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Explain the meaning of the following.
a) ... all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances...
b) And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace...
c) a soldier,
... Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth.

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उत्तर

(a)Shakespeare compares this world to a stage. All men and women are like actors. They play their individual roles and go away. Like the stage of dramas, life too has its own exits and entrances. In this world, men take birth and go out when they die.


(b) The third stage of life is that of a lover. He is always sighing like furnace for his beloved. He is full of passions and emotions for his beloved.

(c) The fourth stage of life is that of a soldier. He is ready to die for honour. He is very quick to seek honour and reputation. He is ready to sacrifice his life and jump into a cannon’s mouth just for a momentary reputation.

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पाठ 2.4: The Seven Ages - Exercise [पृष्ठ ७६]

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सीबीएसई English Communicative - Literature Reader Class 9
पाठ 2.4 The Seven Ages
Exercise | Q 6 | पृष्ठ ७६

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Answer the following questions briefly:
(a) In 1953, Hooper was a favoured young man. Explain.
(b) They said that they would create a desk job for Hooper at headquarters.

  • Who are ‘they’?
  • Why did they decide to do this?

(c) Duke was an extraordinary dog. What special qualities did he exhibit to justify this? Discuss.
(d) What problems did Chuck present when he returned to the company headquarters?
(e) Why do you think Charles Hooper’s appointment as Assistant National Sales Manager is considered to be a tribute to Duke?


Based on your reading of the story, answer the following question by choosing
the correct option.
 The narrator says that John was "______ of the suff that heroes are not often lucky
enough to be made of." His tone is sarcastic because __________


Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow by choosing the
correct options.

Monseigneur, the Bishop is a ... a-hem!


(a) Why does Persome not complete the sentence?
(i) she used to stammer while speaking.
(ii) she was about to praise the Bishop.
(iii) she did not wish to criticise the Bishop in front of Marie.
(iv) she had a habit of passing such remarks.


(b) Why is she angry with the Bishop?
(i) the Bishop has sold the salt-cellars.
(ii) the Bishop has gone to visit Mere Gringoire.
(iii) he showed extra concern for Marie.
(iv) she disliked the Bishop.


‘Since’or‘For’
We often use the Present Perfect with time expressions using ‘since’ or ‘for’.
Which expressions go with since and which go with for? (Indicate with a tick). (The first two have been done for you.)

We use ‘since’ to express ______ in time, whereas ‘for’ is used to express ______ of time.

since for  
    last week
a short time
    a decade
    deepawali
    the day before yesterday
    centuries
    june
    22 june
    several weeks
    2009
    6 months
    ages

(а) Mohan comes in wearing overalls and is covered in paint.
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________

(b) Ramesh comes in with a smile on his face. He is holding a trophy.
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________

(c) Monica returns home with lots of packets in her hands.
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________

(b) Sheela comes in with red eyes and a wet handkerchief.
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________


Based on your reading of the above story, answer the following questions:

  1.  How did the Bedouin and his wife extend their hospitality to the weary traveller?
  2. Why didn’t she have any meat left to serve her guest?
  3. Why was her son crying out aloud?
  4. How did she cover up her mistake?
  5. Why did the traveller flee from the tent?

Look at sentences in Column A. Match them with the appropriate explanation in Column B.

A B
1. Next Friday is the
29th of May.
a. emphasizing that something
will happen very soon
2. I’ll have left by the
time you get here.
b. making a promise
3. I’m visiting my
uncle on Sunday.
c. predicting that some­thing
will be true at a given time in the future
4. I’ll send the photo­graphs
as soon as I can.
d. stating something
which is a certainty
5. The lesson is about
to start… hurry!
e. reporting a decision
made earlier
6. The population of
our country will increase
in the next ten years.
f. making a prediction
about future events

Study the words given in the box below and complete the police report. 

4 January, Wednesday 
At 9.15 pm, I was driving along Belvedere Street when I noticed something moving in the (a)_______ On closer examination, I could see two rather (b) _________looking men outside House Number 5. I felt certain these men were in the middle of (c)____ a crime, so I stopped my car round the corner and walked (d) ________over to the two suspects. By this time I was in no (e) ________ that a robbery was taking place. I quietly spoke to the (f)____________ of police on my radio to inform him that two men had (g) __ _ into a house and were trying to steal what looked like a television. At that moment the criminals saw me. I warned them not to move and told them I was (h)______ them for robbery. I informed them that they could (i) ___________silent if they wished and that they could phone their (j)______________ from the police station. The men said they weren't (k)_______ and that they were just borrowing their friend's TV. "You can tell that to the judge when you get to (1)_____________ " I said. 


Copy the worksheet in your notebooks and work in pairs to complete the worksheet to know all about yourself. This will enable you to discover your hidden strengths, work on your weaknesses, and develop your personality. 

Johari Window Work Sheet 

A B C
How I describe myself?  How I describe my friend ? How my friend describes me?  (Fill this part from what the friend says about you) 
  • Favourites 
    (Colour, food etc.) 
  • Feelings related to important issues (e.g. subjects , friends)
  • Experiences 
    (achievement,failures)
  • Attitudes
  • Aims
  • Motivation
  • Fears
  • Streangth
  • Weakness
  • Favourites (colour , food etc.)
  • Feelings related to important issues (e.g. subjects,friends)
  • Experience(achievements,failures)
  • Attitudes 
  • Aims 
  • Motivation 
  • Fears 
  • Strength 
  • Weakness 

____________

____________

_____________

___________

_____________

______________

______________

______________


Study the map and the key given below carefully, and complete the sentences that follow.

Key

  1. Lalnagar
  2. Sarkor
  3. Timpur
  4. Rampur (Capital)
  5. Marwah
  6. Chickoor
  7. Strange Lake
  8. Neverest Hills
  9. Nafran
  10. Lakshrnanpur

(a) 

__________________________

Rampur

 

 

is

is situated

lies ____________

is located

half-way along the west coast of Halsi Island.

 

on the south coast of the island, north of ___

(b) Now describe the position of the other eight places, using some of the words in
the box.

at along among
to next to opposite
on between  
in above  
by below  
over    
under    

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