Summary
Summary:
The content discusses activities related to liking and disliking various subjects and experiences, especially focusing on Kobita's village, Sundarpur. Participants are encouraged to create questions about their preferences for activities like watching cricket or reading ghost stories. Sundarpur is described as a small village with a river, educational institutions, a vocational training center, and a theatre club where plays are performed. Kobita borrows books from a local library on various topics. However, the village has challenges like a noisy and dirty bazaar, narrow roads, and frequent load shedding despite having electricity. Participants are also prompted to discuss their food preferences in pairs.
Key words: vocational theatre stage (v) children's classics
perform (v) borrow (v) frequent
load shedding delicious bitter gourd
A Make questions from the table. Then ask and answer them in pairs.
Find how many of you like/dislike each of these five things.
| Do you like | watching cricket on TV? reading ghost stories? eating pineapples? doing mathematics? getting up early? |
B Read about Kobita's village. Then discuss in pairs what you like/dislike about her village.
The name of Kobita's village is Sundarpur. It is a small village on the bank of the river Kalini. The beautiful river flows through the village. There are one high school, three primary schools and one vocational training centre in this village. Kobita and her friends take computer lassons at this centre. There is a theatre club and a small library too. Kobita can borrow books from the library. She borrows books on history, poetry and children's classics. The theatre club stages plays regularly. Last month Kobita enjoyed the Mohua drama dance performed by the theatre club. The village has a bazar on the river side. This is a very noisy and dirty place. Kobita never goes to the bazar. The village roads are also narrow and dirty. Although there is electricity in Sundarpur, the villagers experience frequent load shedding in summer.
C Look at the food that Kobita usually eats at home. In pairs match the names of the food items given below with the pictures.
D Now, discuss which of the foods above you like or dislike. Follow the example below:
A: Do you like French fries?
B. Yes, I do. They're delicious.
A: Do you like dried fish?
B: No, I don't. I can't stand the smell.
