of islands.
3. Nancowry is an island in the Nicobar group.
• True.
4. Katchal and Nancowry are more than a hundred miles apart. (Hint: the scale of the map is given.)
False. Katchai and Nancowry are not more than a hundered miles apart.
5. The Andaman and Nicobar islands are to the west of India.
False. The Andaman and Nicobar islands are to the south-east of India.
6. The Nicobar islands are to the north of the Andaman islands.
• False. The Nicobar islands are to the south of the Andaman islands.
A tsunami is a very large and powerful wave caused by earthquakes under the sea. On December 26, 2004, a tsunami hit Thailand und parts of India such as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the Tamil Nadu coast. Here are some stories of courage and survival.
Did animals sense that a tsunami was coming? Some stories suggest that they did.
Word Meaning:
Large: of considerable size = (बड़ा), Powerful: having great strength = (तकातवारी, शक्तिशाली.), Islands: tract of land completely surrounded by water = (द्वीप), Coast: sea-shore = (समुद्रतट), Courage: bravery to control fear, danger, pain etc. = (साहस, हम्मिट), Survival: living beyond another’s life = (जीवन रहने कि स्थिति) .
सूनामी एक बड़ी और शक्तिशाली लहर होती है जो समुद्र के नीचे भूकंप आने से आती है। 26 दिसम्बर 2004 को सूनामी ने थाईलैंड और भारत के हिस्सों जैसे कि अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीप और तमिलनाडु के तट को नुकसान पहुँचाया। यहाँ कुछ वीरता और बचाव की कहानियाँ हैं।
क्या जानवरों के पास समझ होती है कि सूनामी आ रही है? कुछ कहानियाँ सुझाती हैं कि वे ऐसा करते हैं।
I
1. These stories are all from the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago.
Ignesious was manager of a cooperative society in Katchal. His wife woke him up at 6 a.m. because she felt an earthquake. Ignesious carefully took his television set off its table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break. Then the family rushed out of the house.”
Word Meaning:
Manager:person who controls a business = (प्रबन्धक),Archipelago: a group of many islands and the surrounding sea = (द्वीप समूह),Cooperative: working together = (सहकारी)।
ये सभी कहानियाँ अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीप समूह से हैं। इग्नेशियस कच्छल में एक सहकारी समिति का प्रबन्धक था। उसकी पत्नी ने उसे सुबह छह बजे उठा दिया क्योंकि उसने एक भूकंप महसूस किया था। इग्नेशियस ने अपना टेलीविजन सेट मेज से उतार कर नीचे जमीन पर रख दिया ताकि यह गिर कर टूटे नहीं। तब परिवार घर के बाहर भागा।
2. When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea rising. In the chaos and confusion, two of his children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s brother, and rushed in the opposite direction. He never saw them again his wife was also swept away. Only the three other children who came with him were saved.
Word Meaning:
Tremors:slight shake = (थरथराहट, कंपन),Chaos: complete disorder = (अव्यवस्था, गड़बड़), Confusion: disorder = (घबराहट, उलझन)।
जब कम्पन रुका, तब उन्होंने समुद्र को उफनते हुए देखा। इस अव्यवस्था और उलझन में उसके दो बच्चे अपने नाना और मामा के हाथ पकड़कर उल्टी दिशाओं में भाग गये। उसने उन्हें कभी दुबारा नहीं देखा। उसकी पत्नी भी बह गई। केवल तीन दूसरे बच्चे जो उसके साथ थे, बच पाये।
3. Sanjeev was a policeman, serving in the Katchal island of the Nicobar group of islands. He somehow managed to save himself, his wife and his baby daughter from the waves. But then he heard cries for help from the wife of John, the guesthouse cook. Sanjeev jumped into the water to rescue her, but they were both swept away.
Word Meaning: Rescue: save from danger = (खतरे से बचाना)।
संजीव एक पुलिसवाला था जो निकोबार द्वीप समूह के कच्छल द्वीप पर कार्य करता था। वह किसी प्रकार से अपनी पत्नी और अपनी बच्ची को लहरों से बचाने में कामयाब हुआ। लेकिन फिर उसने अतिथि गृह के बावर्ची जॉन की पत्नी की मदद के लिए चीख सुनी। संजीव उसे खतरे से बचाने के लिए पानी में कूदा पर वे दोनों बह गये।
4. Thirteen year old Meghna was swept away along with her parents and seventy-seven other people. She spent two days floating in the sea, holding on to a wooden door. Eleven times she saw relief helicopters overhead, but they did not see her. She was brought to the shore by a wave, and was found walking on the seashore in a daze.
