STILL SINGING INSIDE
Chapter 6
Q.1. Read Nimi's diary entry and answer the following questions. Write in full sentences. (āύিāĻŽিā§° āĻĻিāύāϞিāĻĒি āĻĒā§া āĻā§°ু āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া। āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāϤ āϞিāĻিāĻŦা।)
(a) What caused the fire in Nimi's house? (āύিāĻŽিā§° āĻā§°āϤ āĻিāĻšে āĻুāĻā§° āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?) Ans: A short circuit was the reason behind the fire in Nimi's house. (āύিāĻŽিā§° āĻā§°āϤ āĻšোā§ąা āĻুāĻā§° āĻŽূāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻāĻা āĻļ্āĻŦā§°্āĻ āĻাāϰ্āĻিāĻ।)
(b) Which poem helped Nimi hold on to hope? (āĻāĻļাāϤ āĻাāĻŽুāĻি āϧ⧰ি āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻোāύāĻো āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻ āύিāĻŽিāĻ āϏāĻšাā§ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans. The poem “Hope is the thing with feathers” written by Emily Dickinson helped Nimi stay hopeful. (āĻāĻŽিāϞি āĻĄিāĻিāύ্āĻāύ⧰ “Hope is the thing with feathers” āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§ąে āύিāĻŽিāĻ āĻāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻšাā§ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।)
(c) Why do the nights feel the hardest for Nimi? (āύিāĻŽিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে ā§°াāϤিāĻŦোā§° āĻিā§ āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻāĻ িāύ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻšā§?)
Ans. The nights seem the hardest for Nimi because everything became very silent after the fire accident. (āύিāĻŽিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে ā§°াāϤিāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻāĻ িāύ āϞাāĻে, āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻ āĻ্āύিāĻাāĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϏāĻāϞো āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āύিā§°্āĻāύ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ।)
(d) "Maybe that's where I can begin."What does this tell you about Nimi's thoughts or feelings? (“āĻšā§āϤো āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°াāĻ āĻŽāĻ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ।” āύিāĻŽিā§° āĻাāĻŦ āĻŦা āĻ āύুāĻā§ąā§° āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻি āĻā§?) Ans. This line shows that Nimi wants to move forward and rebuild her life with hope and courage.
(āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨাāĻোā§ąে āĻŦুāĻাā§ āϝে āύিāĻŽিā§ে āĻāĻļা āĻā§°ু āϏাāĻšāϏেā§°ে āύিāĻā§° āĻীā§ąāύ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻā§ি āϤুāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻāĻŦাā§িāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে।)(e) Have you ever been in a situation where you felt everything was lost? What helped you feel better or hopeful again? (āϤুāĻŽি āĻেāϤিā§াāĻŦা āĻāύে āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤ āĻĒā§°িāĻাāύে, āϝ'āϤ āϤুāĻŽি āϏāĻāϞো āĻšেā§°ুāĻā§ąা āĻŦুāϞি āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞা? āĻিāĻšে āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻাāϞ āĻŦা āĻāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°াāϤ āϏāĻšাā§ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans. Yes, I once faced a situation where I felt that I had lost everything. Reading some inspiring poems by Nilamani Phukan made me feel hopeful again. (āĻšā§, āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻāύে āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻšৈāĻিāϞোঁ āϝ’āϤ āĻŽāĻ āϏāĻāϞো āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻ āĻĒেāϞোā§ąা āϝেāύ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞোঁ। āύীāϞāĻŽāĻŖি āĻĢুāĻāύ⧰ āĻিāĻু āĻ āύুāĻĒ্ā§°েā§°āĻŖাāĻŽূāϞāĻ āĻāĻŦিāϤা āĻĒā§ি āĻŽāĻ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞোঁ।)
(f) What do you think will happen when Nimi and her mother visit the bank and the school? (āύিāĻŽি āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻে āĻŦেংāĻ āĻā§°ু āϏ্āĻুāϞāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻি āĻš'āĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāĻŦা?)
