3.4 Please don’t read this poem!
शब्दार्थ :
meant for me-फक्त माझ्याकरिता आहे.
politely -पोलाइटली-नम्रपणे,
twice -ट्वाइस् -दोन वेळा, दोनदा
private प्राइव्हिट्-खाजगी, व्यक्तिगत.
mine -माइन-माझे.
quit -क्विट् – चालते होणे, निघून जाणे.
this instant -दिस् इन्स्टन्ट् – या क्षणी, ताबडतोब
cop -कॉप- पोलीस.
forever -फॉरेव्हर – कायम.
exist -एग्झिस्ट् – अस्तित्वात असणे.
frail -फ्रेंइ्ल् – अशक्त,
amigo -ॲमिगो- येथे अर्थ (संबोधन) मित्रा.
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English workshop
2. Find the pairs of rhyming words used in each stanza.
Ans. Me – see
Play – away
Nice – twice
Line – mine
Stop – cop
Fun – done
3. Think and answer :
(a) The poet is telling someone not to read the poem. Who is that someone?
Ans- That someone is everybody who wants or likes to read the poem.
(b) What did you feel when you read the line ‘Please don’t read this poem’?
(c) Does the poet really want you to stop reading the poem?
(d) What does the poet mean when he says, “Tell all your friends and family they
shouldn’t read it too.”
(e) What situation the following lines remind you of –
‘Put the poem down now and slowly back away’.
4. Decide whether the following things are right or wrong.
Give reasons for your answer :
(a) Reading someone else’s letter
(b) Reading someone else’s diary
(c) Looking at the keyboard when someone is typing a password.
(d) Eavesdropping – Listening to other people’s conversation without their
knowledge.
(e) Trying to get someone’s address, phone number, email ID without their
knowledge.