Word Meaning:
Relief helicopters: helicopters bringing help to people = (त्रासदी से समय मदद पहुँचाने वाले हेलिकॉप्टर), Overhead: above one’s head = (सिर के ऊपर), Shore: border of the sea = (समुद्रतट), Daze: to bewilder = (हक्का-बक्का, भौंचक्का)।
तेरह साल की मेघना अपने माता-पिता और सत्तर अन्य लोगों के साथ बह गई। उसने दो दिन समुद्र में लकड़ी के एक दरवाजे को पकड़ कर तैरते हुए गुजारे। ग्यारह बार उसने मददकारी हैलिकॉप्टरों को आकाश में देखा पर वे उसे नहीं देख पाए। वह एक लहर के द्वारा किनारे पर लायी गई और वह भौचक्की सी समुद्र के किनारे चलती पाई गई।
5. Almas Javed was ten years old. She was a student of Carmel Convent, Port Blair where her father had a petrol pump. Her mother Rahila’s home was in Nancowry island. The family had gone there to celebrate Christmas.
When the tremors came early in the morning, the family was sleeping. Almas’s father saw the sea water recede. He understood that the water would come rushing back with great force. He woke everyone up and tried to rush them to a safer place.
Word Meaning:
Recede: move back from where it was = (पीछे हटना या लौटना), Force: power = (बल, शक्ति) Safer: out of danger = (सुरक्षित)।
अल्मॉस जावेद दस साल की थी। वह कॉर्मेल कान्वेंट, पोर्ट ब्लेयर की छात्रा थी जहाँ उसके पिताजी का पेट्रोल पम्प था। उसकी माता राहिला का घर नेनकाउरी द्वीप पर था। परिवार वहाँ क्रिसमस मनाने गया था। । जब बहुत प्रातः थरथराहट हुई, तब परिवार सो रहा था। अल्मॉस के पिताजी ने समुद्र पानी को पीछे हटता देखा। वह समझ गये कि पानी ज्यादा बल के साथ वापिस आयेगा। उसने प्रत्येक को जगाया और उन्हें एक सुरक्षित स्थान पर भगाने की कोशिश की।
6. As they ran, her grandfather was hit on the head by something and he fell down. Her father rushed to help him. Then came the first giant wave that swept both of them away.
Almas’s mother and aunts stood clinging to the leaves of a coconut tree, calling out to her. A wave uprooted the tree, and they too were washed away. The
Word Meaning:
Giant: great height or size, devil = (विशालकाय, दैत्याकार),Clinging: holding tight = (कसकर लिपट जाना), Uprooted: pull up by the roots = (जड़ सहित उखाड़ना)।
जैसे ही वे भागे, उसके दादाजी के सिर पर किसी वस्तु के द्वारा वार हुआ और वे गिर पड़े। उसके पिता उनकी मदद के लिए भागे। तब पहली विशालकाय लहर आई जो उन दोनों को बहा ले गई।
अल्मॉस की माता और आंटी, उसे पुकारते हुए नारियल के वृक्ष की पत्तियों से कस कर लिपटे हुए खड़ी रही। एक लहर ने पेड़ को जड़ से उखाड़ डाला और वे भी बह गईं।
7.Almas saw a log of wood floating. She climbed on to it. Then she fainted. When she woke up, she was in a hospital in Kamorta. From there she was brought to Port Blair.
The little girl does not want to talk about the incident with anyone. She is still traumatized.
अल्मॉस ने एक लकड़ी का लट्ठा तैरते हुए देखा। वह उस पर चढ़ गई। फिर वह बेहोश हो गई। जब वह होश में आई, वह कमोरता के एक अस्पताल में थी। वहाँ से उसे पोर्ट ब्लेयर लाया गया।
यह छोटी लड़की इस घटना के बारे में किसी से बात नहीं करना चाहती। वह अभी भी दुःख और सदमे से ग्रसित है।
II
Tilly Smith (in the picture) is shown with an award that she got for saving many lives when the tsunami struck Phuket beach in Thailand. Though she has won a number of awards, her parents have not allowed their daughter to be interviewed on television and made into a heroine. Why do you think they took that decision?
