english first year h.s lesson 1 unit ii

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UNIT

II Treasures of the Past

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If the past cannot teach the present

and the father cannot teach the son,

then history need not have bothered to go on,

and the world has wasted a great deal of time.

Russell Hoban (b. 192)! ".#. author. $

%achin&'oa! in he *ion o+ 'oa&%achin an, %achin&'oa! ch. 1 (19-).

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Lesson 1: The Monkey and the Crocodile

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Start with What You Know

Do monkeys live with crocodiles? ow do yo! differentiate the two?

Supplement Your Knowledge

" monkey is any of a gro!p of primate animals other than h!man beings that are f!rry

and live in warm regions. " fable is a short imaginary story intended to teach a lesson

and in which animals speak and act like h!man beings.

Search for Correct Meaning

#he crocodile was shocked $ how co!ld he eat his friend?

#he monkey was flattered, b!t said he co!ld not possibly go beca!se he did not know

how to swim.

%&alse and foolish friend,% he called.

Set a Goal for Reading

'hat does the story of the monkey and the crocodile teach !s?

#heanchatantramis one of the earliest collections of fables, written in India more

than two tho!sand five h!ndred years ago. It is known in (!rope as the &ables of

)idpai. *ome of its tales can be traced as far back as +-- ) to the ancient *anskrit

tet, the 0ig 1eda.

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The Monkey and the Crocodile

0etold from the 2anchatantramby 0ohini howdh!ry

3nce there lived a monkey in a 4am!n 5,uhator 4ava pl!m6

tree by a river. #he monkey was alone $ he had no friends,

no family, b!t he was happy and content. #he 4am!n tree

gave him plenty of sweet fr!it to eat, and shade from the s!n

and shelter from the rain.

3ne day a crocodile came swimming !p the river and climbed on to the bank to rest

!nder the monkey%s tree. %ello%, called the monkey, who was a friendly animal.

%ello%, replied the crocodile, s!rprised. %Do yo! know where I can get some food?% he

asked. %I haven%t had anything to eat all day $ there 4!st don%t seem to be any fish left in

the river.%

%'ell,% said the monkey, %I don%t eat fish so I wo!ldn%t know $ b!t I do have plenty of

ripe p!rple 4am!ns in my tree. 'o!ld yo! like to try some?% e threw some down to

the crocodile. #he crocodile was so h!ngry that he ate !p all the 4am!ns even tho!gh

crocodiles don%t eat fr!it. e loved the sweet tasty fr!it and shyly asked whether he

co!ld have some more. %3f co!rse%, replied the monkey genero!sly, throwing down

more fr!it. %ome back whenever yo! feel like more fr!it%, he added when the

crocodile had eaten his fill.

"fter that the crocodile wo!ld visit the monkey every

day. #he two animals soon became friends $ they

wo!ld talk and tell each other stories, and eat as

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m!ch of the sweet 4am!ns as they wanted. #he monkey wo!ld throw down all the

fr!it the crocodile wanted from his tree.

3ne day the crocodile began talking abo!t his wife and family. %'hy didn%t yo! tell

me earlier that yo! had a wife?% asked the monkey. %2lease take some of the 4am!ns for

her as well when yo! go back today.% #he crocodile thanked him and took some of the

fr!it for his wife.

#he crocodile%s wife loved the 4am!ns. *he had never eaten anything so sweet before.

%Imagine%, she said, %how sweet wo!ld be the creat!re who eats these 4am!ns every

day. #he monkey has eaten these every day of his life $ his flesh wo!ld be even

sweeter than the fr!it.% *he asked her h!sband to invite the monkey for a meal $ %and

then we can eat him !p% she said happily.

#he crocodile was shocked $ how co!ld he eat his friend? e tried to eplain to his

wife that he co!ld not possibly eat the monkey. %e is my only tr!e friend%, he said.

