The Ungrateful Jeweller Word Meanings
Several (सेवरल्) = अनेक; Across (अक्रॉस) = पार; Peep (पीप) = झाँकना; Jewell-er (जुअलर) = जौहरी; Trap ( ट्रैप) = फंसना; In a fix (इन अफिक्स) = दुविधा में रहना या होना; Pleasure (प्लेज़र) = आनन्द; Exhausted (ऐगजॉस्टिड) = थका हुआ; Content (कण्टेण्ट) = सन्तुष्टि; Your highness (योर हाइनैस) = राजा को सम्बोधित करने हेतु आदर सूचक शब्द; Ungrateful (अनग्रेटफुल) = कृतघ्न; Forehead (फोरहैड) = मस्तक; Favor (फेवर) = अनुग्रह; Loomed (लूम्ड) = छा गया। Release (रिलीज़) = मुक्त करना; Savior (सेव्यर) = बचाने वाला।
Word Power (शब्द सामर्थ्य):
(A) Match the Columns:
Answer:
(i) (d) one who cuts wood
(ii) (c) tired
(iii) (b) jewelry
(iv) (e) thankless
(v) (a) to set free
(B) Write what we call them: (हम इन्हें क्या कहते हैं,लिखे:)
- one who cuts wood.
- one who makes jewellery.
- one who saves others.
- one who travels.
- one who makes sculptures.
Answer:
- Woodcutter
- Jeweller
- Savior
- Traveler
- Sculptor.
(C) Make adjectives of the following by adding full:
thank – thankful; grace – graceful; peace – peaceful; meaning – meaningful, help – helpful; pain – painful; wonder – wonderful; power – powerful; hope – hopeful:
Comprehension (बोध प्रश्न):
Answer the following questions: (निम्नलिखत प्रशनों के उत्तर लिखे:)
Question 1.
When could the woodcutter not earn any money ?
लकड़हारा कब पैसे नहीं कमा पाता था ?
Answer:
The woodcutter could not earn any money during the rainy season.
लकड़हारा बरसात के मौसम में कोई पैसे नहीं कमा पाता था।
Question 2.
Who were trapped in the well?
कुएँ में कौन फंसे हुए थे ?
Answer:
A tiger, a monkey, a snake and a jeweler were trapped in the well.
एक बाघ, बन्दर, साँप और जौहरी कुएँ में फंसे हुए थे।
Question 3.
How did the tiger, the monkey and the snake help the woodcutter
बाघ, बन्दर और साँप ने लकड़हारे की कैसे मदद की ?
Answer:
The tiger once gave the woodcutter a set of gold ornaments, the monkey gave him sweet fruits one day when he was very hungry and the snake helped him in coming out of the prison.
बाघ ने एक दिन लकड़हारे को सोने के आभूषण दिये, बन्दर ने उसे मीठे फल दिये जब वह बहुत भूखा था और साँप ने उसे जेल से निकलवाने में मदद की।
Question 4.
Why was the woodcutter put in prison ?
लकड़हारे को जेल में क्यों डाला गया ?
Answer:
The woodcutter was put in the prison because the ornaments which the tiger gave him were the lost ornaments of the queen. So, thinking him to be the thief, he was arrested.
लकड़हारे को जेल में इसलिए डाला गया क्योंकि जो सोने के आभूषण उसे बाघ ने दिये थे वे रानी के थे और लकड़हारे को चोर मानते हुए कैद कर लिया गया।
Question 5.
Who among the four, trapped in the well proved ungrateful to the woodcutter ? How?
कुएँ में फंसे हुए चारों में से लकड़हारे के प्रति कौन कृतघ्न निकला ? कैसे ?
Answer:
Jewell-er proved to be ungrateful to the woodcutter among the four trapped in the well as instead of helping the woodcutter he proved the woodcutter to be a thief before the king and woodcutter was sent to the prison.
कुएँ में फंसे हुए चारों में से जौहरी कृतघ्न निकला क्योंकि लकड़हारे की मदद की अपेक्षा उसने लकड़हारे को राजा के सामने चोर साबित कर दिया और कैद करवा दिया।
Question 6.
What did the snake do to help the woodcutter ?
साँप ने लकड़हारे की मदद करने के लिए क्या किया ?
Answer:
Snake bit the queen on her forehead such that she could not recover unless the woodcutter touched her forehead with his axe. Thus the woodcutter gained king’s favor and was freed.
साँप ने रानी के माथे पर इस तरह काटा कि वह लकड़हारे के उसके माथे को कुल्हाड़ी से छूने मात्र से ही ठीक हो सकती थी। इस तरह लकड़हारे ने राजा का विश्वास जीत लिया और उसे छोड़ दिया गया।
Question 7.
