Listening Activity A. First, read the incomplete sentences given below. Listen to two interesting anecdotes about two scientists, that your teacher will read aloud or play on the recorder. Then, based on your understanding, complete the sentences suitably.
i. Edison travelled to New Jersey by . ii. The station master enquired Edison if .
iii. Edison raced back to the car, when he saw . iv. Albert Einstein was working in .
v. One day, when he was going back home, he . vi. Einstein asked the cab driver if he knew .
vii. The driver was so good that he . Speaking Activity Work with a partner and take turns to share your views and suggestions with the class. i) You are travelling by train.
When the Train Ticket Examiner enters your compartment, much to your shock, you realize you have forgotten to bring your train ticket. How will you handle the situation? ii) You forget to wish your best friend on his/her birthday. He gets very angry.
How will you try to pacify him/her? Construct a dialogue of about to exchanges and enact a role play. iii) ‘Forgetfulness is the beginning of happiness’- Do you agree or disagree? Discuss in class.
iv) Is there a link between intelligence and absent-mindedness? Share your views on this subject, with the class. Reading Do you read books and novels? Do you buy them or borrow them from a library?
When you go to a library, you will see different genres of books. Libraries classify books following the Dewey Decimal System or the Library of Congress System. The important sections of a library are: (i) The Reference Section where Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, Yearbooks, Atlases and Gazetteers are kept; (ii) The Stack where all books except those in the Reference Section are kept; (iii) The Journal Section “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.” Francis Bacon “Of Studies” - - :