Word Meaning:
Award: prize = (पुरस्कार, इनाम), Struck: hit = (प्रहार करना), Interview: a formal meeting = (साक्षात्कार)।
टिली स्मिथ (चित्र में) एक पुरस्कार के साथ दिखाई गई है जो उसे बहुत सी जिंदगियाँ बचाने के | लिए मिला जब सूनामी ने थाइलैंड के फुकेट तट पर प्रहार किया। हालाँकि उसने कई पुरस्कार जीते हैं तथापि उसके माता-पिता ने अपनी बेटी को टी.वी. पर साक्षात्कार देने और एक हीरोइन बनने की मंजूरी नहीं दी। आप क्या सोचते हैं उन्होंने ऐसा निर्णय क्यों लिया?
8. Now here is a story from Thailand.
The Smith family from south-east England were celebrating Christmas at a beach resort in southern Thailand. Tilly Smith was a ten-year-old schoolgirl; her sister was seven years old. Their parents were Penny and Colin Smith.
It was December 26, 2004. Deadly tsunami waves were already on their way. They had been triggered by a massive earthquake off northern Sumatra earlier that morning.
Word Meaning:
Resort:a place where people go on holiday = (रिसोर्ट, सैरगाह), Deadly:aiming to kill = (घातक, भयंकर), Triggered:caused = (के कारण), Massive: large, heavy and solid = (दीर्घकाय)।
अब यहाँ थाईलैंड से एक कहानी है।
दक्षिण-पूर्व इंग्लैंड का स्मिथ परिवार दक्षिणी थाईलैंड के एक समुद्र तट पर बने रिजॉर्ट पर क्रिसमस मना रहा था। टिली स्मिथ दस साल की स्कूल जाने वाली लड़की थी; उसकी बहन सात साल की थी। उसके माता-पिता पेनी और कॉलिन स्मिथ थे।
यह 26 दिसम्बर 2004 था। भंयकर सूनामी लहरें पहले ही अपने रास्ते पर थीं। उस प्रातःकाल उत्तरी सुमात्रा में एक दीर्घकाय भूकंप के कारण ये उत्पन्न हुई थीं।
9. “The water was swelling and kept coming in,” Penny Smith remembered. “The beach was getting smaller and smaller. I didn’t know what was happening.”
But Tilly Smith sensed that something was wrong. Her mind kept going back to a geography lesson she had taken in England just two weeks before she flew out to Thailand with her family.
Word Meaning: Swelling:grow larger = (बढ़ना, ऊपर उठना)।
“पानी बढ़ता (उठता) जा रहा था और आता जा रहा था।” पेनी स्मिथ याद करती है। “तट छोटा और छोटा होता जा रहा था, मैं नहीं जानती थी कि क्या हो रहा था?”
लेकिन टिली स्मिथ ने पहचाना कि कुछ गलत हो रहा था। उसका दिमाग वापिस उस भूगोल के अध्याय की तरफ जाता रहा जो उसने अपने परिवार के साथ थाइलैंड के लिए उड़ने से अभी दो सप्ताह पहले ही इंग्लैंड में लिया था।
10. Tilly saw the sea slowly rise, and start to foam, bubble and form whirlpools. She remembered that she had seen this in class in a video of a tsunami that hit the Hawaiian islands in 1946. Her geography teacher had shown her class the video, and told them that tsunamis can be caused by earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides.
Word Meaning:
Foam: froth = (झाग), Whirlpools: turns with a high velocity = (भंवर), Volcanoes: a vent in the earth’s crust through which lava etc. is discharged = (ज्वालामुखी), Landslides: (भू-स्खलन, जमीन खिसकना)।
टिली ने देखा समुद्र धीरे-धीरे उफना और झाग बनने शुरू हो गये, बुलबुले और भंवर बने। उसने याद किया कि उसने यह कक्षा में सूनामी के एक वीडियो में देखा था जिसने 1946 में हवाई द्वीप पर प्रहार किया था। उसकी भूगोल शिक्षिका ने वह वीडियो कक्षा में दिखाया था और बताया था कि सूनामी भूकंप, ज्वालामुखौ या भू-स्खलन के कारण उत्पन्न हो सकती हैं।
11. Tilly started to scream at her family to get off the beach. “She talked about an earthquake under the sea. She got more and more hysterical,” said her mother Penny. “I didn’t know what a tsunami was. But seeing my daughter so frightened, I thought something serious must be going on.”
