Lesson- 2
The Sound of Music
part I
Evelyn Glennie Listens to Soundwithout Hearing It
1. Answer these question in a few words or a couple of sentences each.
1. How old was Evelyn when she went to Royal Academy of Music?
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2. When was her deafness first noticed? When was it confirmed?
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II. Answer each of these question in a short paragraph (30-40 words).
1. Who helped her to continue with music? What did he do and say?
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2. Name the various places and causes far which Evelyn performs.
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III. Answer the question in two or three paragraphs. (100-150 words.)
1. How did Evelyn hear music?
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PART-III. Tick the right answer.
1. The (shehnai, pungi) was a ‘reeded noisemaker.
2. (Bismillah Khan, A barber, Ali Bux) transformed the pungi into a shehnai.
3.Bismillah Khan’s paternal ancestors were (barbers, professional musi-cians).
4. Bismillah Khan leamt to play the shehnai from (Ali Bux, Paigambar Bux, Ustad Faiyaaz Khan).
5. Bismillah Khan’s first trip abroad was to (Afghanistan, U.S.A., Canada).
II. Find the words in the text which show Ustad Bismillah Khan’s feelings about the item listed below. Then mark a tick in the correct column. Discuss your answer in class.
| Bismillah Khan’ feelings about | Positive | Negative | Neutral |
| 1. teaching children music | |||
| 2. the film world | |||
| 3. migrating to the U.S.A. | |||
| 4. Playing at temples | |||
| 5. getting the Bharat Ratna | |||
| 6. the banks of the Ganga | |||
| 7. leaving Benaras and Dumraon |
III. Answer these question in 30-40 words.
1. Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi?
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2. How is a Shehnai different from a pungi?
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3. Where was the Shehnai played traditionally? How did Bismillah Khan change this?
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4. When and how did Bishmillah Khan get his big break?
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5. Where did Bismillah Khan play the Shehnai on 15 August 1947? Why was the event historic?
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6. Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a Shehnai School ib the U.S.A.?
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7. Find at least two instances in the text which tell you that Bismillah Khan loves India and Benaras.
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Thinking about language
I. Complete the following sentences. Beginning with a to-verb. Try to answer the questions in brackets.
1. The School sports team hopes____________ (What does it hope to do?)
2. We all want __________ (What do we all want to do?)
3. They advised the hearing-impaired child’s mother _________ ( What did they advise her to do?)
4. The authorities permitted us to ____________ ( What did the authorities permit us to do ? )
5. A musician decided to __________ (what did the musician decided to do?)
II. From the text on Bismillsh Khan, find the words and phrases that match these definition and write them down. The number of the paragraph where you will find the words/phrases has been given for you in brackets.
1. The home of royal people
2. The state of being alone.
3. A part which is absolutely necessary
4. To do something not done before
5. without much effort
6. quickly and in large quantities ______and ____
III. Tick the right answer.
1. When something is revived , it (remains dead/lives again)
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2. When a government bans something it want it ( stopped/started)
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3. When we take to something we find it (boring/interesting)
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5. When you appreciate something, you (find it good useful/find it of no use.)
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6. When you replicate something, you do it ( for the first time/ for the second time.)
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7. When we come to terms with something, it is still upsetting/no longer upsetting.
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