Lesson 16
The ant and the Grasshopper
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Answer the following questions : (উত্তৰ দিয়া)
(a) How did George Ramsay look while sitting in the restaurant ?
(জর্জ ৰামছেক ৰেষ্টুৰেণ্টত বহি থাকোতে কেনে দেখা গৈছিল ?)
Ans: While George Ramsay was sitting in the restaurant he looked like greatly depressed as though the burden of the whole world sat on his shoulders.
জৰ্জ ৰামছে ৰেষ্টুৰেণ্টখনত বহি থকাৰ সময়ত তেওঁক বহুত হতাশ যেন লাগিছিল যেন গোটেই পৃথিৱীৰ বোজা তেওঁৰ কান্ধত বহি আছে।
(b) Who was Causing George trouble ?
(জৰ্জক কোনে সমস্যা দিছিল ?)
Ans: Tom Ramsay his brother was the cause of George’s trouble.
জৰ্জৰ বিপদৰ কাৰণ আছিল তেওঁৰ ভাতৃ টম ৰামছে।
(c) Why did Tom leave his work ?
(টমে কিয় তাৰ কাম এৰি দিছিল ?)
Ans: Tom wanted to enjoy himself so he left his work.
টমে আনন্দ ল’ব বিচাৰিছিল গতিকে তেওঁ নিজৰ কাম এৰি দিলে।
(d) What did Tom do when his money was spent ?
(টমে তাৰ টকা খৰচ হৈ গ’লে কি কৰে ?)
Ans: Generally Tom was depended on his brother George for money when he spent. Sometimes he borrowed from his friends also.
সাধাৰণতে টমে খৰচ কৰাৰ সময়ত ধনৰ বাবে ভাতৃ জৰ্জৰ ওপৰত নিৰ্ভৰশীল আছিল। কেতিয়াবা বন্ধু-বান্ধৱীৰ পৰাও ধাৰ লৈছিল।
(e) How old were George and Tom ?
(জৰ্জ আৰু টমৰ বয়স কিমান ?)
Ans: Tom was forty six years old and his brother George was only one year elder than him.
টমৰ বয়স আছিল ছয়চল্লিশ বছৰ আৰু তেওঁৰ ভাতৃ জৰ্জ তেওঁতকৈ মাত্ৰ এবছৰ ডাঙৰ আছিল।
(f) How did Tom became rich ?
(টম কিদৰে ধনী হৈ পৰিল ?)
Ans: Luckily Tom became engaged to an old woman, when she died she left him everything she had which made Tom a rich man.
ভাগ্য ভাল যে টমৰ এগৰাকী বৃদ্ধাৰ লগত এংগেজমেণ্ট হ’ল, যেতিয়া তাইৰ মৃত্যু হ’ল তাই তেওঁৰ সকলোখিনি এৰি থৈ গ’ল যাৰ বাবে টম এজন ধনী মানুহ হৈ পৰিল।
2. Give brief answers to the following question. ( চমু উত্তৰ দিয়া।)
(a) What did Tom Ramsay do after leaving his job ?
(টমে কাম এৰি কি কৰিছিল ?)
Ans: After leaving his job Tom Ramsay enjoyed his life. He went to the various capitals of Europe and he passed his time by gambling. dancing, eating in expensive restaurant and dressing beautiful dresses.
চাকৰি এৰি যোৱাৰ পিছত টম ৰামছেই জীৱনটো উপভোগ কৰিছিল। ইউৰোপৰ বিভিন্ন ৰাজধানীলৈ গৈ তেওঁ জুৱা খেলি সময় অতিবাহিত কৰিছিল। নাচি, দামী ৰেষ্টুৰেণ্টত খাদ্য খোৱা আৰু ধুনীয়া ধুনীয়া সাজ-পোছাক পিন্ধা।
(b) How did Tom blackmail George ?
(টমে জৰ্জ অক কি দৰে ব্লেকমেইল কৰিছিল ?)
Ans: Tom blackmailed George by saying that if he did not give him money than he would drive a taxi or work in a bar to eain, because it was their prestige issue George being a respectable lawyer.
