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W;\5~ JmpaireJ M ,\ n~ull ,,1 Jl,htll.~ IH'l"'C'
d,m1n~c. 111n· ,wf'(" ,h_h1~t"I lh,tl !lht· :-1hl\lhl lwJ,H1.·,t
\\11h l~<",uin,s:" ,1ld~ and St.·111 ''-' ,\ !'-\'lh>l..ll 1t,r lht· lkal.
·t:.'n~ry111ing suddenly h-x,kl"\.l hl,,rk.· s.,~-s F., dyn.
3. But [\'f'lyn was not goin!! 10 ~I\'(" HJ>, Shr was
deu·..rmtntd to k.td a 11\'lnl\.ll llll' nnd lU&[_:-..\Jt ht·r
interest In music. One- d.1y she•}~~ n girl playing
a ~ and dl"•ddt"<i th.it sh< \\11ntc-d to piny It
too. Most of the teac.'hc-rs dt~rour,ut(jll her but
ix:n,u•sla(tl<l Ron Fortx-s spoff,.J lwr pmcn\jjll. He
began by tuning ru-o large drums to dUlcn·nt notes.
·Don't Ustcn through your ears: he would say. ·u-y
to ~rise fl some other way.· Says EYcl~n. ·suddenly
I realised I could f~I the higher dmm from the
\\-a.isl: up and the low·er one from lhe waist down:
ForMs repeated the exercise. and soon Evelyn
dtsco,·crcd that she could sense certain notes in
different pans of her body. ·1 bad learnt to open my
mind and body to sounds and ,1bratlons: n,e rest
was shCCf delfflDlrultlorf and bard work.
4. She n~·er looked back from that point onwards. II Is l1ill18ulng to wa1cl1 Euclyn)U.ncrton
She lour... the United Kingdom with ~ h so qfonlt:ssly u:Uhout /teartttg
~!!!!. and by the Ume she was sixteen. she had
dC'cided to make music her Ufe. She _audl!IO~ for shon
;,• .-, ... 'fi 1C,
JXrfo,a nol just watching the lips. lt's the whole face.
the Royal Academy of Music and scored one of the lhalthcd1,mc~ the eyes."' She speaks fl~"'ith a t,u.i..~•,W'llhOUI•
highest marks In the history of the academy. She could dN'kl<goodl S<oltlsh !!!!,. ·My speech ts clear because I could .....,.,_
g~dually moved from orche,;l r e1I work to solo !\he\4-as I hear till I was elcYen." she says. But that d«sn·t 1111 a-..yal'
performances. Al the end of her 11tree-year course. explain how she! managed to learn French and ..,,.-.
sbe had ~ most of the top awards. master baste Japanese.
5. And for all LhJs, Evelyn won·t accept any hint of ·u
As for 1i1us1c: she explutn•. ~!i tn through
every part of my body. 1t ~~~the skin, my '"'"'"°" ~ •
herold 3:chlevemmr. •If'you work hard and know
where you are going. you11 get there: And she got ::=,:.
cJi.cekboncs und even tn my hair." When she plays
the p_J!bllne. she can S<'ll"" the sound passing up
rtght to the top. the world's mmt sought•aftcr aulij·
p ~ t ~ t with a mastery ofsome fhousand the luck Into her fingertips. lly l<anln& again•I the
dru11111. she can reel lhe.~Rowln& Into her ~,::;- ..-
} ~ s ~ = and ~ · llecUI lntematJonal echedule. •••<11-",t w' body. On a wooden plutronn ah• ttfflO\ff her s i -
6· ~ i ,le-_. to watch ~l,X!) function 80 -
e 111 wl out heartna. In our two-hour S - " IICI that the vtbraUon• pallS thrOUJlh her bare £eel
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that we~ ~Ucr ~n.<i!ldcrrd to be p-yor. d U / r.w"'c-
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to lhc Allaha bad Music Conlr rcncc At the cr.d of
1,wu..,,,.,1..,1." his recita l, Ustad falyaz . Khan e-'tt«! the your:(
"llhout. ,.hrJ boy's back and said, -work hard and you ,r..i:I rr-llu-
pln-coC .uirt 11.• With lhc C?P<nlng of the All lnd1,1 R..:!io In
l>odon ,
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fpronoun n:,d 7. \Vhcn India
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nalion with his shdm .ll ti" J>t.!.lUt:Ll h•• hc-.1n uul
Into Raag J(afl from th" H.nl t"urt lo ,n •u,hC' n'-~
which Includ ed Pam.Ill JJ\\-..li.,rL,I :\duu. .,1,., l.&1<r
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8. Blsm lltah Khan ha"' ~hru m.l1ty n~..!!.11.!:tlc
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\\'l1rn UH• hnmld sht1rlow11 hov1·1
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And the nwlnnrho ly da.rknc·ss
GcntJy weeps 111 rainy lcars,
What a bliss to press the pillow
Of a 1;0unge-chamber bed
And lie listening lo tJ1e paller
Of the soft rain overhead!

