Lesson-15
The Felling of the Banyan tree
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Word Note:
Tenants : A person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land to the person who owns it.
āĻাāĻĄ়াāϤীāϝ়া : āĻāĻা āĻোāĻ া, āĻ āĻ্āĻাāϞিāĻা, āĻŽাāĻি āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāĻĄ়া āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻāύāĻ।
Demolished : To pull or knock down the building.
āĻাāĻি āĻĒেāϞোā§ąা: āĻā§ąāύāĻো āĻাāύি āĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦা āϤāϞāϞৈ āύāĻŽাāĻ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ।
Crime : Activities or actions that involve breaking the law.
āĻ āĻĒā§°াāϧ : āĻāĻāύ āĻংāĻ āĻā§°া āĻাā§°্āϝ্āϝ āĻŦা āĻাā§°্āϝ্āϝ।
Massacared : killing of large number of people in a cruel way.
āĻŽাāĻাāĻাā§°্āĻĄ : āύিāώ্āĻ ুā§° āĻাā§ąে āĻŦৃāĻšā§ āϏংāĻ্āϝāĻ āϞোāĻāĻ āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻā§°া।
Trunk : The thick main stem of the tree from which the branch grows.
āĻĄাāϞ : āϝি āĻāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĄাāϞ āĻāĻি āĻāĻ ে āϤাā§° āĻĄাāĻ āĻŽূāϞ āĻ াā§°ি।
Mythology : The ancient might in general; of a particular culture, society etc.
āĻĒৌā§°াāĻŖিāĻ āĻাāĻšিāύী : āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻীāύ āĻļāĻ্āϤি; āĻāĻা āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤি, āϏāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻĻিā§°।
Ariel : Belonging to the air, growing in the air.
āĻā§°িāϝ়েāϞ : āĻŦাāϝ়ুā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻিāϤ, āĻŦāϤাāĻšāϤ āĻŦাāĻĸ়ি āĻāĻে।
Massive : Very large, heavy and solid.
āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ : āĻ āϤি āĻĄাāĻā§°, āĻāϧুā§° āĻā§°ু āĻāĻ িāύ।
Terror : A feeling of extreme fear.
āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ : āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻāϝ়ā§° āĻ āύুāĻā§ą।
Fascination : A very strong attraction, liking
āĻŽোāĻš : āĻāĻা āĻ āϤি āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻāĻā§°্āώāĻŖ, āĻাāϞ āϞāĻা
Slaughter : The killing of animals for meat, the killing of a large number of people in war, or in one time.
āĻŦāϧ : āĻŽাংāϏ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻীā§ą-āĻāύ্āϤু āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻā§°া, āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāϤ āĻŦৃāĻšā§ āϏংāĻ্āϝāĻ āϞোāĻāĻ āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻā§°া, āĻŦা āĻāĻা āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻā§°া।
Seethes : To be extremely angry but try not to show to others.
āĻিāĻĨেāĻ: āĻ āϤ্āϝাāϧিāĻ āĻং āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāύāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ āύāĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāĻŦ।
A. Answer the following questions (āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§াāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া)
1. What were the tenants told? (āĻাā§াāϤীā§া āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻি āĻŦুāϞি āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The tenants were told to leave.(āĻাā§াāϤীā§া āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻুāĻি āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
2. What did grandmother say? (āĻāĻāϤাāĻে āĻি āĻৈāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The grandmother said that trees were sacred.(āĻāĻāϤাāĻে āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§°)
3. Describe the banyan tree. (āĻঁāĻšāϤ āĻāĻāĻোāĻĒাā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻĻিā§া)
Ans: The banyan tree was three times as tall as the poet's house.Its had a massive trunk that had a circumference of fifty feet.Its scraggy aerial roots fell to the ground from thirty feet or more. It had been home to many insects and birds. The great rings of the tree showed that it was two hundred years old.
(āĻঁāĻšāϤ āĻāĻāĻোāĻĒা āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻā§°āĻোāϤāĻৈ āϤিāύিāĻুāĻŖ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻāĻিāϞ৷āĻā§াā§° āĻāĻা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻা-āĻāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āϝাā§° āĻĒā§°িāϏীāĻŽা āĻĒ্ā§°াā§ āĻĒāĻ্āĻাāĻļ āĻĢুāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ৷āĻā§াā§° āĻāϞāĻŽি āĻĨāĻা āĻļিāĻĒাāĻŦোā§° āĻŽাāĻিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻŽেāĻ āϤ্ā§°িāĻļ āĻŦা āϤাāϤāĻৈ āĻŦেāĻি āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻিāϞ৷āĻ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻā§°াāĻ āĻিā§°িāĻāĻি āĻā§°ু āĻĒোāĻ āĻĒā§°ুā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāϏāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āĻāĻিāϞ৷āĻā§াāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻŦৃāϤ্āϤাāĻাā§° āĻিāύāĻŦোā§°ে āĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াā§ āĻĻুāĻļ āĻŦāĻā§° āĻĒুā§°āĻŖা āĻŦুāϞি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
4. Who lost their homes because of the felling of the banyan trees? (āĻāĻšঁāϤāĻোāĻĒা āĻাāĻি āĻĒেāϞোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻোāύে āύিāĻā§° āĻā§° āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Many insects and birds lost their homes because of the felling of the banyan trees.
(āĻāĻšঁāϤāĻোāĻĒা āĻাāĻি āĻĒেāϞোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§°াāĻ āĻিā§°িāĻāĻি āĻā§°ু āĻĒোāĻ āĻĒā§°ুā§ąাāĻŦোā§°ে āύিāĻā§° āĻā§° āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻāĻিāϞ)
B. Think and answer (āĻাāĻŦা āĻā§°ু āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া)
1. Can you name the parts of a tree? (āĻāĻ āĻāĻোāĻĒাā§° āĻ ংāĻļāĻŦোā§°ā§° āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা)
Ans: The parts of a tree are trunk, leaves, roots, twig, branch, bark, taproot etc.
