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C. Listening, Speaking And Writing, , |. Take turns with your partner to ask or, answer these questions. Explain to, him/her why you think your answer is, correct. Quote from the text if necessary., Write down your answers., , Question 1., , Mark Tully thought he would be closely, connected with others in many activities, in India., , Answer:, , True., , Question 2., , Mark was not able to make friends in, India., , Answer:, , Not True.
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Question 3., , “That, of course, is only part of the truth,”, he says. What is “part of the truth’?, Answer:, , The part of the truth is that the foreigner is, staying in India because of his friends., The part of the truth is he is drawn to India, by its beauty., , Question 4., , He watched the sunset in two places., What was the difference?, , Answer:, , He saw the sunsets in Great Himalayan, national park where the mountains, glittered in the sunset whereas in Kerala, over the Arabian sea sunset looked as the, sun slid like a great red dome. The, difference is one sunset was watched, over the Himalayan mountains, other was, watched over the Arabian sea.
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Question 5., , He says he liked the early summer smells, of India. What are they? Why do they, evoke nostalgia in him?, , Answer:, , The early summer smells are dry scents in, Delhi as the blue jacarandas, the scarlet, Gulmohar, and other trees come into, flower, the sweet smell of the queen of the, night and the freshness of first of pine, trees in the foothills of the Himalayas, after a long, hot and dusty drive across, the plains. There are folk songs and, classical music with ragas that start with, such austerity and end in ecstasy evokes, nostalgia in him. They evoke nostalgia in, him because he is reminded of such, beautiful sights back in England.
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Question 6., , Why was the smell of pines particularly, refreshing for him?, , Answer:, , The foreigner was undertaking a very long, and dusty drive across the plains and the, smell of pines refreshed him very much., , Question 7., , The author tells us about his experiences, in India, about the things he saw, smelled, and heard. Do you remember anything like, that? Try to imagine some memorable, experience and tell it to your partner., Answer:, , The student has to answer her/his own, experiences.
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Question 8., , Mark tells us about these things-the great, works of our literature, our folk are, ways, of worship, our monuments, and the, Indian food. Give examples of these, things in your own words., , Answer:, , The two great epics, Ramayana and, Mahabharata, and the poetry by great, poets., , Art — The art of the Pradhan tribe in, Central India attracted him so much that it, occupies completely one wall of his flat., Ways of worship — He describes how, , 1. Muslims stand in line after line, bowing their heads in prayer., , 2. The Hindu prior to performing the, evening rites in a Hindu temple,, , 3. The sound of priests singing the Sikh, scriptures in the Golden temple.