Ans. I think that after visiting the bank and the school, Nimi and her mother will begin completing the necessary formalities and arrangements. (āĻŽāĻ āĻাāĻŦোঁ āϝে āĻŦেংāĻ āĻā§°ু āϏ্āĻুāϞāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āύিāĻŽি āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻে āĻĒ্āϰā§োāĻāύীā§ āĻাāĻāĻ-āĻĒāϤ্ā§° āĻā§°ু āĻāύ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāĻŦোā§° āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦ।)
Q.4. You have come across that some words have the same spelling and pronunciation, but they have different meanings. Here are a few such words. Let's look at them: (āϤুāĻŽি āĻĒাāϞা āϝে āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻāĻে āĻŦাāύাāύ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻ্āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻĨাāĻে, āĻিāύ্āϤু āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻšā§। āĻā§াāϤ āĻāύে āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĻিā§া āĻšৈāĻে। āĻāĻāĻŦিāϞাāĻāϞৈ āĻাāĻঁ āĻāĻšাঃ)
Now, find out more such words. Look up the dictionary or ask a partner. Write down the meanings. (āĻāϤিā§া āĻāύে āĻ āϧিāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা। āĻāĻāύ āĻ āĻিāϧাāύ āĻোā§ąা āĻŦা āϏংāĻী āĻāĻā§°াāĻীāĻ āϏোāϧা। āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāĻŦোā§° āϞিāĻা।)
Ans.
Q.3.(a) Complete these sentences. (āĻāĻ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোেā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°া।)
Write one helpful idea for each situation. (āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻো āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻা āĻāĻĒāĻাā§°ী āϧাā§°āĻŖা āϞিāĻা।)
(a) If there is a fire at school, you should ______.
(b) If there is smoke in the room, you shouldn't ______.
(c) To help my friends during a fire, I should ______.
(d) To keep calm, I should ______.
Ans.
(a) If there is a fire at school, you should alert others immediately.
(b) If there is smoke in the room, you shouldn't stay inside.
(c) To help my friends during a fire, I should call the fire department.
(d) To keep calm, I should meditate.
Q.5.(c) What would you suggest in each of the following situations? (āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻো āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤ āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāĻŦা?)
Make a sentence using should and another using shouldn't. (should āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ি āĻāĻা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āĻā§°ু shouldn't āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ি āĻāύ āĻāĻা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āϞিāĻা।)
(i) I always feel tired these days. What do you think I should do?
You should ______.
You shouldn't ______.
(ii) I have a terrible toothache. What should I do?
You should ______.
You shouldn't ______.
(iii) Nimi is nervous about going to school alone. What's your advice?
She should ______.
She shouldn't ______.
Ans.
(i) I always feel tired these days. What do you think I should do?
You should take sufficient rest.
You shouldn't overwork.
(ii) I have a terrible toothache. What should I do?
You should visit a dentist.
You shouldn't eat sweets.
(iii) Nimi is nervous about going to school alone. What's your advice?
She should go with her mother.
She shouldn't overthink the matters.
Q.5.(d). Let's think of some other times when we need advice - like before exams, during a misunderstanding with a friend, or when we're feeling nervous. (āĻāύ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻŽā§ā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻাāĻŦো āĻāĻšা āϝেāϤিā§া āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻĻেāĻļā§° āĻĒ্āϰā§োāĻāύ āĻšā§- āϝেāύে āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώাā§° āĻāĻāϤ, āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻāĻāύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻুāϞ āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦুāĻি āĻšোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽā§āϤ, āĻŦা āϝেāϤিā§া āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻ্āύ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°োঁ।)
Choose any one situation from above and write 2-3 sentences to give advice to someone using should and shouldn't. (āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āϝিāĻোāύো āĻāĻা āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻŦাāĻি āϞোā§ąা āĻā§°ু should āĻā§°ু shouldn't āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ি āĻাā§°োāĻŦাāĻ āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ 2-3 āĻা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āϞিāĻা।)
Ans. During a misunderstanding with a friend. (āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻুāϞ āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦুāĻি āĻšোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽā§āϤঃ)
(i) You should talk calmly and try to understand your friend’s feelings.
(āϤুāĻŽি āĻļাāύ্āϤāĻাā§ąে āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąা āĻā§°ু āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āĻ
āύুāĻূāϤি āĻŦুāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°া āĻāĻিāϤ।)
(ii) You shouldn’t get angry or stop talking to your friend.
(āϤুāĻŽি āĻং āĻā§°া āĻŦা āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻā§°া āĻāĻিāϤ āύāĻšā§।)