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Coorg

āĻ•ুā§°্āĻ—

Thinking about the text

āĻĒাāĻ āϟোā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰ি

1. Where is coorg? 

ā§§. āĻ•ুā§°্āĻ— āĻ•'āϤ āφāĻ›ে? 

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2. What is the story about the kodavu people's descent?

⧍/ āĻ•োāĻĄাāĻ­ু āϜāύāĻ—োāώ্āĻ ীā§° āĻŦংāĻļā§° āĻ•াāĻšিāύী āĻ•ি?

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3. What are some of the things you know about

ā§Š/ āφāĻĒুāύি āϜাāύে āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•ি āĻ•ি?

    (i) the people of coorg?

    (i) āĻ•ুā§°্āĻ—ā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°?

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    (ii) the main crop of coorg?

    (ii) āĻ•ুā§°্āĻ—ā§° āĻŽূāϞ āĻļāϏ্āϝ?

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    (iii) the sports it offers to tourists?

    (iii) āχ āĻĒā§°্āϝāϟāĻ•āĻ• āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻĸ়োā§ąা āĻ–েāϞা-āϧূāϞাāϏāĻŽূāĻš?

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    (iv) the animals you are likely to see in Coorg?

    (iv) āĻ•ুā§°্āĻ—āϤ āφāĻĒুāύি āĻĻেāĻ–াā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­াā§ąāύা āĻĨāĻ•া āϜীā§ą-āϜāύ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°?

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    (v) its distance from Bangalore, 

    (v) āĻŦāĻ™াāχāĻ—াঁāϓ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āχāϝ়াā§° āĻĻূā§°āϤ্āĻŦ,

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4. Here are six sentences with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)

ā§Ē/ āχāϝ়াāϤ āĻ›āϟা āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻ›ে āϝ'āϤ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āχāϟাāϞিāĻ• āϞিāĻ–া āφāĻ›ে। āĻĒাāĻ āϟোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻ•ে āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝাংāĻļ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāϝ়াāĻ“āĻ•। (āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻāĻŦোā§° āϚাāĻ“āĻ•)

    (i) During monsoons it rains so heavily that tourists do not viisit Coorg. (para 2) 

    (i) āĻŦাā§°িāώাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āχāĻŽাāύেāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āϚāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻšāϝ় āϝে āĻĒā§°্āϝāϟāĻ•ে āĻ•ুā§°্āĻ—āϞৈ āύাāϝাāϝ়। (āĻĒ্āϝাā§°া ⧍)

    (ii) Some people say that Alexander's army moved south along the coast and settled there (para             3)

    (ii) āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύে āĻ•āϝ় āϝে āφāϞেāĻ•āϜেāĻŖ্āĻĄাā§°ā§° āϏৈāύ্āϝāχ āωāĻĒāĻ•ূāϞ⧰ āĻ•াāώেā§°ে āĻĻāĻ•্āώিāĻŖāϞৈ āĻ—ৈ āϤাāϤ āĻŦāϏāϤি āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ             āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ (āĻĒেā§°া ā§Š)

    (iii) The Coorg people are always ready to tell stories of their sons' and fathers' valour. (para 4) 

   (iii) āĻ•ুā§°্āĻ— āϜāύāĻ—োāώ্āĻ ীāϏāĻ•āϞে āύিāϜ⧰ āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°-āĻĻেāωāϤাāϕ⧰ āĻļৌā§°্āϝ্āϝ⧰ āĻ•াāĻšিāύী āĻ•’āĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āϏাāϜু āĻĨাāĻ•ে। (āĻĒ্āϝাā§°া ā§Ē)

    (iv) Even people who normally lead an easy and slow life get smitten by the high-energy adventure         sports of Coorg. (para 6)

    (iv) āφāύāĻ•ি āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āϏāĻšāϜ āφ⧰ু āϞেāĻšেāĻŽীāϝ়া āϜীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰া āϞোāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞেāĻ“ āĻ•’ā§°্āĻ—ā§° āωāϚ্āϚ āĻļāĻ•্āϤিā§°          āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ• āĻ•্ā§°ীāĻĄ়াā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āφāϘাāϤāĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϤ āĻšāϝ়। (āĻĒ্āϝাā§°া ā§Ŧ)

    (v) The theory of the Arab origin is supported by the long coat with embroidered waist-belt             they   wear. (para 3) 

    (v) āφ⧰āĻŦ āĻŽূāϞ⧰ āϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāϟো āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻĒিāύ্āϧা āĻāĻŽ্āĻŦ্ā§°āϝ়āĻĄাā§°ী āĻ•ঁāĻ•াāϞ⧰ āĻŦেāϞ্āϟ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻĻীāϘāϞ āĻ•োāϟāϟোā§ąে āϏāĻŽā§°্āĻĨāύ         āϕ⧰ে। (āĻĒ্āϝাā§°া ā§Š)

    (vi)  Macaques, Malabar squirrels observe you carefully from the tree canopy. (para 7)

    (vi) āĻŽাāĻ•াāĻ•, āĻŽাāϞাāĻŦাā§° āĻ•াāĻ›āĻŦোā§°ে āĻ—āϛ⧰ āϚাāϞিā§° āĻĒā§°া āφāĻĒোāύাāĻ• āĻ­াāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻŦেāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰ে। (āĻĒ্āϝাā§°া ā§­)

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Thinking about language

āĻ­াāώাā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰ি

Collocations

āĻ•'āϞāĻ…ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāύāϏāĻŽূāĻš

Certain words 'go together '. such word friends' are called collocations. The collocation of a word is 'the company it keeps'.

