Listening Activity Unit - Vijay: Hi Yusuf, how are you? Yusuf: I am fine and how about you? Vijay: I am fine too. Yusuf: Where were you?
I haven’t see you for some time. Vijay: Oh Sorry! I forgot to tell you. I was on a school excursion.
Yusuf: Nice to hear! How was the trip? Vijay: Excellent! It was really awesome.
Yusuf: Oh, I see! Where did you go? Vijay: We went to Vellore fort, Sathanoor dam, Tiruvannamalai and Gingee. Yusuf: How many days was the study tour?
Vijay: It was a -day trip. Yusuf: Tell me something about Gingee fort. Vijay: It is a place of historical interest. Yusuf: What was the most interesting there?
Vijay: The two mountains ‒ Raja and Rani mountains. Enjoyed hiking on them. It was very interesting. Yusuf: Tell me something interesting about Sathanur dam.
Vijay: Sathanur Dam, is one of the major dams in Tamil Nadu. It is build across the Thenpennai River, also called the Pennaiyar River that flows through the Chennakesava Hills. The dam can be reached by road. It is about km from Thiruvannamalai City.
It was constructed in . There is also a large crocodile farm and a fish grotto. There are parks inside the dam that you can visit. Yusuf: Did you visit the crocodile park?
Vijay: Yes, it was very good and surprisingly this was my first visit to the Thiruvannamalai temple. Yusuf: What was very interesting there? Vijay: The shopping, the temple and the landscape were quite interesting. Yusuf: Who accompanied you?
Vijay: All my teachers and friends. Unit- - Activity - - - Yusuf: What did you think of the study tour? Vijay: I will never forget the trip. I learnt to adapt with others, share with others.
Yusuf: That’s great to hear. Unit- Fourteen people were killed – in Tamil Nadu and four in Kerala, and life was hit as torrential rain pounded the southern districts of both the states after a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal transformed into Cyclone Ockhion Thursday and became a severe