The Sound of Music
9 English Beehive
Chapter 2 The Sound of Music
About the text:
The chapter is about Evelyn Glennie - a girl who lost her hearing ability but did not lose hope. The chapter gets revealed in the form of an interview where Evelyn is sharing her experiences. At the same time, the narrator (the interviewer) uses the flashback technique to go in the past and come back to the present. The chapter tells us about the trouble Evelyn has gone through, about her initial stages of learning music and about becoming one of the greatest percussionists in the world.
Summary:
Evelyn Glennie was 11 years old when her hearing ability got deteriorated and everything went blank for her. However, she did not give up. One day, she noticed a girl playing the xylophone and that made her took interest in music. She was encouraged to listen to music using her body by the percussionist Rob Forbes. She could feel music and vibrations through her body. She dedicated her life to music so much that she was one of the highest scorers in music exam in Royal Academic of Music. She started her career working with a youth orchestra and soon started working as an individual composer. She says that she is a workaholic. She tries to lip read people but also mentions that men with bushy beard give her trouble as she cannot read their lips properly. She is Scottish but she fluently speaks French and Japanese. People all over the world have praises for her. Master percussionist James Blades says, "She feels music deeper than most of us and expresses the same." Apart from regular concerts, Evelyn does free concerts and teaching in charity homes and prisons as well. People with disability look at her, get encouraged and say, "If she can, why can't we?"
Themes:
Hope: Evelyn's life is full of struggle. A girl of 11 would lose all hope with the thought that he is not able to hear people. As Evelyn says, "The entire world went into darkness" She almost lost everything, but hope. Hope stands as the strongest themes of this story.
Never Give Up: Evelyn did not give up on herself. Right from accepting her disability and the fact she is no more a common child to becoming one of the greatest percussionists in the world, she never gave up. She learnt music through her body parts, by feeling it. As she mentions, she is a workaholic person.
Humility: Though Evelyn is a famous personality, we can see that she still has the humility intact through this interview. She answers the interviewer without having any vanity. She is humble enough to teach music and perform a free concert at prisons and hospitals.
Thinking about the Text
(Page 20)
Questions and Answers
I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of
sentences each.
Question 1.
How old was Evelyn when she went to
the Royal Academy of Music?
एवलिन की आयु कितनी थी जब वह रॉयल संगीत अकादमी में गई थी?
Answer:
Evelyn was not even seventeen when she went to the Royal
Academy of Music.
एवलिन सत्रह साल की भी नहीं थी जब वह रॉयल संगीत अकादमी में गई थी।
Question 2.
When was her deafness first noticed?
When was it confirmed?
उनके बहरेपन को पहली बार कब देखा गया था? इसकी पुष्टि कब
हुई?
Answer:
Her deafness was noticed when she was eight-year-old. It was
confirmed by the time she was eleven.
उसका बहरापन तब देखा गया जब वह आठ साल की थी। ग्यारह साल की उम्र तक इसकी
पुष्टि हो गई थी।
II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph
(30-40 words).
Question 1.
Who helped her to continue with
music? What did he do and say?
संगीत जारी रखने में उनकी मदद किसने की? उसने क्या किया और
क्या कहा?
Answer:
Ron Forbes helped her to continue with music. He spotted her
potential and said, “Don’t listen through your ears, try to sense it some other
way.” He began by tuning two large drums to different notes.
रॉन फोर्ब्स ने उन्हें संगीत जारी रखने में मदद की। उसने उसकी क्षमता को देखा
और कहा, "अपने कानों से मत सुनो, इसे किसी अन्य तरीके से समझने की कोशिश करो।" उन्होंने दो बड़े ड्रमों को अलग-अलग स्वरों में ट्यून करके शुरू किया।
Question 2.
Name the various places and causes
for which Evelvn performs.
उन विभिन्न स्थानों और कारणों के नाम लिखिए जिनके कारण
एवल्वन विकृत होता है।
Answer:
Evelyn performed free concerts in prisons and hospitals. She
made music her life and performed many regular concerts.