)!t she wo!ld not listen $ she m!st eat the monkey. %*ince when do crocodiles eat

fr!it and spare animals?% she asked. 'hen the crocodile wo!ld not agree to eat the

monkey, she pretended to fall very sick. %3nly a monkey%s heart can c!re me%, she

wailed to her h!sband. %If yo! love me yo! will get yo!r friend the monkey and let me

eat his heart.%

#he poor crocodile did not know what to do $ he did not want to eat his friend, b!t he

co!ld not let his wife die. "t last he decided to bring the monkey to his wife.

%3 dear friend%, he called as soon as he reached the 4am!n tree.% 7y wife insists that

yo! come to !s for a meal. *he is gratef!l for all the fr!it that yo! have sent her, and

asks that I bring yo! home with me.% #he monkey was flattered, b!t said he co!ld not

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possibly go beca!se he did not know how to swim. %Don%t worry abo!t that%, said the

crocodile. %I%ll carry yo! on my back.% #he monkey agreed and 4!mped onto the

crocodile%s back.

#he crocodile swam with him o!t into the deep wide river. 'hen they were far away

from the bank and the 4am!n tree, he said, %7y wife is very ill. #he only thing that

will c!re her is a monkey%s heart. *o, dear friend, this will be the end of yo! and of

o!r friendship.% #he monkey was horrified. 'hat co!ld he do to save himself? e

tho!ght q!ickly and said %Dear friend, I am very sorry to hear of yo!r wife%s illness

and I am glad that I will be able to help her. )!t I have left my heart behind on the

4am!n tree. Do yo! think we co!ld go back so that I can fetch it for yo!r wife?%

#he crocodile believed the monkey. e t!rned and swam q!ickly to the 4am!n tree.

#he monkey leaped off his back and into the safety of

his tree. %&alse and foolish friend,% he called. %Don%t yo!

know that we carry o!r hearts within !s? I will never

tr!st yo! again or ever give yo! fr!it from my tree. 8o

away and don%t come back.%

#he crocodile felt really foolish $ he had lost a friend and a s!pply of good sweet fr!it.

#he monkey had saved himself beca!se he had tho!ght q!ickly. e realised that a

monkey and a crocodile co!ld never be tr!e friends $ crocodiles preferred to eat

monkeys rather than be friends with them.

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Share Your Ideas

+. In the story, who lived in a 4am!n tree?

. 'hy was the monkey happy and content in the 4am!n tree?

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Spotlight (Vocaulary !nrichment" Synonyms#

0ecall the story yo! have 4!st read. 'hich word in the story has a similar

meaning with the ad4ective happ? 0ead the line where this word is !sed.

#he monkey was alone $ he had no friends, no family, b!t he was happand

content.

)oth words B happ and contentB have similar meanings. Co! know that a

word having the same or almost the same meaning as another word is called a

snonm. *ynonyms help !s from repeating the same word over and over again. In

contrast, antonmsare words with opposite meanings. " dictionary and a thesa!r!s

can help !s get the meaning and synonyms of words, as well as antonyms. Co! can

also find o!t the meaning of a word from the words aro!nd it in a sentence.

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*t!dy the following words and some of their synonyms.

Words from the story Synonyms

+. deep

. false

;. foolish

=. friendly

. sweet

>. poor

. shocked

@. content

A. flattered

+-. ripe

bottomless, caverno!s, !nfathomable

bog!s, fake, fictitio!s, phony

idiotic, silly, st!pid, tho!ghtless

amicable, cordial, genial, hearty

delicio!s, s!gary, tasty, y!mmy

deprived, pitiable, !nfort!nate

st!nned, s!rprised, !pset

comfortable, pleased, satisfied

pleased, gratef!l, thrilled

grown, mat!re, ready

!$ercise

'rite * if the two words in each pair are synonyms and " if they are antonyms.

999 +. deep B shallow 999 >. shy B boastf!l

999 . ripe B ready 999 . genero!s B giving

999 ;. false B fake 999 @. foolish $ wise

999 =. flattered B hated 999 A. dear $ beloved

999 . content B at ease 999+-. h!ngry B starving

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Strengthen Your Reading S%ills

". " word can have several meanings or synonyms depending on how it is !sed.

ere is an article in the newspaper where words with more than one meaning

are !nderlined. #he meanings to the !nderlined words are set below the

selection.