Tilly’s parents took her and her sister away from the beach, to the swimming pool at the hotel. A number of other tourists also left the beach with them. “Then it was as if the entire sea had come out after them. I was screaming, ‘Run!’”
Word Meaning:
Scream: cry out in shrill voice = (डरकर चीख निकालना),Hysterical: laughing or crying in a wild excited way = (अति उत्तेजित होकर हंसना या चिल्लाना), Frightened:fearful = (डरा हुआ), Tourists: one who makes a tour = (पर्यटक)।
टिली डर कर अपने परिवार को समुद्र तट से हटने के लिए चीखने लगी। “वह समुद्र तल के भूकंप के बारे में बात करने लगी। वह और ज्यादा उत्तेजित हो गई।” उसकी माता पेनी ने कहा। “मैं नहीं जानती एक सूनामी क्या थी पर अपनी बेटी को इतना डरा हुआ देखकर मैंने सोचा जरूर कुछ गंभीर हो रहा है।”
टिली के माता-पिता उसे और उसकी बहन को समुद्र तट से दूर होटल के तरण-ताल पर ले आये। अन्य कई पर्यटकों ने भी उनके साथ समुद्र तट छोड़ दिया। “तब यह ऐसा था कि जैसे सारा समुद्र उनके पीछे आ गया हो। मैं डर के मारे चीख रही थी, भागो।”
12. The family took refuge in the third floor of the hotel. The building withstood the surge of three tsunami waves. If they had stayed on the beach, they would not have been alive.
The Smiths later met other tourists who had lost entire families. Thanks to Tilly and her geography lesson, they had been forewarned. Tilly went back to her school in England and told her classmates her terrifying tale.
Word Meaning:
Refuge: shelter or protection from danger = (शरण), Withstood: endured without collapsing = (बिना हिले या गिरे खड़ा रहना), Surge:force = (बल), Forewarned:warned before = (पहले से चेतावनी देना), Terrifying: dreadful = (भयभीत करने वाली)।
परिवार ने होटल की तीसरी मंजिल में शरण ली। वह भवन तीन सूनामी लहरों का बल (झटका) झेलकर भी बिना गिरे खड़ा रहा। यदि वे समुद्र तट पर ही रुकते तो वे जिंदा नहीं बचे होते।
बाद में, स्मिथ अन्य पर्यटकों से मिले जो अपना पूरा परिवार खो चुके थे। टिली और उसके भूगोल अध्याय को धन्यवाद जिसने उन्हें पहले से ही चेतावनी दे दी। टिली इंग्लैंड में अपने स्कूल वापिस गई और अपने सहपाठियों को अपनी भयभीत करने वाली कहानी सुनाई।
III
Look carefully at the picture of the boy and his dog, and try to describe the things that you see, using just words and phrases. Either the teacher or one of the students can write down the words and phrases on the blackboard.
This is how you can start-
calm, blue sea …. ruined huts……..
• When do you think this picture was taken?
• Did you know that very few animals actually died in the tsunami?
Answer:
• This picture must have been taken after disaster.
• Yes, we know that very few animals actually died in the tsunami.
ध्यान से लड़के और उसके कुत्ते की तस्वीर को देखो और जो वस्तुएँ तुम देखते हो उनका वर्णन करने का प्रयत्न करो, केवल शब्दों और वाक्यांशों का प्रयोग करके। शिक्षक या कोई एक विद्यार्थी शब्दों और वाक्यांशों को श्यामपट्ट पर लिख सकता है।
तुम इस तरह शुरू कर सकते हो शांत, नीला समुद्र ……… उजड़ी झोपड़ियाँ।
• तुम क्या सोचते हो यह तस्वीर कब ली गई है?
• क्या तुम जानते हो कि वास्तव में सूनामी में बहुत थोड़े जानवर मरे थे?
उत्तर:
यह तस्वीर अवश्य ही सूनामी आपदा के बाद ली गई है। हाँ, हम जानते हैं कि बहुत कम जानवर, सूनामी में मरे थे।
13. Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka, wild and domestic animals seemed to know what was about to happen. They fled to safety.
According to eyewitness accounts,
- Elephants screamed and ran for higher ground.
- Dogs refused to go outdoors.
- Flamingoes abandoned their low-lying breeding areas.
- Zoo animals rushed into their shelters and could not be enticed to come back out.