D,ery tinkle on Ule shingles

Has an echo in the heart:
And a thousand dreamy fancies
Into busy being start.
And a thousand recollecUons
Weave their air-thread s into woof.
As I listen to the patter
Of the rain upon the roof.
Now In memory comes my mother,
As she used In years agone.
To regard tile darling dreamers
Ere she left Ulem till the daw11:
O! I feel her fond look on me
As I 11st LO this refnil11
Which I,; played upoi'i Ille sl1l111,(k~
By the pauer of the rain. .r
 "You d-d-do,n know? If you stutter like that
it
Mother wtll have to take you to the doctor.·
,. 3. The Little Girl She never stut1cr<1 with other people - had quite
given tt up - but only wtth Father, because then J·., "' rMr,ppcd

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she was trying so hard to say the words properly• """"'"
"Wha1's lhe m.:\ltcr? What are you looking so
n, "'" y,,u R, "' 'Fetched about? Mother. J "1sh you taught thJs child
Do you feel you know your JXlrenrs better now. LhQn1 not to appear on the brink: of suicide... Herc... Kezfa. l; ••' t: -I unh.&PP7'
you were much younger? Perhaps you now w1dersr4- carry my teacup back to the table carefully.
reasonsfo rsomeofth eiracCion sthalusedt oupse1yoo ,
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He was so big - his hands and his neck. .......... _about to
. . especially mouth when he yawned Thinking mmmlt -
• This s1ory abour a l!Ule girl whose Jeeltngs for her J bo I him his alone was like thJnkJng about a gJanL
changefro mfear ro understand ing wtll probably} inda, ~n ~unday afternoons Grandmot her sent her down
ln c~ry home. to the drawing-ro om to have a "nice talk with Father
and Mother·. But the llule girl always found Mother
r-cadtng and Father stretched out on the sofa. his
1. To the Utile girl he was a figure to be feared and b l"l•li>l•;,,I handkerch !d
on hJs face. his feel on one of the best
amided. Every morning before going lo work he came 8 ~ totr cushions. sleeping
soundly and snoring.
into her room and gave her a casual kiss, to which
she responded With "Goodbye . Father·. And oh.
there was a glad sense of rcJJcf when she heard the
noise of the carriage growing fatnt~r and fainter
down the long road!
In the evening when he came home she stood
near the staJrcase and heard his loud voice In the
hall. "Bring my tea Into the drawing-r oom ... Hasn"t
the paper come yet? Mother. go and sec If my papers
out there - and bring me my slippers.·
2. "Kczla.• Mother would call to her. •if you·re a good
girl you can come down and take off father's boots.·
Slowly the gJrl would slip down the stairs. more
slowly stlll across the hall. and push open lhe
drawing-r oom door.
By that lime he had hJs Bpeclaclee
at her over them In a - y that wu
o;.:::,~ to
the Ill tie g)rl.
-WeU, Knla, huny up and pull off tbeee boote
and take them outside, Have you been a &ood
girl today?"
'I cl-ci-doiriknow. Father."
 I
d tt" of Btsmtlht h Khun's
film was A hH. " 11 OI I ftoolQOUC I "tuntrd &1£KJWI OllnA! Whe.n PartJtkm h a ~ . dkln'I you find r,ur
°""'l""'IK 'l"'· •1Jll~n~1t&k-.nn"' • 1·p:··p·ltc this 1,,,1, , f11mlly think of mavtn,c CO PakJ.ttan?
ollt h> ~ • 1!.\th'n"1dC' _chartbdu~~cr:.ld c:tsmllln h b~~kc-;i- •• '"1'ttriii l:Jm,ttuAH KHA.'t Ood lorbtdl Me. lt•w Btn,ira.f? Ne-vn1 f wmt
h\itt" suN"'('"-S tn tht rdlulol \\or , n /111l11ltl okl toPakJ1tan onc:e-tcr~ Hd thebonlCTJUM to My I hawbem
Kha.J\'s \Tnll;t"C"~ In tltm music ,Vere limited _to two: fit"hlc•nNJ Wit)' Cf to PAlt.11tM. I wu thtte lt,r about an hOur. I •kl natnaMlV
\'tj.t,· J3h,ttJ:s Gurtf Utht Shehrtaf and Vt~ram r,-frn1nJ,t to n1rn, to the PakJ1la.nu and 9alaam ClbOa.&m to the lndianal I had a
Snnh-as·• l\ruinaaa ,..,nture. Sanadhl Apanna. I Just 1~11111111 PfOJttt, good lau&h. -•-~2000I
c-a.n·t C"Omt" to terms wtth the arttnclal lty n11. oRen tm•ohoc_, "-
glamour o( the rum world." he says 111th emphosl • 13. Uatad Blsmlllah Khan·• life Is a perfect example of
,., br.lkvtne
9. ~..ards and re~IUo n came thick and fast. the rich, cultural ~rltage of Jndla. one that ..... ~ i n • rT.llp,n
8'scllW, Khan became lhe Om Jndlan to be Invited <.![oEJ~•IY accepts that a c!e'!!!I~ Muslim like IUm and obcyU\411u 1&...
to pc,torm at the ~t!gtou s Uncoln Centre l:lall In can very naturally play the shehnaJ every morning ........... ....
the t:ntted States Amenca :llr.Jso took part In at the ~ 1 V ~ ~ m p l e . I"'"'°""
the World !e_xposlUOn In Montrea1. In the ~ J J
(Uatad Btsmillah Khan puacd away on 21 AulU,9t 2CX>6 at
A,.-,. !'esm-af ana1nih e Osaka_T rade fair. So well
the age of ninety after a p_rolongt:d lllness. He wu gtwn a
k.na.-n did be become internat ionally that an
state funeral and the Govcnimc nror lnd1a declared one day
~ in Tc cran "·as named after him - --
!'ah.ar ~!osl uec · s t a a d ~ l - 1 " ' ° ~ ~ ~
of natfonal mournJng.l
10. Saoonal a"' s c i::fiel'iffiiiaslirT."' the Padmtr'
Bhushan and the Padma bhusha were •;,'\~inking aiJout lhc Text
~onhim.
IL m 2001. t:stad BismilJah Khan was a
~:r:t:;t~~~t
ed India's
I. Tick th; rtght ~"-er.
a d~grec I. The (shchnaJ. pungl) was a 'reeded notscmakc r."
h!ghest cMlia.n award. the Bharat Ra°'tha. With the 2. (B1.!!imillah Khan. A barber. Ali Bux) transforme d the pungi Into a ~hnaL
~ w a r d resting on hls chest and his eyes R!ffiUj. much 3. Blsmlllah Khan·s patemaJ ancestors wuc (t)artxr.l. proksskm al mu..~ .
~ 1'1th ran, happines s he saJd, "All I would deslttd 4.. Blsmillah Khan learnt to play the shchnal &om W1 Bux. Palgamba r Bux.
lie'""'nrsay 1st Teach your chlldrcn music, this Is Ustad Fatyaaz Khan).
J·findUSla?l"s richest tradition; even the West ts now 5. Blsmtllah Khan's llrsl lrtp abroad was to Wgt,anistan. U.S.A.. Canada!.
mming lO learnou i ~

