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(First Flight)(Chapter - 3) (Two Stories about Flying), (Class - 10), His First Flight, Thinking about the Text, Question:, 1. Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to make their, first flight, or are some birds more timid than others? Do you think a human baby also finds it a, challenge to take its first steps?, 2. "The sight of the food maddened him." What does this suggest? What compelled the young seagull, to finally fly?, 3. "They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly." Why did the seagull's father and mother threaten, him and cajole him to fly?, 4. Have you ever had a similar experience, where your parents encouraged you to do something, that you were too scared to try? Discuss this in pairs or groups., 5. In the case of a bird flying, it seems a natural act, and a foregone conclusion that it should succeed., In the examples you have given in answer to the previous question, was your success guaranteed,, or was it important for you to try, regardless of a possibility of failure?, C. Answer:, 1. The young seagull was all alone on the ledge and afraid to fly because it was its first flight. Doing, something for the first time is a challenging task in itself for anyone. Therefore, all young birds must, be afraid to make their first flights the same way a human baby would finds it challenging to take, its first step., 2. The young seagull was very hungry. The hunger ultimately compelled the young seagull to make, its first flight. He saw its mother tearing at a piece of fish that lay at her feet and its hunger only, intensified. It cried to its mother, begging her to get some food. Whenever its mother came towards, it with some food in her beak, the young seagull screamed with joy and anticipation, but she stopped, midway. The young seagull wondered why she did not come nearer. Unable to resist or control its, hunger any longer, it dived at the food in its mother's beak. For that moment, his hunger had, overpowered the fear of the great expanse of sea beneath the cliff. Finally, this plunge was followed, by the natural reaction of its body, which was to fly., 3. The young seagull was frightened. It was afraid to fly. Even though it saw its parents helping and, teaching its brothers and sisters flying, it could never gather enough courage to make the first flight., This was the reason why its father and mother were calling to it shrilly and scolding it. They, threatened to let it starve on its ledge if it did not fly. They did so because they wanted it to leave its, fear behind and learn the art of flying., 4. One feels scared in learning any adventurous activity. It is because one has never come across, such thing earlier. In learning one requires skill. During my childhood, I was much afraid to swim in, the river. Though my elder brother tried to encourage me time and again. We both went to the river, and he taught me how to move the legs and push the water through the hands by keeping mouth, above the water level. In the beginning, I failed to do but gradually after day's practice I became, perfect in it., 5. A bird flying is natural as well as taught to the young ones by their parents or their elder ones. So,, one has to learn it through some of the properties which may breed in them naturally. Without any, attempt and learning, nothing comes automatically. But it can be concluded that it should succeed., Our success was never guaranteed until to try again and again. In some cases, all results may not be, favourable. But it is always essential to practise, try and put every efforts to get success., 1
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- 3) (Two Stories about Flying), (Class - 10), (First, Speaking, Question:, We have just read about the first flight of a young seagull. Your teacher will now divide the class, into groups. Each group will work on one of the following topics. Prepare a presentation with your, group members and then present it to the entire class., • Progression of Models of Airplanes, • Progression of Models of Motorcars, • Birds and Their Wing Span, • Migratory Birds – Tracing Their Flights, . Answer:, This is an activity. So, do this under the guidance of your subject teacher., Writing, Question:, Write a short composition on your initial attempts at learning a skill. You could describe the, challenges of learning to ride a bicycle or learning to swim. Make it as humorous as possible., L Answer:, Learning to ride a Bicycle, In every type of learning an art or skill is required. After learning traffic rule, we should enter into, the process of learning a bicycle. Practice in balancing our body on, handle plays an important role. Last week I was learning to ride a cycle. All of a sudden, I was to fall, because of misbalance of my body on cycle. My friend helped me and saved me from being hurt. I, had proceeded ahead then I collided with an old man. He became angry but did not shout on me., Gradually, I got control in such a way that I had no chance of any collision. In this way I used my, skills in learning to ride a bicycle., and controlling the, The Black Aeroplane, Thinking about the Text, Question:, 1. "I'll take the risk." What is the risk? Why does the narrator take it?, 2. Describe the narrator's experience as he flew the aeroplane into the storm., 3. Why does the narrator say, "I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota..."?, 4. What made the woman in the control centre look at the narrator strangely?, 5. Who do you think helped the narrator to reach safely? Discuss this among yourselves and give, reasons for your answer., E Answer:, 1. The narrator was flying the old Dakota towards Paris. He saw storm clouds looking like black, mountains. He knew he could not fly over them nor he had the fuel to fly around to north or, south. The risk was to fly through the black storm clouds. The narrator took the risk because he, wanted to reach Paris to celebrate Christmas with his family., 2