एवलिन ने जेलों और अस्पतालों में मुफ्त संगीत कार्यक्रम किए। उसने संगीत को
अपना जीवन बना लिया और कई नियमित संगीत कार्यक्रम किए।
III. Answer the question in two or three paragraphs (100-150
words).
Question 1.
How does Evelyn hear music?
एवलिन संगीत कैसे सुनती है?
Answer:
Ron Forbes asked her
not to listen through ears but try to sense it some other way. She realized she
could feel the higher drum from the waist up and the lower one from the waist
down. Forbes repeated the exercise and soon Evelyn discovered that she could
sense certain notes in different parts of her body. She learnt to open her body
and mind to sounds and vibrations.
Thinking about language
(Page 26)
Question 1.
Look at these sentences.
Evelyn was determined to live a normal life.
Evelyn managed to conceal her growing deafness from friends
and teachers.
The italicised parts answer the questions:
“What was Evelyn determined to do?” and “What did Evelyn
manage to do?” They begin with a to-verb {to live, to conceal). Complete the
following sentences. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the questions in
brackets.
The school sports team hopes ………….. (What does it hope to
do?)
We all want ………….. (What do we all want to do?)
They advised the hearing-impaired child’s mother …………..
(What did they advise her to do?)
The authorities permitted us to ………….. (What did the
authorities permit us to do?)
A musician decided to ………….. (What did the musician decide
to do?)
Answers:
to win
to succeed
to take her to a specialist
play
play a new Raaga
Question 2.
From the text on Bismillah Khan, find the words and phrases
that match these definitions and write them down. The number of the paragraph
where you will find the words/phrases has been given for you in brackets.
the home of royal people (1) …………..
the state of being alone (5) …………..
a part which is absolutely necessary (2) …………..
to do something not done before (5) …………..
without much effort (13) …………..
quickly and in large quantities (9) ………….. and …………..
Answer:
royal residence
solitude
an indispensable component
improvise
effortlessly
thick; fast.
Short Answer Type Questions (2 marks each)
(About 30-40 words each)
Question 1:
When was Evelyn’s deafness first
noticed ? When was it confirmed ?
एवलिन का बहरापन पहली बार कब देखा गया था? इसकी पुष्टि कब
हुई?
Answer:
Isabel had a doubt about Evelyn’s hearing ability when she
did not move when her name was called to play on the piano. At the age of 11 it
was confirmed when she was taken to a specialist.
इसाबेल को एवलिन की सुनने की क्षमता के बारे में संदेह था जब वह हिलती नहीं थी
जब उसका नाम पियानो पर बजाने के लिए कहा जाता था। 11 साल की उम्र में इसकी पुष्टि तब हुई जब उसे एक विशेषज्ञ के पास ले जाया गया।
Question 2:
When and how did Evelyn loose her
power of hearing ?
एवलिन ने अपनी सुनने की शक्ति कब और कैसे खो दी
Answer:
Evelyn lost her power of hearing due to gradual nerve
damage. At the age of 8 it was noticed and then at the age of 11 it was
confirmed that Evelyn had lost her hearing ability.
धीरे-धीरे तंत्रिका क्षति के कारण
एवलिन ने सुनने की शक्ति खो दी। 8 साल की उम्र में इस पर ध्यान दिया गया और फिर 11 साल की उम्र में इस बात की पुष्टि हो गई कि एवलिन
ने अपनी सुनने की क्षमता खो
दी है।
Question 3:
Why was Evelyn nervous while going
to Royal Academy of Music?
रॉयल संगीत अकादमी में जाते समय एवलिन क्यों घबराई हुई थी?
Answer:
Evelyn was nervous while going to the Royal Academy of Music
as she was just 16 years old and was fresh from the Scottish farms, to add to
her nervousness.
एवलिन रॉयल संगीत अकादमी में जाते समय घबराई हुई थी क्योंकि वह सिर्फ16 साल की थी और स्कॉटिश फ़ार्म
से ताज़ा थी, जिससे उसकी घबराहट और बढ़ गई।
Question 4:
How did Evelyn’s deafness come to
light ?
OR
When did Evelyn’s mother notice that
something was wrong with her hearing ?
एवलिन का बहरापन कैसे सामने आया?