For example, look at the paired sentences and phrases below. Which is a common collocation, and which one is odd? Strike out the odd sentence or phrase.

āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āύিā§°্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ 'āĻāĻ•েāϞāĻ—ে āϝাāĻ“āĻ• '। āĻāύে āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦāύ্āϧু'āĻ• āĻ•āϞ'āĻ•েāϚāύ āĻŦোāϞা āĻšāϝ়। āĻāϟা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻ•āϞ’āĻ•েāϚāύ āĻš’āϞ ‘āχ ā§°āĻ–া āĻ•োāĻŽ্āĻĒাāύী’।

āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏ্āĻŦā§°ূāĻĒে, āϤāϞāϤ āϝোā§° āϕ⧰া āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āφ⧰ু āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝাংāĻļāĻŦোā§° āϚাāĻ“āĻ•। āĻ•োāύāϟো āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āĻ•āϞ’āĻ•েāϚāύ, āφ⧰ু āĻ•োāύāϟো āĻ…āĻĻ্āĻ­ুāϤ? āĻ…āĻĻ্āĻ­ুāϤ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āĻŦা āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝাংāĻļāϟো āώ্āϟ্ā§°াāχāĻ• āϕ⧰ি āωāϞিāϝ়াāĻ“āĻ•।

  (a) ● 'How old are you?'  

(āĻ•) ● 'āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦāϝ়āϏ āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ?'

       ● 'How young are you?'

       ● 'āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āϏ⧰ু?'

 (b)  ● a pleasant person     

(āĻ–) ● āĻāϜāύ āϏুāĻ–āĻĻাāϝ়āĻ• āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি

       ● a pleasant pillow              

       ● āĻāϟা āĻŽāύোā§°āĻŽ āĻ—াā§°ু              

1. Here are some nouns from the text.

ā§§/ āĻĒাāĻ ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ āχāϝ়াāϤ āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া āĻš'āϞ।

 culture (āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤি)       monks (āϏāύ্āύ্āϝাāϏীāϏāĻ•āϞ)        surprise (āφāϚ⧰িāϤ āϕ⧰া)      experience (āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤা)       weather ( āĻŦāϤ⧰ )       tradition (āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°া)

  Work with a partner and discuss which of the nouns can collocate with which of the adjectives given below. The first one has been done for you.

āĻāϜāύ āϏংāĻ—ীā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰āĻ• āφ⧰ু āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖā§° āĻ•োāύāϟো āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āϏংāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āϏেāχ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰āĻ•। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāϟো āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে।

unique (āĻ…āύāύ্āϝ)     terrible (āϭ⧟াāύāĻ•)     unforgettable (āĻ…āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽā§°āĻŖীāϝ়)     serious (āĻ—āĻšীāύ)      ancient (āĻĒৌā§°াāĻŖিāĻ•)            wide (āĻŦāĻšāϞ)            sudden (āφāĻ•āϏ্āĻŽিāĻ•)


(i) culture:       unique     culture,     ancient        culture
 
(i) āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤি:     āĻ…āύāύ্āϝ      āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤি,     āĻĒ্ā§°াāϚীāύ         āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤি

(ii) monks :                                                                                                                        

(ii) āϏāύ্āύ্āϝাāϏী :    

(iii) surprise:                                                                                                               

(iii) āφāϚ⧰িāϤ:

(iv) experience :                                                                                                           

(iv) āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤা :

(v) weather :                                                                                                                  

(v) āĻŦāϤ⧰ :

(vi) tradition :                                                                                                              

(vi) āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°া :

2. Complete the following phrases from the text. For each phrase, can you find at least one other word that would fit into the blank?

⧍) āϞিāĻ–āύীā§° āĻĒā§°া āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝাংāĻļāϏāĻŽূāĻš āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻ•। āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϟো āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝাংāĻļā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ…āύ্āϤāϤঃ āĻāϟা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻŦāύে āϝিāϟো āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχāĻ–িāύিāϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻŦ?

(i) tales of                              

(i) āĻ•াāĻšিāύীā§°                           

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(ii) coastal                              

(ii) āωāĻĒāĻ•ূāϞীāϝ়__________

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(iii) a piece of                               

(iii) ___________ ā§° āĻāϟা āϟুāĻ•ুā§°া

Ans.
(iv) evergreen                                    

(iv) āϚিā§°āϏেāωāϜ __________ 

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(v)                                 plantations 

(v) __________āĻŦাāĻ—িāϚা 

Ans.

(vi)                              bridge

(vi) ________ āĻĻāϞং

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(vii) wild                          

(vii) āĻŦāύ্āϝ __________ 

Ans.

You may add your own examples to this list.'

āφāĻĒুāύি āĻāχ āϤাāϞিāĻ•াāϤ āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āύিāϜ⧰ āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āϝোāĻ— āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।


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