টমে জৰ্জক ব্লেকমেইল কৰি কয় যে যদি তেওঁ তেওঁক টকা নিদিয়ে তেন্তে তেওঁ টেক্সি চলাব বা বাৰত কাম কৰি খাব, কাৰণ জৰ্জ এজন সন্মানীয় উকীল হোৱাটো তেওঁলোকৰ প্ৰতিপত্তিৰ বিষয় আছিল।
(c) What did Tom Ramsay do for most part of his youth ?
(টম ৰামছে তেওঁৰ ডেকা বয়সত কি কৰিছিল ?)
Ans: In his youth Tom Ramsay was a perfect businessmen, he got married and had two children. He had a decent career and known to all. He was a most amazing companion.
যৌৱনত টম ৰামছে এজন নিখুঁত ব্যৱসায়ী আছিল, তেওঁ বিয়া হৈছিল আৰু দুটা সন্তান জন্ম দিছিল। তেওঁৰ এটা মান্য কেৰিয়াৰ আছিল আৰু সকলোৰে চিনাকি। তেওঁ আছিল এজন অতি আচৰিত সংগী।
(d) Why was George happy at the approach of old age ?
(বয়স বঢ়াৰ লগে লগে জর্জ কিয় সুখী হৈছিল ?)
Ans: George became happy when he approached of old age because there was only one year difference between their age. And he thought that Tom could not run his life so easily and he would be bankrupt and Tom would end in the gutter.
জৰ্জে বৃদ্ধ বয়সৰ ওচৰ চাপি আহি সুখী হৈ পৰিছিল কাৰণ তেওঁলোকৰ বয়সৰ মাজত মাত্ৰ এবছৰৰ পাৰ্থক্য আছিল। আৰু সি ভাবিছিল যে টমে ইমান সহজে নিজৰ জীৱনটো চলাব নোৱাৰে আৰু সি দেউলীয়া হ’ব আৰু টমৰ অন্ত নালাত পৰিব।
(e) What did George call unfair ?
(জর্জে কি ঠিক নহ’ল বুলি কৈছিল ?)
Ans: George called unfair the justice of luck as he had worked hard through out his life but Tom was an idle though by luck he became more richer with a half million pounds.
জৰ্জে ভাগ্যৰ ন্যায় অন্যায় বুলি কয় কাৰণ তেওঁ গোটেই জীৱন কঠোৰ পৰিশ্ৰম কৰিছিল কিন্তু টম এজন অচল আছিল যদিও ভাগ্যৰ বাবে তেওঁ ডেৰ লাখ পাউণ্ডৰ সৈতে অধিক ধনী হৈ পৰিছিল।
3. How was George Ramsay’s lifestyle ?
(জৰ্জ ৰামছেৰ জীৱন কেনে ধৰণৰ আছিল ?)
Ans: George Ramsay was a man of hard working, decent, respectable, and straight forward. He had never taken more than a fortnight’s holiday in a year. He worked in the office from morning to evening as he was honest industrious and worthy.
জৰ্জ ৰামছে আছিল কঠোৰ পৰিশ্ৰমী, মান্য, সন্মানীয় আৰু পোনপটীয়া মানুহ। এবছৰত সি কেতিয়াও পষেকতকৈ বেছি ছুটী লোৱা নাছিল। সৎ পৰিশ্ৰমী আৰু যোগ্য হোৱাৰ বাবে তেওঁ পুৱাৰে পৰা গধূলিলৈ অফিচতে কাম কৰিছিল।
4. Write a note on Tom Ramsay’s character.
(টমৰ চৰিত্ৰৰ ওপৰত এটা টোকা লিখা।)
Ans: Tom Ramsay was an idle person. Worthless and dishonourable. In his youth he had a decent career, an established business with a family including wife and two children but latter he has changed his mind. As he wanted to enjoy himself. So he left everything.
He passed time by playing, gambling dancing and attending restaurants. He misused all the money he earned even his brother’s money also. Even he blackmailed his brother for money.