Word Meaning:
Slammed: to shut with force and noise = (धमाके के साथ), Fled: run away = – (भागना), Eyewitness: witness from a person who has seen = (प्रत्यक्षदर्शी, चश्मदीद गवाह), Abandoned: to give up = (त्याग देना), Breeding: to produce offspring = (प्रजनन), Enticed: tempt or persuade = (फुसलाना, लुभाना)।
इससे पहले कि दैत्याकारी लहरें भारत और श्रीलंका के तटों पर धमाका करतीं, जंगली और घरेलू जानवर जानते हुए प्रतीत होते थे कि क्या होने वाला है। वे सुरक्षा के लिए भाग गये।
प्रत्यक्षदर्शियों के अनुसार हाथी डर के मारे चीखने लगे और ऊँचे स्थानों के लिए भागे। — कुत्तों ने बाहर जाने से मना कर दिया। – फ्लेमिंगो (जलीय पक्षी) ने अपना निचला प्रजनन क्षेत्र त्याग दिया। – चिड़ियाघर के जानवर अपने आश्रय स्थल (घर, पिंजरा) की तरफ भागे और वापिस आने के लिए फुसलाये नहीं जा सके।
14. Many people believe that animals possess a sixth sense and know when the earth is going to shake. Some experts believe that animals’ more acute hearing helps them to hear or feel the earth’s vibration. They can sense an approaching disaster long before humans realise what’s going on.
We cannot be sure whether animals have a sixth sense or not. But the fact is that the giant waves that rolled through the Indian Ocean killed more than 150,000 people in a dozen countries; but not many animals have been reported dead.
Word Meaning:
Sixth sense: (छठी इन्द्रिय),Experts: persons with special knowledge = (विशेषज्ञ), Vibration: oscillation = (कंपन, थर्राहट, हिलना), Approaching: coming = (आने वाला), Disaster: misfortune = (घोर संकट)।
बहुत सारे लोग विश्वास करते हैं कि जानवरों के पास एक छठी इन्द्रिय होती है और जानते हैं कि धरती कब हिलने जा रही है। कुछ विशेषज्ञ मानते हैं कि जानवरों की ज्यादा सही सुनने की क्षमता उन्हें धरती का कंपन सुनने या महसूस करने में मदद करती है। वे आने वाले घोर संकट को मनुष्य से काफी पहले जान लेते हैं कि क्या होने जा रहा है।
हमें पूरा यकीन नहीं है कि जानवरों के पास छठी इन्द्रिय है या नहीं। पर यह सच्चाई है कि विशालकाय लहरों ने हिंद महासागर में घूमकर एक दर्जन देशों में 1,50,000 लोगों को मार डाला लेकिन ज्यादा जानवरों के मारे जाने का समाचार नहीं है।
15. Along India’s Cuddalore coast, where thousands of people perished, buffaloes, goats and dogs were found unharmed. The Yala National Park in Sri Lanka is home to a variety of animals including elephants, leopards, and 130 species of birds. Sixty visitors were washed away from the Patanangala beach inside the park; but no animal carcasses were found, except for two water buffaloes. About an hour before the tsunami hit, people at Yala National Park had observed three elephants running away from the Patanangala beach.
Word Meaning:
Perished: to suffer destruction = (नाश होना, मरना),Carcasses: dead body of an animal = (मृत शरीर, कंकाल), Observed: watch carefully = (देखा गया)।
भारत के कुडालोर तट के साथ जहाँ हजारों लोग मर गये, भैंसे, बकरियाँ और कुत्ते बिना नुकसान के पाये गये। श्रीलंका में याला राष्ट्रीय उद्यान, विभिन्न प्रकार के जानवरों-हाथी, चीता और 130 प्रजातियों के पक्षियों का घर है। उद्यान के अंदर पतनांगला तट से साठ दर्शनार्थी बह गये पर किसी जानवर का शव नहीं पाया गया सिवाए दो पानी के भैंसों को छोड़कर। सूनामी से लगभग एक घंटा पहले लोगों ने याला राष्ट्रीय उद्यान में ध्यान दिया कि तीन हाथी पतनांगला तट से भाग रहे थे।
16. A Sri Lankan gentleman who lives on the coast near Galle said his two dogs would not go for their daily run on the beach. “They are usually excited to go on this outing,” he said. But on that day they refused to go, and most probably saved his life.