0ead the selection caref!lly. hoose an !nderlined word in the selection which

has the same meaning as the words given below. 'rite yo!r answer on the

space provided.

Rescue fforts !o "ull #last

)y (va 1isperas

IE8"C(E, 2angasinan

&loodwaters from typhoon F2epengG still s!bmerged m!ch of the province as

search and resc!e operations went into f!ll gear, with a!thorities resc!ing

tho!sands who clambered onto the roofs of their homes to escape the rising

waters.

3fficials led by 2aterno 3rd!Ha of the 2rovincial Disaster oordinating

o!ncil said yesterday that the n!mber of cas!alties do!bled from five to +-,

and is epected to increase as soon as floodwaters start to recede.

e said search and resc!e teams are now trying to reach isolated areas in the

province where tho!sands are still on rooftops awaiting help.

5so!rce: #he 2hilippine *tar, 1ol. I1 Eo. >, page +, *!nday, 3ctober ++,

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9999999999999999999999 +. work

9999999999999999999999 . solitary

9999999999999999999999 ;. climbed

9999999999999999999999 =. packed

9999999999999999999999 . clothes

9999999999999999999999 >. increasing

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9999999999999999999999 . c!t off

9999999999999999999999 @. all$o!t

9999999999999999999999 A. clawed

9999999999999999999999+-. ins!lated

). ist the words that describe the monkey and the crocodile in the story.

Monkey Crocodile

'hat do we call these words?

999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

'ords that describe no!ns and prono!ns are called ad$ecti%es. "d4ectives

come before the words that they describe. #hey may also come after be$ verbs:

is, am, &as, and &ere. "d4ectives tell abo!t the shape, siJe, color, n!mber, or

q!ality of animals, people, places, events, and things.

(amples: sweet fr!it poor crocodile tr!e friend

" descri'ti%e ad$ecti%edescribes the q!ality or condition of the no!n or

prono!n it describes.

(amples: friendly animal p!rple 4am!ns bright colors

isolated areas h!ngry passengers wet roads

rainy season wide !mbrella heavy boots

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" descriptive ad4ective that is taken from a proper no!n like hinese, &ilipino,

or *panish is called a 'ro'er ad$ecti%e. It always begins with a capital letter.

(ercise +

Knderline the ad4ective and draw a bo aro!nd the no!n described by each

ad4ective. #he first one is done for yo!.

The Skin

'hen yo! look at yo!rself in the mirror, most of what yo! see is deadL

Co!r skin, hair and nails are not living. )!t 4!st !nderneath this dead s!rface,

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(ercise

2ick o!t from the bo the ad4ective that matches the pict!re. 'rite the

ad4ective and no!n !nder the pict!re.

heavy f!nny rickety fragrant daJJling

affable h!ge petite thin ro!nd

+. 99999999999999 . 999999999999999999 ;. 999999999999999999

=. 9999999999999999 . 99999999999999 >. 9999999999999999999

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. 9999999999999999 @. 9999999999999999 A. 99999999999999999

(ercise ;

3n a clean sheet of paper, write five sentences. Kse some of the phrases given

before (ercise +.

(ercise =

0eplace the italiciJed epressions with a word from the bo.

+. e is afraid to ride the boat beca!se of the ,eepriver. cordial

. #he new neighbo!rs are very+rien,l. pleased

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=. #he crocodile was so h!ngry that he ate !p 99999999999999 even tho!gh

crocodiles 999999999999999999.

. #he monkey realised that a monkey and a crocodile 999999999999999999

$ crocodiles preferred to 999999999999999 rather than 999999999999999.

Spin &ff

". an yo! be a tr!e friend?

'rite yo!r name inside the circle. ist down the characteristics aro!nd it that

make yo! a tr!e friend.

). ollect other fables and stories abo!t tr!e friendship. hoose one to share with

yo!r classmates.

. 'ho is yo!r best friend? 'hat made yo! choose him or her as yo!r best

friend? Draw it or write abo!t yo!r best friend in the bo below.

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