Lesson: 3
A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD
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A) Answer the following Questions : (āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§াāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া)
1. Who was Dilip Donde and what was his achievement?
(āĻĻিāϞীāĻĒ āĻĻ’āύ্āĻĻে āĻোāύ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁ āĻি āϏāĻĢāϞāϤা āĻ ā§°্āĻāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Dilip Donde is a forty-two-year old trained clearance diver in the Indian Navy.His achievement was He left India on 19 August 2009 to attempt to become the first Indian national to sail around the-world and he was doing it in the first fiberglass yacht built in India.
(āĻĻিāϞীāĻĒ āĻĻ’āύ্āĻĻে āĻāĻāύ āĻŦিā§াāϞ্āϞিāĻ āĻŦāĻā§°ীā§া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻŖāĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϤ āĻĄুāĻŦাā§°ু āĻāĻিāϞ৷ āϤেāĻঁ 2009 āĻāύ⧰ 19 āĻāĻāώ্āĻāϤ āĻাā§°āϤāĻŦā§°্āώ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝাāϤে āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϞāĻĒāĻĨেā§°ে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āĻĒā§°িāĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻĒā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻāύ āĻাā§°āϤীā§ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে)
2. What was the special relationship between Dilip and Jessica?
(āĻĻিāϞীāĻĒ āĻā§°ু āĻেāĻিāĻাā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻি āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: There was a special relationship between Dilip and Jessica that they both shared their voyages with each other and Dilip understood Jessica very well.
(āĻĻিāϞীāĻĒāĻā§°ু āĻেāĻিāĻাā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ āĻāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āύিāĻā§° āϝাāϤ্ā§°াā§° āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻāĻāύে āĻāύāĻāύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĻিāϞীāĻĒে āĻেāĻিāĻাāĻ āĻ āϤি āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ)
3. What happened to the yacht after the third knock-down?
(āϤৃāϤীā§āĻো āϧুāĻŽুāĻšাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The third knock-down was the most severe with the mast being pushed 180 degrees into the water. The yatch was picked up, thrown down a wave, then forced under a mountain of breaking water and violently turned upside down.
(āϤৃāϤীā§āĻো āϧুāĻŽুāĻšা āϏāĻŦাāϤোāϤāĻৈ āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻāĻিāϞ āϝিā§ে āĻাāĻšাāĻā§° āĻĒাāϞāĻāύāĻ ā§§ā§Žā§Ļ āĻĄিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻĒাāύীā§° āϤāϞāϞৈ āĻাāύি āύিāĻিāϞ৷ āύাāĻāĻāύ āĻāĻĒā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻ ি āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻĸৌā§ąে āĻĻূā§°āϞৈ āϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ ,āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻāĻা āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤāϏāĻŽ āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻĸৌāϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāϞোāĻা āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ)
4. How did Jessica face the knock-downs?
(āĻেāĻিāĻাāĻ āĻāĻ āϧুāĻŽুāĻšাāĻŦোā§° āĻিāĻĻā§°ে āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻিāύ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: After the storm with everything battened down and conditions far too dangerous to be on deck , there wasn't anything Jessicac could do but felt herself in and hold on.Her whole body clenched up and holding on, various objects flying around the cabin.It was a little hard at times to maintain her positive and rational thoughts policy, but overall she thought she could say that the skipper held up as well as Ella's Pink Lady. It was certainly one of those times when someone start questioning exactly why they're doing this, but at no point could she not answer her own question with a long list of reasons why the tough times like that are totally worth it.
(āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻāĻāύāĻ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§°ু āĻĄেāĻāϤ āĻĨāĻাāϤো āĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą āĻĒ্ā§°াā§ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°াā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻেāĻিāĻাā§° āϧৈā§°্āϝ্āϝ āϧ⧰াā§° āĻŦাāĻĻে āĻā§°ু āĻāĻো āĻāĻĒাā§ āύাāĻিāϞ৷āϤাāĻā§° āϏāĻŽāĻ্ā§° āĻļā§°ীā§° āĻোঁāĻ āĻাāĻ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻেāĻŦিāύāϤ āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻĒāĻি āĻāĻিāϞ৷āĻāύেāĻুā§ąা āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦোā§°āϤ āϤাāĻā§° āϝোāĻাāϤ্āĻŽāĻ āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ āϏ্āĻšিāϤিāĻো āĻŦā§°্āϤাāĻ ā§°āĻাāĻো āĻ āϞāĻĒ āĻāĻ িāύ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°ে āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϤাāĻ āĻāϞাāĻ āĻĒিংāĻ āϞেāĻĄীā§° āĻĻā§°েāĻ āϧৈā§°্āϝ্āϝ āϧ⧰িāĻিāϞ৷āĻā§া āϤেāύেāϏāĻŽূāĻš āϏāĻŽā§ā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻāĻা āĻāĻিāϞ āϝেāϤিā§া āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻিāĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§া āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে āϏেā§া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°ে,āĻিāύ্āϤ āϤাāĻ āĻ āύেāĻ āĻাā§°āĻŖā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāύে āĻāĻ িāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে৷
5. How many days did Jessica take to sail around the world? What do you think was remarkable about this feat?
(āĻেāĻিāĻাāĻ āύাā§ąেā§°ে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°ā§োāĻāύ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?āĻāĻ āϝাāϤ্ā§°াā§° āĻি āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϤ্āĻŦ āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Jessica took 210 days to sail around the world. She had become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, unassisted and nonstop which was the most remarkable aspect about this feat.
(āĻেāĻিāĻাāĻ āύাā§ąেā§°ে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ 210 āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°ā§োāĻāύ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ৷ āϤেāĻঁ āύাā§ąেā§°ে āĻ āĻāϞে āĻোāύো āϏāĻšাā§ āύোāϞোā§ąাāĻৈ āĻāĻেāϞেāĻĨাā§°িā§ে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°াāĻী āϏ⧰্āĻŦāĻāύিāώ্āĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ৷)
6. What were Jessica's feelings after the worst was over?
(āĻāĻ িāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦোā§° āĻĒাā§° āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻেāĻিāĻাā§° āĻি āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Jessica finally cleared up the worst of the damage done by the storm and finally managed some good sleep . Physically, her arms and legs are all heavy and pathetic and bruised but mentally, she felt like she has aged a good ten years. Later she got back to normal then and in good spirits as she approach the halfway mark.
(āĻেāĻিāĻাāĻ āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻ্āώ⧠āĻ্āώāϤি āĻ িāĻ āĻā§°িāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻ āϞāĻĒ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻāĻীā§° āĻাā§ąে āĻোāĻĒāύি āĻ’āϞ৷āĻļাā§°ীā§°িāĻ āĻাā§ąে āϤাāĻā§° āĻā§°িāĻšাāϞ āĻāϧুā§° āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤ āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻāĻাā§ąে āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻāĻš āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻĒāĻ্āĻŦāϤা āϞাāĻ āĻā§°িāϞে৷āĻĒাāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻাā§ąিāĻ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāϞৈ āĻূā§°ি āĻ’āϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāϧাāĻিāύি āĻŦাāĻ āĻĒাā§° āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻĨাāĻোā§ąে āϤাāĻāĻ āύāϤুāύ āĻāĻĻ্āϝāĻŽ āĻĻিāϞে)
7. What was the name of Jessica's yacht?
(āĻেāĻিāĻাā§° āύাāĻāĻāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The name of Jessica's yacht was Ella's Pink Lady.
(āĻেāĻিāĻাā§° āύাāĻāĻāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻāϞাāĻ āĻĒিংāĻ āϞেāĻĄী)
8. What was the name of Jessica's book?
(āĻেāĻিāĻাā§° āĻিāϤাāĻĒāĻāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The name of Jessica's book was 'True Spirit'.
(āĻেāĻিāĻাā§° āĻিāϤাāĻĒāĻāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻ্ā§°ু āϏ্āĻĒিā§°িāĻ)
"With wishes like these how can 2010 not be anything but great?"
(āĻāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻļুāĻেāĻ্āĻাā§°ে 2010 āĻো āĻাāϞ āύোāĻšোā§ąাāĻৈ āĻĒাā§°ে āύে?)
I . Where did these words appear?
(āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻেāĻāĻা āĻ’āϤ āϞিāĻা āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: These words appeared in Dilip Donde's blog.
(āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻেāĻāĻা āĻĻিāϞীāĻĒ āĻĻ’āύ্āĻĻেā§° āϞিāĻāύিāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ)
2. Why was the phone call a pleasant surprise to Donde?
(āĻĢ’āύāĻāϞāĻো āĻĻ’āύ্āĻĻেā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻিā§ āĻāĻ āĻāĻļ্āĻā§°্āϝ āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The phone call was a pleasant surprise to Donde because it was close to midnight.
(āĻĢ’āύāĻāϞāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°াā§ āĻŽাāĻā§°াāϤিā§° āϏāĻŽā§āϤ āĻ āĻšাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ āĻĻ’āύ্āĻĻেā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻিā§ āĻāĻ āĻāĻļ্āĻā§°্āϝ āĻāĻিāϞ)
3. What made Jessica something special to Dilip Donde?
(āĻেāĻিāĻা āĻিā§ āĻĻিāϞীāĻĒ āĻĻ’āύ্āĻĻেā§° āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Jessica was 350 nautical miles away and the nearest human being to him and this made her something special to Dilip Donde.
(āĻেāĻিāĻা 350 āύāĻিāĻেāϞ āĻŽাāĻāϞ āĻĻূā§°āϤ্āĻŦāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻĻ’āύ্āĻĻেā§° āϏāĻāϞোāϤāĻৈ āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ৷ āĻā§°ু āĻ āĻেāĻিāĻাāĻ āĻĻিāϞীāĻĒā§° āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻā§°ি āϤুāϞিāĻিāϞ)
B. Write True or False beside each statement.
(āϏāϤ্āϝ/āĻ āϏāϤ্āϝ āϞিāĻা)
1. Francis Chichester was the first to circumnavigate the world.
(āĻĢ্ā§°াāύ্āϏিāϏ āĻিāĻেāώ্āĻাā§° āĻāϞāĻĒāĻĨেā§°ে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āĻĒā§°িāĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ৷)
Ans: True.
2. Jessica and Dilip were close to each other near the Cape of Good Hope.
(āĻেāĻিāĻা āĻā§°ু āĻĻিāϞীāĻĒ āĻেāĻĒ āĻ āĻĢ āĻুāĻĄ āĻš’āĻĒāϤ āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύ⧰ āϏāĻāϞোāϤāĻৈ āĻāĻā§° āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞāĻšি)
Ans: False.
3. Dilip Donde's boat was named the Mhadei.
(āĻĻিāϞীāĻĒ āĻĻ’āύ্āĻĻেā§° āύাāĻāĻāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেā§)
Ans: True
4. The Ella's Pink Lady was turned upside down in the gale.
(āĻāϞাāĻ āĻĒিংāĻ āϞেāĻĄীāĻ āϧুāĻŽুāĻšাāĻাāĻে āĻāϞāĻ āĻĒাāϞāϤ āĻā§°ি āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻিāϞ)
Ans: True.
5. Jessica could not answer her own questions on why tough times she encountered were totally worth it.
(āĻেāĻিāĻাāĻ āĻিā§ āĻāĻ িāύ āϏāĻŽā§ā§° āĻŽূāĻাāĻŽূāĻি āĻšোā§ąাāϤো āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϤাā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āύিāĻেāĻ āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ)
Ans: False
6. Mentally she aged ten years after the experience of the four knock-downs.
(āĻাā§°িāĻাāĻৈ āϧুāĻŽুāĻšা āĻŦāϤাāĻšā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻিāύ āĻšৈ āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻāĻাā§ąে āĻĻāĻš āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
Ans: True.
GRAMMAR & USAGE
I. Fill in the blanks. Select the correct option.
1. I have three pairs of jeans but __ of them is blue (none/ neither).
Ans: have three pairs of jeans but none of them is blue
(āĻŽোā§° āϤিāύিāĻা āĻিāύāĻ āĻāĻে āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻāĻাāĻ āύীāϞা āύāĻšā§)
2. Six boys were seated on __ bench (each/every).
Ans: Six boys were seated on each bench.
(āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻāĻāύ āĻŦেāĻŖ্āϏāϤ āĻāĻা āĻৈ āϞ’ā§°া āĻŦāĻšিāĻিāϞ)
3. A __ words were spoken at the opening ceremony (few/ little).
Ans: A few words were spoken at the opening ceremony
(āϏāĻাāĻāύ⧰ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖি āĻাāώৃāϤ āĻ āϞāĻĒ āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
4. Rina and Diya are sister. They _ sing well (all/both).
Ans: Rina and Diya are sister. They both sing well.