Word Meaning: Gentleman: good person = (सज्जन व्यक्ति),Excited: to feel strongly = (उत्तेजित होना), Probably: likely to prove true = (संभवतः)।
एक श्रीलंकाई सज्जन, जो गाले के तट के निकट रहते है, ने कहा कि उसके दो कुत्ते अपनी रोजाना की दौड़ के लिए नहीं गये। “वे आमतौर पर बाहर जाने के लिए उत्साहित रहते थे” उसने कहा। पर उस दिन उन्होंने जाने से मना कर दिया और काफी हद तक उसकी जिंदगी बचाई।
The Tsunami Summary in English
A tsunami is a very large and powerftd wave caused by earthquakes under the sea. On December 26,2004, a tsunami hit Thailand and parts of India such as the Andman and Nicobar islands and the Tamil Nadu coast. The lesson is devoted to the stories of courage and survival during the period of the tsunami in the Andaman and Nicobar Achipelago. Ignesious’s wife woke him up at 6 am feeling an earthquake. The family ran out of the house. Then, they at once saw that sea was rising. He lost his wife and two children in the waves. Sanjeev, another victim saved his family but while saVing the life of the wife of John, the waves swept both of them away. Similarly, thirteen year old Meghna was floating in the sea for two days. Almas, too lost entire family and was admitted to a hospital in Kamorta in a traumatized condition. There is another tsunami story from Thailand.
The Smith family from South-east England has gone to celebrate Christmas at aheach resort in southern Thailand. Deadly tsunami waves were already on their way. Tilly Smith, a ten year old school girl recollected her geography lesson and started to scream at her family to get off the beach. The Smith and other tourists also save their lives by taking refuge in the third floor of a hotel.
According to many eyewitnesses, wild and domestic animals seemed to know what was going to happen. Nearly 150,000 people died in dozen countries but not many dnimals have been reported dead. Even, a Sri Lankan gentleman talks about th^jefusal of his dogs to go for outing on that day, who thus saved his master’s life from tsunami disaster.
The Tsunami Summary in Hindi
सूनामी एक बड़ी और शक्तिशाली लहर होती है जो समुद्र के नीचे भूकंप आने से उत्पन्न होती है। 26 दिसम्बर, 2004 को सूनामी ने थाईलैंड और भारत के कुछ हिस्सों जैसे कि अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीप समूह और तमिलनाडु तट को नुकसान पहुँचाया। यह पाठ इस अवधि में हुई वीरता और बचाव की कहानियों को समर्पित है।
द्वीप समूह की कहानियाँ:
अंडमान और निकोबार में भूकंप का झटका महसूस कर, इग्नेशियस की पत्नी ने उसे सुबह छह बजे उठा दिया। सारा परिवार घर के बाहर भागा। तब उन्होंने उसी क्षण देखा कि समुद्र उफन रहा था। उसने अपनी पत्नी और दो बच्चों को लहरों में खो दिया। एक अन्य शिकार संजीव ने अपना परिवार बचा लिया, पर जॉन की पत्नी को बचाते हुए लहरें उन दोनों को बहा ले गईं। इसी प्रकार तेरह साल की मेधना समुद्र में दो दिन तक तैरती रही। अल्मस ने भी अपना परिवार खोया तथा कामोरता के एक अस्पताल में उसे बेहद दयनीय और बीमार अवस्था में भर्ती किया गया।
थाईलैंड से एक अन्य सूनामी कथा:
दक्षिण-पूर्व इंग्लैंड से स्मिथ परिवार क्रिसमस मनाने दक्षिणी थाईलैंड के समुद्र-किनारे रिसॉर्ट पर गया था। घातक सूनामी लहरें पहले ही अपने रास्ते पर थीं। टिली स्मिथ, एक दस साल की स्कूल जाने वाली लड़की ने अपने भूगोल पाठ को याद किया और अपने परिवार पर तट से जाने के लिए चिल्लाने लगी। स्मिथ परिवार और अन्य पर्यटकों ने एक होटल की तीसरी मंजिल में शरण लेकर अपनी जान बचाई।
कई प्रत्यक्ष-साक्षियों के अनुसार, जंगली और घरेलू जानवरों को पता चल चुका था कि क्या होने जा रहा है? लगभग 1,50,000 लोग मर गये, लेकिन ज्यादा जानवरों के मरने की पुष्टि नहीं हुई है। यहाँ तक कि एक श्रीलंकाई सज्जन ने भी उस दिन अपने कुत्तों के बाहर घूमने से मना कर दिए जाने के बारे में बताया, जिन्होंने इस तरह सूनामी आपदा से अपने मालिक की जान बचाई थी।