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Listening Texts
2. The Real Jewels 7. The Meaning of Education
Read out a passage from the chapter as dictation 1. I work in a place such as a hotel, office, or
test. hospital. I welcome and help visitors and
answer the phone.
4. The Blue Umbrella 2. I design or build machines, engines or things
Ruskin Bond was born in Kasauli, India, on May such as roads, railways or bridges, using
19, 1934. His parents are Edith Clarke and Aubrey scientific principles.
Bond. His father served in the Royal Air Force 3. I stop fires and save people and property from
and therefore he moved, along with his son, from being harmed.
one place to another on a regular basis. During
his school years, several writing competitions 4. I treat people’s teeth.
took place which Ruskin Bond won. Among 5. I teach children in school.
his various prizes are the prestigious Hailey 6. I have a medical degree and my job is to treat
Literature Prize and the Irwin Divinity Prize. people who are ill or hurt.
In 1952, he completed his graduation. Some of 7. I serve customers in a shop.
his favourite reads consist of Rudyard Kipling, 8. I have a medical degree, and I am trained to
Charles Dickens and Charlotte Brontë.
take care of the health of animals.
6. In the Flood 9. I work in a hospital and my job is to care for
On 27 October 1999, seven years after his people who are ill or injured.
mother’s death, Prashant had gone to the block 8. School Days
headquarters of Ersama, a small town in coastal
Orissa, some eighteen kilometres from his village, Receptionist: Can I help you?
to spend the day with a friend. In the evening, Lady: I wish to register as a patient here, please.
a dark and menacing storm quickly gathered. Receptionist: Sure, Ma’am. I would require a few
Winds beat against the houses with a speed and details. Can I take your name, please?
fury that Prashant had never witnessed before. Lady: Mandira Singh.
Heavy and incessant rain filled the darkness,
ancient trees were uprooted and crashed to the Receptionist: Is that M - A - N - D - H - I - R - A?
earth. Screams rent the air as people and houses Lady: No, it’s M - A - N - D - I - R - A.
were swiftly washed away. The angry waters Receptionist: Okay, that’s fine, and your
swirled into his friend’s house, neck deep. The surname’s Singh as in, S - I - N - G - H?
building was of brick and mortar and was strong Lady: Yes, that’s right.
enough to survive the devastation of the wind’s
velocity of 350 km per hour. But the cold terror Receptionist: Can I take your date of birth?
of the family grew with the crashing of trees Lady: Yes, it’s the 8th of September, 1985.
that had got uprooted and fallen on their house, Receptionist; The eighth.. . of the ninth… 1985.
sometime in the middle of the night, damaging And your contact address?
its roof and walls. Lady: 71, Pali Hill Street.
Receptionist: 71, Pali Hill Street.- here in Bandra?
Lady: Yes.
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