(ā§°িā§া āĻā§°ু āĻĻিā§া āĻŦাāĻ-āĻāύী৷āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻĻুā§োāĻāύীā§ে āĻাāϞ āĻাāύ āĻাā§)
5. There are two raincoats on the hooks but of them is blue (neither/none).
Ans: There are two raincoats on the hooks but neither of them is blue.
(āĻšুāĻāĻ āĻĻুāĻা ā§°েāĻāύāĻোāĻ āĻāĻে āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻāĻাāĻ āĻāĻাāĻ āύীāϞা āύāĻšā§)
6. There are ----stars in the sky. (no/none).
Ans: There are no stars in the sky.
(āĻāĻাāĻļāϤ āĻāĻাāĻ āϤ⧰া āύাāĻ)
7. of the roads have been cleared (no/none).
Ans: None of the roads have been cleared .
(āĻāĻাāĻ ā§°াāϏ্āϤা āĻাāϞী āύাāĻ)
8. I want to select _ cricket bat for the match (another/other).
Ans: I want to select another cricket bat for the match.
(āĻŽāĻ āĻেāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻāĻĒাāϤ āĻ্ā§°িāĻেāĻ āĻŦেāĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ো)
9. of the candidates came in early at the reception centre (none/no)
Ans: None of the candidates came in early at the reception centre.
(āĻāĻāύো āĻ ংāĻļāĻ্ā§°āĻšāĻŖāĻাā§°ী ā§°িāĻিāĻĒ্āĻāύ āĻেāύ্āĻাā§°āϞৈ āĻļুāύāĻিāϞে āύাāĻšিāϞ)
10. Mary has crafted six clay jugs. Have you selected __ of them (either/any)?
Ans: Mary has crafted six clay jugs. Have you selected any of them?
āĻŽেā§°ীā§ে āĻāĻা āĻĒাāϤ্ā§° āϏাāĻিāĻে৷āϤুāĻŽি āϤাā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻāĻা āĻŦাāĻি āϞ’āϞাāύে?)
II. Do you know what these idioms mean? If not, find out and make sentences with them.
(āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ āĻšোā§ąাāĻৈ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ ā§°āĻāύা āĻā§°া)
Ans:1. Rain cats· and dogs(raining heavily): It has been raining cats and dogs since morning.
(ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąাā§°ে āĻĒā§°া āϧাā§°াāϏিā§° āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻĻি āĻāĻে)
2. Come to grief (failure): All my hard work came to grief after failing the exam.
(āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώাāĻোāϤ āĻā§°্āϤ্āϤীāĻŖ āύোāĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŽোā§° āϏāĻāϞো āĻāώ্āĻ āĻ āĻĨāϞে āĻ’āϞ)
3. I'll eat my hat(Something too sure that will not happen): If he gets the job,I'll eat my hat.
āĻŽāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻুāĻĒী āĻাāĻŽ (āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āϝে āϏেāϝ়া āύāĻš'āĻŦ): āϝāĻĻি āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻā§°িāĻো āĻĒাāϝ়, āĻŽāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻুāĻĒী āĻাāĻŽ।
4. Bring the house down (hilarious):The little boy brings the house down with his acting.
(āϞ’ā§°াāĻāύে āϤাā§° āĻ āĻিāύā§েā§°ে āϏāĻāϞোāĻে āĻুāĻŦ āĻšāĻšুঁā§ąাāϞে)
5. A land of milk and honey (a place of abundant prosperity): Todays world is not a place of milk and honey, you have to work hard to survive here.
(āĻāĻি āĻাāϞিā§° āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী āĻাāĻীā§° āĻŽৌā§° āĻĻেāĻļ āύāĻšāϝ,āĻā§াāϤ āĻীā§াāĻ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāώ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ)
6. Hold one's own(retain strong in a challenging position): The team held its own throughout the match.
(āĻোāĻেāĻ āĻেāϞāĻāύāϤ āĻĻāϤāĻোā§ąে āϏাāĻšāϏ āύেāĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāϞে)
Himadri Borah
(M.A in English)
Check By - Mukesh Borah
Post ID: DABP002292