UNIT 2. 2.1) Try Again
WARMING UP !
1) What do you like-poems or stories ?
(तुम्हाला कविता आवडतात की गोष्टी ?)
Ans. I like both-poems and stories.
(2) What kind of poems do you enjoy the most?
(कोणत्या प्रकारच्या कविता तुम्हांला सर्वांत जास्त आनंद देतात ?)
Ans. I enjoy lyrical poems most.
(3) Do you think poems can inspire us?
(कविता आपल्याला प्रेरणा देतात, असे तुम्हांला वाटते का?)
Ans. Yes, sure I do think that poems inspire us.
(4) Do you remember any such inspiring poem?
(तुम्हांला अशी एखादी प्रेरणा देणारी कविता आठवते का ?)
Ans. Yes, I remember the inspiring poem ‘We shall overcome….
(5) When did you learn or listen to it?
(तुम्ही ती केव्हा शिकलात किंवा ऐकलीत ? )
Ans. I learnt it when I was in Std. VII.
(6) What message do you get from it?
(त्या कवितेतून तुम्हांला कोणता संदेश मिळतो?)
Ans. The message we get from this poem is that if we have faith in ourselves we shall break through all the hurdles and get success.
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शब्दार्थ
tis(टिझ) – It is चे संक्षिप्त रूप.
heed (हीड्)-काळजीपूर्वक अवधान, लक्ष देणे.
persevere (पर्सिव्हिअर्) – पिच्छा पुरवणे,
निश्चयपूर्वक दीर्घ प्रयत्न करणे.
conquer (काँकर्) – जिंकणे, च्या वर विजय मिळवणे.
prevail (प्रिव्हेइल्) – प्रभुत्व (वर्चस्व) मिळवणे.
strive (स्ट्राइव्ह् ) – प्रयत्नांची पराकाष्ठा करणे.
disgrace (डिग्रेइस्)- लाजिरवाणी/शरमेची गोष्ट, कमीपणा.
task (टाऽस्क्)-a difficult work – कठीण काम
reward (रिवॉऽर्ड्) – prize, बक्षीस,मेहनतीचे फळ.
patience (पेइशन्स्)-power of enduring trouble etc.- चिकाटी, सहनशीलता.
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Workshop
1. The following Anagrams contain words/ phrases from the poem. Guess and write what they are. (पुढील ॲनग्रॅममध्ये या कवितेतील काही शब्दांचा / शब्दगटांचा समावेश आहे. ते Anagrams कोणते, ते लिहा 🙂
(Anagram-(ॲनग्रॅम्)-अक्षरांचा क्रम – एखादया शब्दातील / शब्दगटातील अक्षरांचा बदलून तयार केलेला नवीन शब्द.)
(1) rainy tag = try again
(2) our cage = courage
(3) vet sir = strive
(4) red raw = reward
(5) tap niece = patience.
(6) serve peer = persevere
2. Pick out lines that convey the following from the poem.
(a) If you keep on trying, without a doubt, you shall win.
Ans – For if you will persevere, you will
conquer, never fear.
(b) It is not shameful to struggle hard.
Ans- If we strive ’tis no disgrace
Though we do not win the race;.
(c) When others can do the work, so can you, if you keep trying patiently.
Ans – All that other folk can do, why, with patience, may not you?
(d)When you fail in your first attempt make another one..
Ans- If at first you don’t succeed, Try again.
3. Find from the poem the Antonyms (opposite words) for the following.
(1) succeed x fail
(2) punishment x reward
(3)courage x Fear
(4) stop/ quit x Persevere
(5) lose x win