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U. Flnd the words tn the text which show Ustad Blsmallah kba1fs ~ about
12. In ..-, of ba,ing travelled all over lhe world - lhe ttcms Ustcd be.low. Then mark a Uclt ,_,, ln Ow <'OIT'K't cotuma. Dbn&w WIit
Khansaab as he Is fondly called - ls ~ding ly •
fond of Bcnaras and Dumraon and they rcmainl or
him the most ~ !owns of the world. A
.,ucknt of his once wanted him lo head a shc:hnaJ
11.nswcrs ln class.

BtsmUlah Khan'• /edll1tll -

I. tuchJng chlldttn musk:
........
""hool In the U.S.A., and the student promised to
,......,,,., the ;umosph ere of Bcnaras by r ~ 2. the ftlm world
tJ,e 1.m!ples there. But Khansaa b asked hl If h 3. m1&raU1141 lo the U.S.A.
•·ould be able to transpon Rl G
l.altt' he 16 n:membe rtd 10 ha ver anga as well.
m e
.. playtn& at 1<mplco
wilffl<'V< r I am ln a fomgn ve llald. "'Jbat la why II. &ellln& lbc Bharat Ratna
10 ,_ HlnduMa n. While I n = I Jkttp )'earning
Bcnaras and 1he holy Ganga. And • think of only •• Ibo 11u1ta or lbc 01111,a
I 1111M the un!gue '!!!!!ll!Polnum=■ In Benaru.
7.
lea¥tae Bonaru anti -
I2-41-.. .
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i. He al~ felt a $pe<'iaJ inten-st In a fclJow student.
Mik\'a Marie-. whom hC' found to be a ..clever
c-l"f".1.n1n'... TI1fs young Serb had come to Swit7.ertand While Elnslcln was solvtng the most difficult
tx-c.au:.;e t.he Uniwr.sfty in Zurich was one of tJ1c few problems In physics. his private life was
tn E'uropt" whl~re women could get degrees. Einstein unravelllng. Albert had wanted to marry Mileva nght m11w~·Ur,oq st..inln(
after finishing his studies, but his mother was 1or:u1
saw in her an ally against the "phllfst!nei;·-
::1,: a r~ against It. She thought Mlkva, ,i.,.ho was three years
1hose people fn his family and al Che university !!Ocia1, older U1an her son. was too old for him. She was
uith whom he- u-as constantly at odds. T11e couple pl11J1,u1,~ also bothered by Mllcva·s Intelligence. "She Is a
fcU in 101-e. Let1crs sun'ive in which they put their 0SCdd1~ book Uke you," his mother said. Einstein put the
1
aff~c(fon into words, mixing science wJth ::1~:~~ wedding off.
tenderness. Wrole Einstein: ·How happy and proud lHcrntu~l The pair finally martted _In January 1903, and had
I shaU be when we both have brought our work on "i two sons. But a few years later. the marriage
reJati,iry to a victorious concJusion... faltered,. Mlleva. meanwhile. was losing her J11,lf1•h"f'l.bccamc:
8. In 1900. at the age of 21. Albert Einstein was a intellectual ambition and becoming an unhappy weak
unf,•crsfly graduate and unemployed. He worked housewife. After years of constant fighting. the
as a leaching assistant, gave private lessons and couple finally divorced ln.1919. Einstein married
finaIJy secured a job In_ 1902 as a technlcal expert his cousin Elsa the same...ycar.
in lhc _pa1en! office In Bern. While he was supposed patt!'JU:. a~
ro be assessing other people's Inventions, Einstein Whlchgl""1t
was actually developing his own ideas in secret. He ngh1sor,.;.Einstein's new personal chapter coincldell with his
is said to have Jokingly called bls desk drawer at to an I n - rise to world fame. In 1915, he had published his
•.-ork lhe "bureau of theoretlc:,p physics.· General Theory of RelaUvlty, which provided a new
9. One of lhc famous papers of 1905 was Einstein's lnterpretatlop of gravity. An ecllp§e of the sun in
Special Theory of RelatMty, according to which ume 1919 brought proof that It was accurat\,. Einstein
:"d disrance are not absolute. Indeed, two perfectly nbsoluli.~fllll had correctly calculated ln advance the extent to
~ t e clocks will not conUnue to show the same 1n Usclr. nou which the light from fixed stars would be dellected dt.•jL.'(1td: clwlged
through the sun's gravitational field. The newspapers dlrttt1on because tl
e they come together agaJn after a Joumey If rclatlontoaq hit iOltl<thing
proclaimed his work as "a sclentlflc revolution."
one of them bas been moV!ng very fast relaUve to else
t• other. From this followed the world's most
1. Einstein received the Nobel Prize for Physics In
1921. He was showered "1th honours and invitations
:;'?us formula which describes the relationship from all over tlic world. and 1aude4, by the press.
"een mass and energy:
E•mc2
/In lhJ5 ~ - E 1. When,the Nazis can1e to power In Gem1any In 1933,
andcforlhe • .,_ioflhellglutn •tlJrldsfo,enerr,y, mformass
a"""""1tfaboul300,0001anfs/. Einstein emigrated to the United States. Five years
When)'OUIIIW11han1ce"1for- ..... _ later. the discovery of nuclear fission In Berlin had
- ...... llllnules ..... - ...... It American physicists In an 1.1proa~ Many of them tn an ,ipmar. W1J
ho! - b-...., _,,;.Wl:w:n .JOU alt on a upo<t
11 had 1led1from Fascism. Just as Einstein had, and

48/ &,,hb,e
...
houn-fbara --..,,.
- • -
-Al-,.._ llb 11vo now t11ey were afrald the Nazis could build and use
an atomic bomb.
 Shr !ii.It on A ~h"C'l. ,-,..tr:,,"TI)' mit.·ht'CI him 1111111 hr loo mw•h lo t•xplnln. MIii'.' lay In !he sha<low.,d
('1yh1~
""t'k<" .md ~lr"C"lC'hr1.i. ,md ~""krd 1hr tlm<' - llwn ruwn wn1C'l1h1J! the cvc11lng IIJ.(.ht make a aad llttle
k.'11.,kn:i al h<"r 1mt1t·rn on l11c Ooor.
"'D,m"t st.1rt ~- K<'zlR, You look like a little 111c-n Fnlhrr rumc lnlo the room wtth a ruler ln
bm"i, 0\\1."'
hl'4 lrneuls .
Ont" d.:w. wh<'n sht wns kt~pt Indoor s \\1111 o rold, "I nm f,(olnf,( lo IX",11 you for this,"' he said.
her ,-r.md ~h<T 1old hc-r Lhat fa1her·s birthd ay was "Oh, no. no", she trrf'11m,.,. hie.Jing under the
bcclclotl1c~.
n<'-\1 wN·k. and su..._i!!!t-StC'd she should make him n He pulled them ;lNldc.
p1n-<"ush1on for a gtft out of a beauti ful plece of "Sit up; he ordere d, "'and hold out your hand5 .
.
Yt":Jo\\· s1lk..
girl lnborto, You must be t.aught once and for all not to touch
5. Labcrtously. "1th a doubl e collon . the llllle
of dfo".l.l\:1 what does not belong to you."
sutchc d thrtt sides. But what to fill IL with? That "• "But It was for your b-b-blrthday."
11'2.S the questi on. The grand mothe r was out In the Down came the ruler on her little. ptnk palms .
wrapp ed htt
gan::Scn. and she "-ande red Into Mothe r·s bedro om u.,a,id,.,.mri. Hours later. when Grand mothe r had
her In the rockin g-chair. the
to look for ""8p& . On the bed-t.able she discov ered Into. by<ho, In a shawl and rocked
• g?Ut many sheets of fine paper. gathe red them !;°Z - child clung to her sol\ body.
up. tore them Into tiny pieces. and stuffe d her ease, etc. U1at~ "What did God make father s for'r she 90bbed.
then .,....., up the fourth side. nttd<d •tterc' s a clean hanky. darling. Blow your nose,.
hueand ay, Go to sleep. pet: you'll forget all about lt In
the
~ ~ night there was a hue and cry In the house . protest morni ng. I tried lo explai n to Fathe r but he v.-as too
• athcr s great speech for the Port Autho rity had upset lo Usten tonight."
been lost. Room s were searc hed: serva nts But the child never forgot. Next time she saw
qi;:5uoned. Finally Mother came Into Kez1a·s room. him she quickly put both hands behin d her back
Kezia. I suppose you didn"t see some paper s on and a red colour flew Into her checks.
a ta.bk fn our room?'" The Macd onatd s lived next door. They had """
.~~ ::•· . she said. ·1 tore them up for my childr en. Looking throu gh a ga_p In the fence the
little girl saw them playin g 'tag ln the evenin g.
-v.b.at!" sercamcd Moth er. •eome slraJg ht down The father with the baby. Mao, on his shoul dffs.
to tr.e dlnlng
·room this Instan t • two little gtrls hangi ng on to his coat pocke ts
6 And •he was dragge d d • ran round and round the flowe r-beds . shaking
!lullll! to and fro hand8 own to where Fathe r was with laugh ter. Once she saw the boys tum the
-V.'ell?" he laJd behind his back. hose on him- and he tried to catch them laugh lnl
Mother apla Jft~ - all the time.
lk ,..., . Then It was she decid ed there were differ ent
. WJJ>do Pedan d81at tdatlh ee'-"~
•wu. sorta of father s.
Did you Iha!?"
Suddenly, one day. Mother becam e Ill. and lbe
-- .
·• n-oo·, 1hr - - - - . and Grand mothe r went to hmplt al.
~
-~
OU :~: left alone Ill tbe bouae Wllh

__ brr and fetch down Che

RIGID The llttle 11r1 -
bed Allee, tba caoll. That - 1111 rf&hl In lhe ~ .
that the child•• Pllt
_,.,tlua lnalant.. to
 ohl llli!l1 lrm1 rr, t1mt" - lht> L, , tvr
•A 1l11I 1hr

Kr}
11ntt1 r
,.r and
., ~\ \ with n knlrr noe l~ rnpr . who ,am r n,-a,
e ,he rouM
;:'~
1
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\.
i- 1wn1rr, ~mll llU( ltml drrm lrul -imil~. whJl
not mov e. coul d only ,ran d sllll . crylnC out.
' tt'llv tr1n t to see
J . "Orn mlm ul Grant.Ima!" She woke
I l" t ~- .,r.,, •
.~ \· Fnlh cr beside lu:r bccJ. a candle In his
hand .
_ • \ .,,.-.
• ~
1 "Whut's the matter?" he s.aJd.
r , , .. •. "'1 ,#- /

. "Oh. o butc her - a knlrc - I wan

t Gran nie.· He
, ~✓ up the
••\
~~ bkw oul t.he candle, bent down and caught
age
child In his arm s. carry1ng her alon g the pas.
bed.
to the big bedr oom . A new spap er was on theed up
He put awa y the pape r, then care fully tuck
p •Ull.
the chlld . He lay down besi de her. Half ultt ed.
sUII with the butc her's smil e all abou t her It seem er
und
she crep e clos e to him. snug gled her head
his ann. held Ughtly to his shir t.
The n the dark did not matt er: she lay lltlll.
get
"Her c. rub you r feet agat n•t my leg• and
them warm ." sald Fath er.
!. Ttrc d out. he slep t before the Utile
g1rl. A funn y fttUng
all -
came over her. Poor Father. not so blg. after
afte r him. He was barc lff

rrflfi I
and with no one to look
was a hard ness . And
than Gran dmo ther, but It nltt
be a
every day he had to work and was too llrM 10
up all his beau uruJ
Mr Mac dona ld ... She had tom
writing... She stirr ed sudd enly . and 911!1h<d.
r
"Wh at's the matt er?" aske d Mr father. "Anotlw
dream?"
t.
"Oh .· said the llttlc 1,'11'I. "'my Mad ·• on )'OW ' !war
n,., lurl, gc,f """ rlvougl, a gap Uw, Macdonalds I can hear It going. Wha t a big hear t you ~ IOI-
plagu,g 'lag' In ""' """"'1,g.
Fath er dear ."
_.__
t.ut •iul e Abee •u putt ing her to bed ..... grew
•udd enly atr....i..
10 "'Alw 'II I do 111 haft a nl flh ~

. ...
llbe
._ and then aeke d. "I

.. -...
oht:n ..... . ru e,.
Into ..... ~ ..... . Ma, In UteGruwe ....
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oil ..... ... _ . . . . . , · - ... ... ..
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 f !Oll cng ik 1~I111-ilcln wro le " fell er
I). Hoo scv clt,
15. At thl' urg tnf! Cl ",,'. , I I, II • frn11kll11 1• "/I •f ti
to tiH' Alll l'l'h 'IIII I { 111 Sl l I '
t)'I' ' wh ich he- wan 1c.1
,. s ng c
t l I J
g 1t ver y
OIi 'l 1\11.•.ru:1 ' ' "·
. ('Xiilod<·d 111 11 por t. 111I , f
homh ol thh 1yp, • • • ' por t lo/. (!'ll itr .
wll l 1j()m c o
wd l dc:~llu)' !Ill' who il'
,, I•·i·i·1torv
J.
" I !ls• wo rds did 1101 fall lo
I l ll' ~\lrl\ l\111 < I'll,.. '
I lie Mornlc·
lun ,· ,Ill l'lll' ('l. i'hl' Ani nlc am , dev elo ped
dro ppe d
bomb 111 a sl'r rcl project of the ir ow11, a11d
Nag asa ki
11 on th<' Jup a11 csc citie s of Hir osh ima and
111 Aug ust 1945.
ent of lhc
16. Eln~t~in was dee ply sha ken by I he ext
171lssl'!:f to ,,
dcs trul 'tion . Thi s lim e he wro lc ;1 pub lic
the- United Nnttons. In fl he proposed the
(orn1at1on ,.,Pfuar;
Roo sev cll, off,ct.,J
ot a world government. Unl ike the lett er to
t decade(
this one made no imp act . Bu t ove r the nex
litic s -
Etns1ein got eve r mo re inv olv ed in po
and usi ng
agitating for an end to U1e arm s bui ldu p
ocr acy . I
his pop ula rily to campaig~ for peace and dem
17 When Ein ste in died in 195 5 at
the age of 76. he whoca,:
lll'
citi zen as th<fu .i•
was celebrated as a vis Jon ~ and wo rld oni,n
mu ch as a scientific genius. '"'~

I. Here arc some heading ~ hs ln the text . \Vril<' the n -

paragraph(s) for each sui r para grnp
e agatn st th e hea dtng . ll1c first one b os

Ill Eins tein 's equatJon

(II) Eins tein meets his futu re wife

L_ J
hlll The mak ing of a Vlol lnlst hi
L
er
Uv) Mlle va and Eins tein 's mm her h1

!vi A l•lte r that laun('h ed the nrrns mcc

h1J A desk drawer full of tdtn<,

1•111 M ~
•• ""~ • and divorce
' •~i I llti/, J.,
 f. 4. A Tru!Y Beautiful Mind n,uch or the time. He especially
loved mechanical
toys. Looking ul his newborn sister. Maj
a. he Is said
to hav e said: "Flue, but where arc her wheels?
A hea dm ast er once told his fath "
er tha t wha l
Kt,,,,., Yuu R..-\6 Eln stcl n cho se .as a profcs~lon wou
• ll7io do you thin k of whe n you hea because "he'll ncv.cr make a success ldn"t matter.
r the wor d 'genius'?) at anything.·
Is a gen ius - wha t qua litie s do you Ein stei n beg nn tenm lng to play lhe
thin k a gen ius ltas i violin al the
• age or six. bec au,; e his mot her wan ted
• lie sl1all now read abo ut a you tale r bec ame a l,(lfled ama teur ytoltnls him to: he
ng Ger man civU seru an1 this sktl l. mal ntal nlng mnu t~ur dctn t
took tlte wor ld by slor m abo ut a hun 1 l throub'l>Qul his life. 110m~th1ngfor
dre d yea rs ago. 1 But Albert Ein
sU1 Mie rofl Y05 . the2 6-ye ar-o ldpu 01 stei n was not a bad pupil. He wen t pc,.. ...im io,,n mt
blls hed inqf icks ucc :es. to high sch ool 1■ .MunJch. whe re Ein r-athtt than u a
fou r gro und -bre akin g pap ers : abo stei n's family
ut llgh t, the motloq had moved whe prof ~lon
particles. lhe electrodynamics of mov n he was 15 mon ths old. and scor ed
ing bod ies, and enq g~ mar ks In
His wor k took up only afe w pag es alm ost every sub ject . Ein stei n hate d
In scie ntij lcjo urn als, t the sch ool'
chn nge dfo reu er our und erst and ing s regl mentaUon. and ofte n clas hed with tf'Ulrnndn•tillh orde
of spa ce. time andi this teac hers .
entire rosm os - and tran sfor med At the age or 15. Ein stei n fell so stifled or dbdp llnt takm t
the nam e 'Ein stei n' Ina ther e tha t
syn ony m for gen ius. he left the school for goo an<X ttcm<
The prev ious yea r. Alb ert's par entsd. !ll!/' ~- unab k to
had mov ed to brc a~ suffocated
• flfty yea rs afte r his death. Alb ert Milan. and left their son "1th relaUves.
Ein stei n's gen ius stil l "9 disc uss Me r prolonged
ion . Ein stei n got bis wis h to con tinu
e his
cdtl.catton In German-speaking Switzer

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land. In a city
I. A1B£Rr Ein stei n was bor n on 14 Mar whi ch was mor e liberal tha n MunJch.
ch 187 9 In the ' llllt'n il W\lUng 10
Ger man city of Ulm. Without any Ind Ein stei n was hig hly gift ed In mat
icat ion tha t he hem atic s and
was des tine d for grc' !tne ss. On the Inte rest ed In phy sics . and afte r fini rnp« :t Olhcrs·
c,on trar y, his shin g sch ool,
mot her thou ght Alb ert was a frea k. To he 'dec ided to stud y at a unJ vers lty In
her , his hea d .Jil'I Zurich. But
seem ed muc h too large. JIP•wwdu,d scie nce was n't the only tJnn g tha t app eale d
dlsappro,tngly to~ das hin g you ng man with to the
2 At the age or two -and -a-h alf, Ein ll,e ~al rus mou stac he.
stei n stil l was n't about a peno nW

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ralking. When he ftnaUy dtd lear n to spe
ak. he utte red
everything twtc,,. Ein stei n did not kno l>ehaY<, look -
w wha t to do W1U8Ual - orlll
\\1th oth er chll dren . and his play mat
es call ed hlJn
"Brother Bortng." So the you ngs ter play
ed by himself

~ In 190 0 GI 11W
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u:rl p .. lh,,•! • i , ·,.11 !h dun· nr 1uu1 indu·- ., 1,,,,11
rm tu'\·!
II \\'OU Id 11,,1 lw 1·c•111·1 1 10 :-ay mcn·lj thnl I ,,11

there- holdi m! 111,· lm•.1111. I \\'as 1t1111l."<I to ~tour . Bu1

nnr mind was ~-t'n· .11 m·c·. Tht- door opcn t'd Into
d~kn ess. Tilt'· n-.n;n \\-:1-. s111Tot111ded by darkn ess.
In 1hc light or lht• l,uup I sal there- like: a ston r A:rlia ps U wamt."d ro eiyoy £r.s
n.:nt•f'HOo at closer quw1c rs.
ima$!t' in lh<' fit·!->11. •
8. fell then 1he ,!!re-at prest"11ce of th<" creat or of this
I
world and this universe. God was th<r<. Supp os~ I to mak, · an lmpo rtnnt decision ahou t growing a
said some thing and he did not like It ... mous tache or using cyi: shad ow and ma!'Cara or
I tr1cd In my imagination to write In brigh t lette rs wearing a vermtltojt spot on its forehead?
outsi de m,, Utile hean the words. ·o God". to. I did not know anytl1lng for certain. What sex was
:
this snak e, was It male or female? I will never !mow
Ther e was some pain In my Jell arm. It was as If a for the snak e wiwound Itself from my ann and slowl y
thick leaden rod - no. a rod made of molte n fire - slith~recj Into my lap. from there It ettrj onto the
was slowly but powerfully crush ing my arm. The table and moved towa rds the mirror. Perh a,s It
ann was beginning to be drain ed of all stren1,rth.' want ed to enjoy Its ttfttt tton at closer quarters.
Wha t could I do? I was no mcq, Image cut In granite. I was sudde nly
9. At my slightest movement the snak e woul
d strik e
a man of flesh and blood. Stlll holding my breat h I
me! Deat h lurke d four Inch es away . Supp ose It
got up from the chair. I quietly went out throu gh
struc k. what was the medicine I had to take? Ther e the door Into the veranda. From there I kapl Into
were no mcd.lctncs In the room. I was but a poor, the yard and ran for all I was wonh .
foolish and "'upl d doctor. I forgot my dang er and body
smllcd flll# at lll)'Rlf. ~ I" Each of . . . . . . . sigh of rellc( . Some
It seemed u If Cod a 1a•~ asked. "Doctor, la your Wife very fat?"
pprec '"" that. The snak e
turned Its'- -~ looke
•oc.oa. It d Into the mirror and saw J. "No." tbe doctor said. "Ood . . . otherwl9e. My life
Its reflectJon. I do not cla!m that companion 1a a thin - person With the gift of•
snak e that had ever look It was the first aprlnta'."
was certa in that the aked Into a mirro r. But It ao .-. e1ae uad . "Dactllr, wbea JOII IM did the
mlrTor. Wu It.... ... :~-:!!!'...~ lttrytnc
Into the
-'J''
_ _ fallow.,..,,.
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' [!l~~
**s. The snake and the Mirror
Bcrou You Ill.AD
Do l1kt.• ,,, ft1i0k
. .
ut Utlitrse{( in tlle n111Tor.> \Vlio1 di
n·~ular tmffit· of ml~ lo u11tl fnun tht• bn11n. I mad,·
my l.>Pd amt pullrd 11 <'lo~<• lo lllt' wull. I lav down
hul I could 1101 ~h-t•p. I got 11p and wt•nt 0111 1u rlw
vt•rnnda for u 11111l' :1lr, but tlw wl11cl ~od ~c•f•11u·d 10
hnvr lak,•11 11111(' ulT.
I. I wt•nt ha<·k llllo the.~ room ,mcl
,.,I down m1 H1e
c-hnlr. I opc11f'<l lhc box bc1walll Ille tablt" and took
thi,t~o~Ol.>ut u1 such tlllfl'S! Jlw.:e you c,·cr see11 _u. dog,1
out a book. lhc.~ MalerlCl Mellicu. I Opl'ncd II at the
or n bird look lrttc> n mirror? \Vlmt do you th(nk '·' see~ lablc on which stocKI the lamp und a large mirror: a

t • ,\"ou· n'ad r/Jis /umtorous stonJ about a doctor. a snnkt_

a mirror.
smal1 comb lay beside the mirror.
One feels lt•mpted to look Into a mirror when II I~
near one. I took a look. In those days I was a great
admire] of beauty and I beltevc<l In making myself
•1t.s a snake e,·er coiled llself round any part of look hdndsome . I was unman1cd and I was a doctor.
\'Our bod\'? A full-blooded cobraT All of us fell silent. I felt I had to make my presence felt. I picked up the
comb and ran it through my hair and adjusted the
The qu.;lion came from U1e homeopaµ,. TI1e topic
parting so that II looked straight and neat.
cam, up whtn we were discussin g snakes. We Again I heard that sound from above.
listened aneau,·ely as the doctor continued with 5. I took a close look at my face in the mirror. I made
his tale-. an Important decision - I would shave dally and
It was a hot summer nJght; about ten o'clock. I had grow a thin moustach e to look more handsome . I
was after all a bachelor. and a doctor!
m,· meal at the restaurant and returned to my room.
J looked Into 1he mlrror and smiled. It was an
I heard a noise from above as I opened the door. attractive smile. 1 made another earth•sha klng
The sound was a famillar one. One could say that decision. I would always keep that attractive smile
the rats and I shared the room. I took out my box of on my face ... lo look more handsome . I was after
matches and lighted the kerosene lamp on the table. all a bachelor. and a doctor too on top of It!
2. The house was not eleclrlfled: It was a small rented Again came that noise from above.
room. I had Just set up medicaJ practice and my s. I got up. paced up and down the room. Then another
earnings were meagre. I had about stxty rupees in 'nt<./Qgf\..': smaU
lovely thought sLruclt me. I would marry.
my suitcase. Along with some shirts and dhotis. I quantliy. I would gel married to a woman doctor who had
also possessed one solitary lilacJi coat which I was plenty of money and a good medical practice. She
then wearing. had to be fat: for a vall<I reason. If I made some stlly
3. I took off my black coat. white shirt and nol•SO· mistake and needed to run away she should not be
white vest and hung them up. I opened the two able to run after me and catch me!
111ndows in -the room. It was an outer room with With s u c h - - In my mind !___.m y seat
one wall facing the open yard. It had a Wed roof In the chair In front of the table'.'""f'licre were no
111th long supporting gables that rested on the beam more sou&f~ from above. Suddenly there came a
over lhe wall. There was .no celling. There was a dull If a rubber tube bad fallen to the
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 • 2. The Sound of Music

Pa rt l

Ev ely n Gl en nie Li ste ns to So un d

wi th ou t He ar ing It

£ fol l Rt ~I)
bul. Ire lta s giuen he r ba ck
• ·Gcxt rnay ha ve lak en he r he ari ng
we hear. slie fee ls -f ar more
so1~1ething aK lra ord ina ni, Wh al
wh y sh e expresses mu sic so
de qJ/ y tha n an y of u s ~ is
~ ✓.\~
be au rtfu lly. ·
person wh o fou gh t ag ain st a
• Read the fol low ing p. un t of a
~::::,tory.
ph ysi ca l d i s a b i l i t y r c

ion on the Jo,11,• pus h rou ghl y

~ ho ur cro wd s jos tle for po sit ,lig ht sm all and
~g b.. t gir l, loo kin g
un ae rgr ou nd lra ln pla tfo rm . A
rs. wa s ne rvo us ye t lhln
younger lha n he r sev en tee n yea
s of the .!!.Qproac;!Jl_!!g
excited as sh e fel l lhc vib rat ion
pre slig iou s Royal
tra in. It wa s he r firs t da y at Lhe rlaw uu1 tt frlgh,cn111g
d da un tin g' en ou gh
Academy of Mu sic in Lo nd on an
Sc ott ish fi1rm. Bu l
for any tee na ge r fre sh fro m a , '-JJlrirH u.,k.-1 u·· n
ge r challenge lh,u1
thl s f>P lrln !(m us lcla n faced a big person who wam s
•
most: she '""' s PJ !>f ou nd !f deaf. to tx- a mu slcl ,m
ha d been l(ra du jl.
Evelyn Clenn1e·s Joss of he ari ng
lng so mc l hin g wa s
He r mo the r rem em be rs no llc
Ev ely n wa s wa ilin g
wrong when. the eig ht- ye ar- old
he r na me an d sh~
lo play t11c pia no . 'Th ey cal led
d sh e ha rln 't he ard ,"
did n't move. / su dd en ly rea lise
tt.c a wh ile Ev ely n
says Jsa be f Gl en nie . Fo r qu
g denf11ess fro m
managed to eonceaJ he r gro win
the tl111e sh r wa s
frie nd s an d, tea ch ers . 13ut by
lor nte d an d he r
eleven he r ma rks ha cl dt' ll·r
ts lo lak e he r to a
he ad mis tre ss urg ed he r pa ren
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 1'11<· dcw1<>r cqilh'cij"I r:,11 and r;cll !ill ! rcarhC'd
1
, tri,·1111',- !in1cs1• l11111wcll:11l'ly I 1,mf>f'trecl jl I all over
,m;.,·li :nid 1001,., h:1111. I l'11a11g<:d inlo fresh clothes.
rt'1t· 11 c-'<t ,non,111 u 111 nhoul c-1gh1-thfrty f took my
l'ril'ncl ,ind one ,1;· lwo others to my room lo move
Ill\' 1hini(s from 1hcre. Bui we found we had Jillie to
c~rn·. s';;mc- 1hiel' ilad remov<>cf mo:,! of my things.
Thc-.roorn h>1d been deaned out! But not really. the
thief had lcfi behind one thing as a final Jnsult!'
12. -wha1 was thnt?" I asked.
. The doctor said. "My vest. the dirty one. The
~ello\\' lfucl such a sense of cleanlinesl; ... ! The- rascal
could have taken it and used it after washing it
\\'itl1 soap and water."
-01d you see Lhe snake the nex1: day. doctor?"
The doctor laughed. ·rve never seen it since. It
was a snake which was taken wiU1 its own beauty!" ca1a,n 11

V,\JKOM MUHAMMAD BASIIEER

!translated from the Malayalam
by V. Abdullai

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•X- Thinking about the Text
I. Discuss 111 pairs and answer
(30-40 words). each question below in a short

1. -n1e 5ounrl was a familiar on. - ,

he th111k ii Wi-ts? How n~an, c: \\ _ha~ sound did the doctor hem
ccxt.J When a11cl why did I). limes dcd he hear it? (Find 1hr pl
1 k sounds slop?
2. \Vha1 Lwo ..h11por1arn- . d ..
while ht.~ was )ookh 1 tln earllt-shaking" decisions did the c
3 ig 1n10 I hf' mirror?
:r lookt~d lnio th,· mirror and sn . .:
1 forgot my di111g1-r and ..., C'cl ~ilccl. says the doctor. A liltle !rat
11111
,1hu111 l1ir11-.,..i1 whl'n, (I) lit: Or:-,t f~rhly.it n1ysf'lr.~ \Vhru Is tllr dOfll
do 111.., 1/u111gl11..., cha11gt· I I. "'lt11lt•s. ;111cl Ill) he smile~ agn111? It
. n 'klWl't•11. and wl ,?
II 11_,1 ... ..,ICH)' ahuur ·• frigh1t•11in r In , • I~.
111.,k,,., It l111111or1111..,? (Think ~f cldutt Is narrated l11 a l111111uro11~
ri·allly Sr1111c- ol lh1•n1 ;11·c• llsc I ,,ti(' <·0111rasts 11 prc~se111~ bt'"l\\'t't'll di
f • • <'l klow) •
I IJ I lw ltJrul ol IHT...,o11 I •
1
Ill/ I Ji, l<l11d ol h' dot•lor 1~ (
j)l'INn11 lit· \\' ' IIIOIH·y. pO",S(•s..;lons}
1111 10
II- •,r, I 1',·dil, (' • ~ bt· (appc·nrn1;c·t·~ n111b1t1011J