Class 7 - L12 - The Chinese - Our Neighbour

12. The Chinese–Our Neighbour

Word Meanings - 

Increase (इनक्रीस) = बढ़ना

Decrease (डिक्रीस) = घटना, कम होना 

Pace (पेस) = गति, रफ़्तार

Far (फार) = दूर

Native (नेटिव) = मूल निवासी, देशी

Emperor (एम्परर) = सम्राट, महाराजा 

Stretch (स्ट्रेच) = विस्तार, फैलाना

Fertile (फर्टाइल) = उपजाऊ

Silk (सिल्क) = रेशम

Peasant (पीजेंट) = किसान, देहाती

Straw (स्ट्रा) = घास-फूस, भूसा

Sandal (सैंडल) = चप्पल

Bare footed (बेयर फूटेड) = नंगे पैर 

Barbarian (बारबेरियन) = जंगली, असभ्य 

Invention (इन्वेंशन) = आविष्कार

Forefather (फोरफादर) = पूर्वज

Plough (प्लोऊ) = हल चलाना  

Furrow (फरो) = हल जोतने से खेत की मिट्टी में बनी रेखायें

Celebration (सेलिब्रेशन) = उत्सव, समारोह

Lantern (लैंटर्न) = लालटेन, कंदील

Huge (ह्यूज) = विशाल, बहुत बड़ा

Twinkling (ट्विंकलिंग) = जगमगाहट, जगमगाते हुए

Recent (रीसेंट) = अभी हाल का, ताजा

Bronze (ब्रोंज) = काँसा, कांस्य 

Utensil (युटेंसिल) = बर्तन

Iron (आयरन) = लोहा

Tool (टूल) = उपकरण

Wander (वांडर) = भटकना, इधर-उधर घूमना  

Wonder (वंडर) = आश्चर्य, अचरज होना

Develop (डेवलप) =विकसित करना 

Pulp (पल्प) = लुगदी

Rags (रैग्स) =चीथड़े, टुकड़े 

Cheap (चीप) = सस्ता

Politics (पॉलिटिक्स) =राजनीति

Calculation (कैलकुलेशन) =गणना

Position (पोजीशन) = स्थिति, स्थान, पद 

Mandarin (मंडारिन) = शासकीय अधिकारी 

Trader (ट्रेडर) = व्यापारी

Exciting (एक्साइटिंग) = उत्तेजक

Foreign (फॉरेन) = विदेश

Juggler (जगलर) = बाजीगर, एक व्यक्ति जो एक से ज्यादा चीजों को हवा में फेंकते हुए और पकड़ते हुए उनको गिरने से रोके रखता है.

Acrobat (एक्रोबेट) = नट, कलाबाज 

Wrestler (रेसलर) = पहलवान, कुश्ती करने वाला

Weightlifter (वेटलिफ्टर) = भारोत्तोलक, वजन उठाने वाला खिलाड़ी

Musician (म्यूजिशियन) = संगीतकार

Buzz (बज़) = गूँज, भौरे की गुंजन  

Activity (एक्टिविटी) = गतिविधि 

Sight (साइट) = दृश्य, नजारा 

Surge (सर्ज) = आवेश, लहर, तरंग

Pride (प्राइड) = गर्व

Civilization (सिविलाइज़ेशन) = सभ्यता

Reading Comprehension

A. Answer the following questions.

1. Write the names of the two rivers mentioned in the lesson.

Answer - The names of the two rivers mentioned in the lesson are Lo and Huang Ho.

2. Where was Chang going?

Answer - Change was going to his native village.

3. What was happening in Loyang?

Answer - In Loyang the people were celebrating the Chinese New Year festival.

4. What was carried along the street during the festival?

Answer - A huge paper model of a dragon was carried along the street during the festival.

5. What did the Emperor do at the beginning of the festival?

Answer - The Emperor took part in ploughing a furrow to begin the week-long celebration at the beginning of the festival.

6. What did Chang want to be?

Answer - Chang wanted to be a mandarin.

7. What shows were going on in the fair?

Answer - There were many shows going on in the fair. There were the shows of jugglers, acrobats, wrestlers, weightlifters, dancers and musicians etc.

8. Did Chang buy anything from the stalls?

Answer - No, Chang did not buy anything from the stalls.

9. Why was Chang happy?

Answer - Chang was happy to be a part of the wonderful great Chinese civilization.

B. 

1. Tick (✔) the correct sentences.

a. Chang lives in our age. (X)

b. Chang lived before the invention of silk. (X)

c. Chang lived before the invention of paper. (X)

d. Chang lived during the age when paper was invented. (✔)

2. Write True or False against the statements -

a. It was the festival of harvest. (False)

b. It was the festival of lights. (False)

c. It was the festival of lanterns. (True)

d. It was the festival of New Year. (True)

e. It was the festival of kite flying. (False)

3. Choose the correct answer.

1. The Great Wall of China is —————————.

(a) 2,500 kms long                (b) 2,700 kms long

(c) 2,300 kms long                (d) 2,400 kms long

Answer – (d)2,400 kms long

2. The wall is stretched along the river ——————.

(a) Lo                            (b) Huang Ho

(c) Yellow river              (d) Si-Kiong

Answer – (b) Huang Ho

Vocabulary

A. Add ‘-ion’  to the words given in column A and write them in column B. One is done for you.

Verb		Noun
Calculate	+ion	Calculation
Celebrated		Celebration
Dictate		Dictation
Participate		Participation
Vacate		Vacation
Narrate		Narration
Operate		Operation
Locate		Location

  

B. Write the phrases as given in the examples using (–ed, –en, –ing.)

-ed	-en	-ing
Boil – rice (Boiled – rice)	Earth – pots (Earthen – pots)	Fly – kite (Flying – kite)
Increase – price (Increased-price)	Wood – furniture (Wooden-furniture)	Talk – bird (Talked-bird)
Cook – food (Cooked-food)	Gold – ring (Golden-ring)	Weep – child (weeping-child)
Colour-pictures (Coloured-pictures)	Rot – apple (Rotten-apple)	Love – mother (Loving-mother)

C. Fill in the blanks choosing the correct word from the box.

increasing, stretch, inventions, fertile, utensils, civilization

1. Land which produces good crops has fertile soil.

2. Prices of all the items are increasing now-a-days.

3. Now-a-days we are using a lot of utensils made of steel.

4. Modern age is called the age of inventions.

5. We are a part of the great Indus valley civilization.

6. Stretch a fence around this field.

D. Match the columns.

A	B	Correct Answer
Mathematics	The science of the description of the earth	The science of numbers
Civics	The science of numbers	The study of government and its business
Geography	The science of living things	The science of the description of the earth
Biology	The study of government and its business	The science of living things
Astronomy	The study of past events	The scientific study of stars and planets
Botany	The scientific study of stars and planets	The science of plants
History	The science of plants	The study of past events

Writing

B. Fill in the blanks using the words given below.

carried, Dussehra, Bastar, dance, worship, decorated

1. Maa Danteshwari’s temple is decorated for the festival of Dussehra.

2. Maa Danteshwari’s Rath is carried on this day.

3. People from all over Chhattisgarh visit Bastar to worship Maa Danteshwari.

4. The people of Bastar wear new clothes and dance in groups.

© Anupam Agrawal