(āĻāĻ āĻāĻোāĻĒিā§° āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻ ংāĻļ āĻš’āϞ āĻা-āĻāĻ,āĻĒাāϤ,āĻļিāĻĒা,āĻ াāϞ-āĻ েāĻুāϞি,āĻĄাāϞ,āĻŦাāĻāϞি,āĻŽূāϞāĻļিāĻĒা āĻāĻĻি)
2. Do you think the cutting of big trees is necessary? (āϤুāĻŽি āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻাāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°ā§োāĻāύীā§ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦাāύে?)
Ans: Generally cutting the trees are not a right thing to do. But sometimes due to several reasons cutting down of a tree becomes necessary.
(āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻāĻ āĻāĻোāĻĒা āĻāĻাāĻো āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āύāĻšā§৷āĻিāύ্āϤ āĻেāϤিā§াāĻŦা āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻাā§°āĻŖāĻŦāĻļāϤঃ āĻāĻোāĻĒা āĻāĻ āĻāĻাāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°ā§োāĻāύীā§ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে)
3. Did the children love the father for what he did? (āϞ’ā§°াāĻোā§ąাāϞী āĻেāĻāĻাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻাāĻŽāĻোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āύে?)
Ans: The children did not love the father for what he did. They watched the cutting of the tree in terror and fascination.
(āϞ’ā§°াāĻোā§ąাāϞী āĻেāĻāĻাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻাāĻŽāĻোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ৷āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āĻāĻāĻোāĻĒা āĻāĻাāĻো āĻā§ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻļ্āĻā§°্āϝ⧰ে āĻাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ)
4. Write and tell us about your views on trees? (āĻāĻā§° āĻŦিāώā§ে āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽāϤাāĻŽāϤ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°া)
Ans: Trees are the most important part of our ecosystem. Trees play a crucial role in keeping a healthy environment. Trees can be useful to us in many ways.It gives us fresh air,oxygen,food and shadow. Without trees our earth will not be suitable to live. Now a days people cut a huge number of trees in the name of industrialization and development. Due to such reasons issues like global warming, deforestation are in a rise. Though sometimes it is necessary to cut trees for some reasons but one must replace it by planting double amount of saplings and taking care of them.
(āĻāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤāύ্āϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻ ংāĻļ৷ āĻāĻে āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻŦেāĻļ āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āĻā§°ি ā§°āĻাāϤ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻূāĻŽিāĻা āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻā§°ে৷āĻāĻ āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ āύেāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§°ে āĻāĻĒāϝোāĻী āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে৷āĻāĻে āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻŦāϤাāĻš,āĻ āĻ্āϏিāĻেāύ,āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āĻাঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°ে৷āĻāĻ āĻ āĻŦিāĻšāύে āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী āĻŦāϏāĻŦাāϏ⧰ āĻāĻĒāϝোāĻী āĻšৈ āύাāĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ৷āĻāĻিāĻাāϞি āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻিāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ু āĻāύ্āύā§āύ⧰ āύাāĻŽāϤ āĻ āϏংāĻ্āϝ āĻāĻ āĻāĻāύি āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻā§°িāĻে৷āĻāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻোāϞāĻীā§ āĻāώ্āĻŖāϤা, āĻŦāύাāĻ্āĻāϞ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻāĻĻি āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāĻ āĻা āĻā§°ি āĻāĻ িāĻে৷āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻেāϤিā§াāĻŦা āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻাā§°āĻŖāϤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻোāĻĒা āĻāĻাāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°ā§োāĻāύীā§ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āĻিāύ্āϤ āĻāĻোāĻĒা āĻāĻ āĻāĻাā§° āĻŦিāύিāĻŽā§āϤ āĻĻুāĻোāĻĒা āĻāĻ ā§°ুā§ąা āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āϝāϤ্āύ āϞোā§ąাāϤো āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻā§°ুā§°ী)
Word meaning:
Tenants- āĻাāĻĄ়াāϤীā§া।
Surrounding- āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাāϞে।
Hill- āĻĒাāĻšাā§°।
Structure- āĻাঁāĻ āύি।
Demolish- āĻাāĻি āĻĒেāϞোā§ąা।
Sacred- āĻā§ āĻোā§ąা।
Massacred- āĻšāϤ্āϝাāĻাāĻŖ্āĻĄ।
Huge- āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻŖ্āĻĄ।
Root- āĻļিāĻĒা।
Deeper- āĻāĻীā§°।
Trunk- āĻŽূāĻĸ়া।
Circumference- āĻĒā§°িāϧি।
Aerial- āĻāĻাāĻļী।
Branch- āĻļাāĻা।
Sawing- āĻāĻাā§°ী āĻā§°া।
Heap- āϏ্āϤূāĻĒ।
Insects- āĻĒোāĻ-āĻĒā§°ুā§ąা।
Massive- āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ।
Axes- āĻুāĻ াā§°।
Chopped- āĻাāĻি āϞোā§ąা।
Revealed- āĻāύ্āĻŽুāĻ্āϤ।
Terror- āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ।
Fascination- āĻŽোāĻš।
Slaughter- āĻŦāϧ āĻā§°া।
Mythology- āĻĒৌā§°াāĻŖিāĻ āĻাāĻšিāύী।
Grow- āĻŦিāĻāĻļিāϤ āĻšোā§ąা।
Dreams- āϏāĻĒোāύ।
Strike- āĻāĻাāϤ āĻā§°া।
Check by - Mukesh Borah
Word meaning by- Punya Hazarika.
Himadri Borah
(M.A in Hindi)