What happened to the jeweler in the end ?
अन्त में जौहरी को क्या हुआ ?
Answer:
The ungrateful jeweler was very much ashamed of his act in the end.
कृतघ्न जौहरी अन्त में अपने किए पर बहुत शर्मिन्दा हुआ।
Let’s Learn (आओ याद करें):
(A) Given below is a story. The articles are missing in it. Use appropriate articles to fill in the blanks:
(नीचे दी गई एक कहानी है। इसमें आर्टीकल्स नहीं दिये हैं। उचित आर्टीकल से रिक्त स्थान भरोः)
Answer:
One day a eat climbed up a tree. Since it was sick, it could not climb down itself. It mewed and mewed. There lived an elephant at a nearby place. It was a good friend of the cat. It heard the cry of the cat. It ran fast to help the cat. Without climbing up the tree, the elephant caught the cat in his trunk and brought her down.
(B) Fill the missing words with the proper degree of the adjectives:
(विशेषण की उचित डिग्री से लुप्त शब्दों को भरोः)
Answer:
Let’s Talk (आओ बात करों):
Make pairs in the class and talk about the Nobel prize with the help of the clues given. Complete the conversation:
(कक्षा में जोड़े बनाएँ और नीचे लिखे संकेतों की सहायता से नोबल पुरस्कार के बारे में बात करें। बातचीत को पूरा करें:)
Answer:
First Student : What is the highest award in the world?
Second Student : Nobel Prize is the highest award in the world.
Second Student : Why is it given ?
First Student : It is given for a specialized work done in the field of peace, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Economics, Medicine.
First Student : Whom is it awarded by ?
Second Student : It is awarded by the Sweden Committee, Bank of Sweden and the Norwegian Parliament.
Second Student : Who got the Nobel Prize in Economics in India ?
First Student: Amartya Sen got the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Let’s Read (आओ पढ़ें):
Given some newspaper cutting in the book. Read them carefully and answer the questions asked:
(कुछ अखबार की कटिंग दी गई हैं। उन्हें सावधानीपूर्वक पढ़ें:)
Question 1.
There are three news ‘items’ what are they about?
Answer:
- Inauguration of Metro Rail, from, Rajiv, Chowk to Dwarka, New Delhi.
- Woman’s fight with a leopard to save her son.
- Isolated islands have giant species of different animals.
Question 2.
Who is the man – eater ?
Answer:
Leopard is the man – eater.
Question 3.
Why do animals on islands evolve into gigantic versions ?
Answer:
Animals on islands evolve into gigantic versions because of isolation and a lack of competition.
Question 4.
Who is Sue Lieberman ?
Answer:
Sue Lieberman is an evolutionary biologist and director of the Global Species program me for WWF International.
Question 5.
Which is the longest stretch of the Delhi metro rail ?
Answer:
The longest stretch of Delhi metro rail is from Rajiv Chowk to Dwarka. It is 22.8 km long.
Question 6.
What are Komodo dragons ?
Answer:
Komodo dragons are the world’s largest lizards which can be 3 meters long or more and weigh up to 225 kg.
Let’s Write (आओ लिखो):
I. Read the following sentences and punctuate them:
(निम्नलिखित वाक्यों को पढ़ें और विराम चिन्ह लगाएँ:)
Answer:
- Seema says, “They will leave for Mumbai.”
- Have you heard about missiles ?
- What a beautiful building ?
- Ram, Mohan, Sohan, Twinkle are friends.
- Can you put these articles on the rack ?
- Do you know how rum-ours spread ?
- The poem is about the winter season.
- If you came across a helpless man, what would you do?
II. Look at the pictures given in the book and write a story with the help of the clues given:
(पुस्तक में दिए गए चित्रों को देखो और संकेतों की महायता से एक कहानी लिखे:)
Answer:
When you see travelling by bus or train, you should never take any eatables from a stranger as it may be dangerous. The eatables may carry drugs. So you may get infected. The person offering you the eatables may be a rogue and he may run away with your belongings when you are not in your senses. So it is never safe to take eatables from strangers.
Let’s do it (आओ इसे करें):
Find out some motto’s.
Write them on a chart in Bold letters. Hang the chart in the classroom.
(कुछ आदर्श वाक्यों को ढूँढ़ो। उन्हें काले अक्षरों में एक चार्ट पर लिखें। कक्षा के कमरे में इस चार्ट को टाँगें।)
Answer:
Here are some motto’s. Students can write then on a chart themselves.
- TRUTH ALONE WINS
- WORK IS WORSHIP
- A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED.