6 ENG 3.5 The Duck and the Kangaroo

 

duck - बदक

kangaroo - कांगारू

say - म्हणा 

say चा PT- said

said - म्हणाला, म्हणाले

said the duck -बदक म्हणाले

to the kangaroo- कांगारूला

Said the Duck to the Kangaroo-बदक   कांगारूला म्हणाले

Good gracious! - मनातील भावना व्यक्त करण्यासाठी चांगला दयाळू आहेस म्हणणे.

how you hop ? - तू कसा टुणटुण उड्या मारतोस?

over- अंतर ठेवून वर 

on - लगत वर

fields- farm (क्षेत्र, शेती)

over the fields -शेती वरून 

too - देखील, सुद्धा

to - कडे, ला 

two - दोन 

never - कधीही नाही

you never would stop - तू कधीही थांबणार नाहीस.

life-  जीवन

my life - माझे जीवन 

bore - निरस, कंटाळवाणे,निरुत्साह

my life is a bore - माझे जीवन निरस आहे

pond - डबके, तलाव

nasty pond - घाणेरडे डबके

in this nasty pond - या घाणेरड्या डबक्यात

world -जग

beyond - पलीकडे दूर 

world beyond -जगाच्या पलीकडे दूर 

wish - इच्छा  करणे, अभिलाषा, कामना

I wish - मी इच्छा करतो.

I hop- मी टुणटुण उड्या मारतो

I could hop - मी उड्या मारू शकतो.

like you- तुझ्या सारखे 

I could hop like you-मी तुझ्या सारखे उड्या मारू शकतो.

requires - निकड ,गरज 

reflection - एखाद्या घटनेवर विचार करणे

little reflection -थोडा विचार 

some little reflection - अगदी थोडा विचार

requires some little reflection- अगदी थोडा विचार करणे गरजेचे आहे.

perhaps - कदाचित

on the whole - संपूर्णवर, सगळ्यावर

it might bring me luck - हे माझे सुदैव घेऊन येऊ शकते.

seems - दिसते

and there seems - आणि तिथे दिसते.

objection - आक्षेप 

but one objection - पण एक आक्षेप आहे.

speak - बोला

let me speak - मला बोलू द्या.

you let me speak -  तुम्ही मला बोलू द्या.

you’ll let me speak- तुम्ही मला बोलू द्याल. 

bold - धीट, धाडसी, निर्भीड,

so bold - खूप धाडसी

feet - पाऊले

unpleasantly - दुःखाने

Your feet are unpleasantly - तुझी  पाऊले दुःखाने

wet and cold- ओली आणि थंड

probably -  बहुतकरून, कदाचित,

And would probably give me the

rheumatism - संधिवात

roo -matiz - संधिवात

roo-matiz : rheumatism

as - जसे

sat- बसला,बसली,बसले

sit चा PT - sat

I sat - मी बसलो 

rocks - खडक 

on the rocks - खडकांवर 

I sat on the rocks- मी खडकांवर बसलो 

think- विचार करा.

think चा PT -thought

I have thought- मी विचार

completely-पुर्णपणे 

complete-पूर्ण 

over that completely- ते पूर्ण झाल्यावर

buy - खरेदी करा.

buy चा PT -bought

bought - खरेदी 

pairs - जोडी

pairs of - ......ची जोडी

worsted -पिळदार लोकरीचे सूत

worsted -त्यापासून बनवलेले कापड

worsted - वाईट

socks- पायमोजे 

worsted socks - लोकरीचे पायमोजे

I bought four pairs of worsted socks

fit - योग्य मापात असणे

my web-feet - माझे जाळीदार पाय

neatly - सुबक,व्यवस्थित

Which fit my web-feet neatly

I’m ready - मी तयार आहे.

moon- चंद्र

light- प्रकाश 

moonlight - चंद्रप्रकाश,चांदणे

pale- निस्तेज,अंधुक

moonlight pale - अंधुक,चंद्रप्रकाश

All in the moonlight pale. 

balance - तोल सांभाळणे

balance me well - मला चांगले तोलून ने

But to balance me well

sit - बसा

steady - स्थिर, अविचल, 

sit steady - न हलता बसा

dear Duck, sit steady ! -  

quite -अगदी 

at the end - शेवटाला, टोकाला

of my tail - माझ्या शेपटीच्या 

And quite at the end of my tail!

they went - ते गेले 

with a hop - टुणटुण उड्या मारत

bound - बद्ध, कटिबद्ध, बंधनकारक, बांधलेला

So away they went with a hop and a bound.