But, he was an amusing companion for his friend. At last, he was found a lucky one and became a millionaire.
টম ৰামছে আছিল এজন অলস ব্যক্তি। অমূল্য আৰু অসন্মানজনক। যৌৱনত তেওঁৰ এটা মান্য কেৰিয়াৰ আছিল, পত্নী আৰু দুটা সন্তানকে ধৰি পৰিয়াল এটাৰ সৈতে এটা প্ৰতিষ্ঠিত ব্যৱসায় আছিল যদিও পিছলৈ তেওঁ নিজৰ মন সলনি কৰিছে। যেনেকৈ সি আনন্দ ল’ব বিচাৰিছিল। সেয়ে তেওঁ সকলো এৰি থৈ গ’ল।
খেলা-ধূলা, জুৱা খেলি নাচি আৰু ৰেষ্টুৰেণ্টত গৈ সময় পাৰ কৰিছিল। তেওঁ উপাৰ্জন কৰা সকলো টকা আনকি ভায়েকৰ টকাও অপব্যৱহাৰ কৰিছিল। আনকি তেওঁ টকাৰ বাবে ভায়েকক ব্লেকমেইল কৰিছিল।
কিন্তু, বন্ধুৰ বাবে তেওঁ আছিল এজন আমোদজনক সংগী। অৱশেষত তেওঁক ভাগ্যৱান বুলি পোৱা গ’ল আৰু তেওঁ কোটিপতি হৈ পৰিল
5. Fill in the blanks with words from the text. (খালী ঠাই পূৰণ কৰা।)
(a) You must know by now that he’s quite hopeless.
(b) He always looked as if he had just stepped out of a band box.
(c) Poor George, only a year older than his brother looked sixty.
(d) You’re not going to day that all my life I’ve been hard working, decent, respectable and straight forward ?
Grammar and Usage (ব্যাকৰণ আৰু ব্যৱহাৰ)
6. Rewrite the following sentences using capital letters, comma, full stop or question mark where necessary :
Ans. (a) The Kamakhya temple is on of the Nilachal hill.
(b) Do you know, how to swim?
(c) Rina, Pori and Anu have gone to shillong.
(d) I had my meal washed my hands and left Romen’s house.
(e) Are they coming here on sunday.
(f) Who wrote “My experiments with truth.”
7. Edit the following passage using appropriate punctuation marks where necessary
Ans. “Have you finished your homework, Jolly? Said, Mrs sarma to her daughter. “No mother, “replied Jolly sadly. “Why not iny darling? “Because I ain not well, Mother, said, “I have fever”. Mrs sarma began worrying, “I must make a call to Dr. Baruah immediately. “She said to herself and rushed out the room Jolly went to bed and tried to have a good sleep.
Vocabulary
8. Find out the odd word from the following words.
(a) Glad, happy, gloomy, pleasant, joyful.
Ans: Gloomy.
(b) Hard-working, respectable, decent, dishonourable, honest,
Ans: Dishonourable
(c) Shelley, keats, wordsworth, dickens, Blake.
Ans: Dickens.
(d) Cricket, grasshopper, beetle, woodpeckers bee.
Ans: Cricket.
(e) Glazier, omithologist, archeologist philately geologist.
Ans: Glazier.
EXTRA QUETION ANSWER
1. Who was the writer of this story ?
Ans: William Somerset Maugham .
2. When was he born ?
Ans: 25 January, 1874 .
3. Where was he born ?
Ans: He was born in Paris .
4. When does he qualifed as doctor in london ?
Ans: In 1897 .
5. Why was he famous ?
Ans: He famous as an english novelist, Playwright and short - story writer .
6. When does he died ?
Ans: 16 December, 1965 .
7. What is the meaning of hilarious ?
Ans: Extremely amusing .
8. What is the meaning of spirit ?
Ans: way of feeling .
9. What is the meaning of gambled ?
Ans: To risk money on a card game .
10 . What is the meaning of gutter ?
Ans: bad social condition .
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