या
एवलिन की माँ ने कब नोटिस किया कि उसकी सुनवाई में कुछ
गड़बड़ है?
Answer:
At the age of 8 when her name was announced to play on
piano, she did not respond. At the age of 11, her marks deteriorated. The
headmistress urged her parents to take her to a specialist and her hearing
impairment was discovered.
8 साल की
उम्र में जब उसके नाम की घोषणा पियानो पर करने की घोषणा की गई,
तो उसने कोई जवाब नहीं दिया। 11 साल की उम्र में उसके निशान बिगड़ गए। प्रधानाध्यापिका ने
अपने माता-पिता से उसे एक विशेषज्ञ के पास ले जाने का आग्रह किया और उसकी सुनवाई हानि का पता चला।
Question 5:
Who helped Evelyn to continue with
music ? What did he do and say ?
संगीत जारी रखने में एवलिन की मदद किसने की? उसने क्या किया और क्या
कहा?
Answer:
When Evelyn wanted to pursue her career in music, everyone
discouraged her. It was a Percussionist Ron Forbes who helped and encouraged
her to listen to the music and feel the music through her body.
जब एवलिन संगीत में अपना करियर बनाना चाहती थी, तो सभी ने उसे हतोत्साहित किया। यह एक तालवादक रॉन फोर्ब्स था जिसने उसे संगीत
सुनने और अपने शरीर के माध्यम से संगीत को महसूस करने में मदद की और प्रोत्साहित किया।
Question 6:
How did Evelyn hear music despite
being deaf ?
एवलिन ने बहरे होते हुए भी संगीत कैसे सुना ?
Answer:
Evelyn could sense music through her body. While playing on
the xylophone, she could sense music through her fingertips and would learn
against drums to sense. On the wooden floors, she used to remove her shoes and
sense music through her feet moving of the legs.
एवलिन अपने शरीर के माध्यम से संगीत को समझ सकती थी। जाइलोफोन पर खेलते समय, वह अपनी उंगलियों के माध्यम से संगीत को समझ सकती
थी और ड्रम के खिलाफ समझ में आती थी। लकड़ी के फर्श पर, वह अपने जूते उतारती थी और पैरों को हिलाते हुए अपने पैरों के माध्यम से संगीत
का एहसास करती थी।
Question 7:
What is Evelyn’s secret of success
and what message does she give to achievers?
एवलिन की सफलता का रहस्य क्या है और वह उपलब्धि हासिल करने
वालों को क्या संदेश देती है?
Answer:
Evelyn’s secret of success was strong determination and hard
work. The message that she gives to the achievers is that work hard and get
what you want.
एवलिन की सफलता का राज दृढ़ निश्चय और कड़ी मेहनत थी। वह अचीवर्स को जो संदेश
देती हैं, वह यह है कि कड़ी मेहनत करें
और जो आप चाहते हैं उसे प्राप्त करें।
Question 8:
How has Evelyn Glennie inspired
handicapped people ?
एवलिन ग्लेनी ने विकलांग लोगों को किस प्रकार प्रेरित किया
है
Answer:
When the handicapped people used to see Evelyn Glennie, they
used to say, “If she can do it, I can”,And so, she resulted in inspiring them.
जब विकलांग लोग एवलिन ग्लेनी को देखते थे, तो वे कहते थे, "अगर वह कर सकती है, तो मैं कर सकता हूँ", और इसलिए,
वह उन्हें प्रेरित
करती थी।
Question 9:
Write down Evelyn’s message for the
people.
लोगों के लिए एवलिन का संदेश लिखिए।
Answer:
Evelyn’s message to the people is that—Strong determination
and hard work with sincerily / honesty leads to success. Aim for your goal and
try to reach your goal with full determination and concentration.
लोगों के लिए एवलिन का संदेश है कि-
दृढ़ निश्चय और ईमानदारी/ईमानदारी के साथ कड़ी मेहनत सफलता की ओर ले जाती
है। अपने लक्ष्य के लिए लक्ष्य बनाएं और पूरे दृढ़ संकल्प और एकाग्रता के साथ अपने
लक्ष्य तक पहुंचने का प्रयास करें।
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