And they hopped 

the whole world - संपूर्ण जग

three times round  - तीनवेळा वर्तुळाकार

so happy - खूप आनंदी 

agree- सहमत

agreed- सहमती दिली

took place - घडल्या, घडले

travell- प्रवास 

travelled-प्रवास केला 

make-believe - ढोंग करणे, नाटकी पणाने.

highlight -लिखित मजकुराच्या काही भागाकडे लोकांचे लक्ष जावे म्हणून वेगळ्या रंगात खूण करणे.

(कोणत्याही गोष्टीचा अत्यंत चित्तवेधक किंवा महत्त्वाचा भाग)

reflection : thinking

objection : reason for not doing something

roo- matiz : rheumatism

roo- matiz : The poet’s funny way of saying

rheumatism which is a disease.

worsted : special woollen fabric

bound (noun) : big jump

Good gracious : an exclamation, words

used to show surprise or other strong feelings

bore (noun) : something that is dull, not

interesting

long (verb) : wish for something, want

something very much

POINTERS

1. Form groups of three. Play the roles of the narrator,  the Duck and the Kangaroo and read the poem aloud with proper pauses and intonation.

2. Read aloud the following words. Note the difference in the long and the short

vowel sounds.

◆fit-feet ◆ bit-beat ◆ hit-heat ◆ sit-seat

◆ pick-peak ◆ chick-cheek ◆ tick-teak 

◆ lick-leak

Find other pairs of words with long and short vowel sounds.

Example : pen-pain 

Ans:- ◆ sell- sail◆ full - fool ◆ live- leave 

◆ it- eat ◆fill- feel ◆ pill- peal ◆ let- late 

◆ mill- meal  ◆ still- steal

3. Put the following events in the order in which they took place.

(a) The Duck told the Kangaroo about his wish.

(b) The Duck was bored.

(c) The Duck lived in a pond.

(d) The Kangaroo agreed to take the Duck with him.

(e) The Kangaroo thought about it.

(f) The Duck decided to talk to the Kangaroo.

(g) The Duck and the Kangaroo travelled round the world three times.

(h) The Duck bought four pairs of socks.

Ans:-

(a)  The Duck lived in a pond.

(b)The Duck was bored.

(c) The Duck decided to talk to the Kangaroo.

(d) The Duck told the Kangaroo about his wish.

(e) The Kangaroo thought about it.

(f) The Kangaroo agreed to take the Duck with him.

(g) The Duck bought four pairs of socks.

(h) The Duck and the Kangaroo travelled round the world three times.

4. Use other words in place of the highlighted words to make meaningful sentences.

(1) How you hop !

(2) As if you would never stop !

(3) I long to go out in the world.

(4) I wish I could hop like you !

(5) Who so happy, O Who, as the Duck and the Kangaroo ?

Ans:- 

(1) How you dance !

(2) As if you would never return !

(3) I long to go out in the space.

(4) I wish I could sing like Adarsh Shinde  !

(5) Who so fortunate, O Who, as the Duck and the Kangaroo ?

5. Tourists and Citizens :

Prepare the following placards. Let different children stand in different places

to create a make-believe town in the classroom. Other children play the roles of

(a) citizens and (b) tourists.

The tourists enquire about the route to different places in the town and the

citizens guide them.

They may also exchange more information about the places.

◆ garden ◆ bank ◆ school ◆ old palace

◆ hospital ◆ museum ◆ zoo ◆ college

◆factory ◆ library ◆ art gallery ◆ laboratory

◆ stadium ◆ theatre ◆ old market place

You may use your imagination to give names to the above places.

LEARNING   about  LANGUAGE

 ADVERBS

Read aloud the following sentences :

 ◆ I have thought over that completely.

 ◆The socks fit my feet neatly.

 ◆ Balance me well.

 ◆ Sit steady.

 ◆ So they went away.

The underlined words are known as adverbs.

An adverb is a word that tells us something more about a verb,

 for example, ◆ Sprinkle them gently. ◆Stir it nicely.

An adverb may give us more information about :

an adjective : ‘You are too kind’.

another adverb : ‘They ran very fast.’

Many adverbs end with ‘-ly’.