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(First Flight)(Chapter - 3) (Two Stories about Flying), (Class - 10), 2. As the narrator flew into the storm, everything went black. It became almost impossible to see, anything outside the plane. The aeroplane jumped and twisted in the air. When he looked at his, compass, he couldn't believe what he saw. The compass was turning round and round. It was dead., Along with it, the other instruments, including the radio, were also dead. He saw another aeroplane, with no lights on its wings, but was flying through the storm. Its pilot waved at him, asking him to, follow. He was glad to find help. It was the last fuel tank and there was only enough fuel to fly five, or ten minutes. Then, the other pilot started to go down and he followed. He suddenly came out of, the clouds and saw the runway, on which he then landed his plane safely., 3. The pilot was delighted to land safely out of dark stormy black clouds, therefore, he was not sorry, to walk away for his plane. He felt bad, when he was not able to thank his guide, his mentor who, saved him from the frightening situation, but he was so happy after landing that he didn't feel sorry, for not being able to thank the guide pilot., 4. The Women in control centre was surprised when the narrator asked about the other aeroplane, and its pilot. She was surprised because she did not see any other aeroplane on the radar., 5. According to me, it was the narrator's own self that helped him through the storm. As the woman, at the control centre saw only his plane on the radar, there was no other plane in the storm. The, narrator might have been hallucinating. He was a good pilot, and it might have been his own self, that came to his help., Thinking about Language, Question I:, Study the sentences given below., (a) They looked like black mountains., (b) Inside the clouds, everything was suddenly black., (c) In the black clouds near me, I saw another aeroplane., (d) The strange black aeroplane was there., The word 'black' in sentences (a) and (c) refers to the very darkest colour. But in (b) and (d) (here), it means without light/with no light., 'Black' has a variety of meanings in different contexts. For example:, (a) 'I prefer black tea' means 'I prefer tea without milk'., (b) 'With increasing pollution the future of the world is black' means 'With increasing, pollution the future of the world is very depressing/without hope'., Now, try to guess the meanings of the word 'black' in the sentences given below. Check the meanings, in the dictionary and find out whether you have guessed right., 1. Go and have a bath; your hands and face are absolutely black., 2. The taxi-driver gave Ratan a black look as he crossed the road when the traffic light was green., 3. The bombardment of Hiroshima is one of the blackest crimes against humanity., 4. Very few people enjoy Harold Pinter's black comedy., 5. Sometimes shopkeepers store essential goods to create false scarcity and then sell these in black., 6. Villagers had beaten the criminal black and blue., 3
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(First Flight)(Chapter - 3) (Two Stories about Flying), (Class - 10), Answer I:, 1. The meaning of 'black' in this sentence is that the face and hands are dark with dust and heat., 2. Here, 'black' refers to an angry look., 3. Here, 'blackest' refers to the darkest, cruel and inhuman crime., 4. Here, 'black' refers to dark and gloomy comedy., 5. The meaning of 'black' in this sentence is that the shopkeepers sell the described goods 'at a, higher price'., 6. Here, 'black' means that the criminal suffered excessive beating at the hands of the villagers., Question II:, Look at these sentences taken from the lesson you have just read:, (a) I was flying my old Dakota aeroplane., (b) The young seagull had been afraid to fly with them., In the first sentence the author was controlling an aircraft in the air. Another example is: Children, are flying kites. In the second sentence the seagull was afraid to move through the air, using its, wings., Match the phrases given under Column A with their meanings given under Column B:, A, B, 1. Fly a flag, Move quickly/suddenly, 2. Fly into rage, - Be successful, 3. Fly along, - Display a flag on a long pole, 4. Fly high, - Escape from a place, 5. Fly the coop, - Become suddenly very angry, C Answer II:, A, В, - Display a flag on a long pole, - Become suddenly very angry, 1. Fly a flag, 2. Fly into rage, 3. Fly along, - Move quickly/suddenly, 4. Fly high, - Be successful, 5. Fly the coop, - Escape from a place, Question III:, We know that the word 'fly' (of birds/insects) means to move through air using wings. Tick the, words which have the same or nearly the same meaning., flit, paddle, flutter, swoop, ascend, float, ride, skim, glide, spring, Пар, sink, dart, hover, descend, soar, shoot, stay, fall, sail, 4
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(First Flight)(Chapter- 3) (Two Stories about Flying), (Class - 10), Answer, The words which have the same or nearly the same meaning as 'fly' are as follows:, > Swoop, > Flit, > Soar, > Hover, > Sail, > Skim, > Flap, > Glide, > Flutter, > Spring, Writing, Question:, Have you ever been alone or away from home during a thunderstorm? Narrate your experience in, a paragraph., E Answer:, Experiencing a Thunderstorm, On the last Monday, I was going to school form my house. It is situated about 7 kilometres. All of a, sudden there came a sand storm full of dust. Gradually it became too violent to move about. I, decided to stay under the roof of Tiwari Academy (an education institute). Very soon it turned very, fierce and took away many roofs of huts in the open. It became dark with dust and sand. Nothing, was visible in that atmosphere. The storm was trying to blow away the people, standing in the open., Many trees were uprooted. After an hour, it receded but I did not find my bicycle. Later on, it was, seen on a tree. Many of the people lost their things in that storm.
