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I ntroduei ng Austra n ia=', ! ustralia is the worldt sixth largest country and the largest island. It is an island that is also a continent, and the only continent that is also a country. It is also the only nation that began as a prison. Australia is the horne ofthe largest boxjcllylish living thing on earth-thc Great Barricr Reef. It also has more things that will kill you than anywhere else, The world's ten most poisonous snakes are all from Australia. Five of its creatures-the funnel web spider, box jellyfisll blue-ringed octopus, paralysis tick and stonefish-are the most dangerous of their t'?e in the world. This is a country where even the fluffiest of caterpillars can have a poisonous bite, and where seashells will not just sting you but will actually try to attack you sometimes. It's a tough place, but there is no other place in the world like it. There still isn t. Eighty per cent ofall the plants and animals that live in Australia cannot be found anywhere else-a fact even more astonishing considering the harsh climate in the continent. Australia is the driest, flattest, hottest, most climatieally aggn'cssive ofall the continents. continent: one ofthe seven large land masses on the earthS surface, surrounded,or mostly surrounded, by sea the Great Barrier Reef: an ecosystem ofthousands of reefs and hundreds of islands made of over 600 types of hard and soft coral-it is home to different species of colourfulfish, starfish, turtletdolphins and sharks
(Only Antarctica is more diffcult to live in.) And yet it teems with Iife in numbers that are still uncounted. For insects alone, scientists have no idea whether the total number ofspecies is 100,000 or double that number. As many as a third ofthose species remain completely unknown to science. pcounnexENsroN A. Answar these questions. 1. What did Australia, as a natiorl begin as? 2. How is the Great Barrier Reefdescribed? 3. What can the caterpillar and the seashells do? What is special about'eightypercent ofall that lives in Australia'? 5. What don't the scientists know about Australia's insects?
B. Choose words from the text that mean the same as these words. l. a country, especiallywhen thought ofas a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, and tra&tions (paragraph 1): 2. produce a small but painfirl iniury, usually with a poison, by making a very small hole in the skin (paragraph 2) : 3. unpleasant or cruel (paragraph 3): pcnnuunn A. Write two examples of each in this table. B. Circle the countable nouns and underline the uncountable nouns. .1 She has made marry changes to our travel plans. 2. I didnl get much sleep last night. 3. There are very few cars on the roads today. 4. I tlink I befter pack less food next time ! 5. Would you like'some milk with those cookies? 6. Why is there so much flour on the floor?
t It pvocnauunv Complete these sentences by using the correct suffixes with the words in brackets. 1. Theywere surprised by the ofthe rooms on the ground floor. (cool) That was a thing to say! (hurt) J. The students worked in tlre library. (quiet) -I After five days at sea, the sailors were finally bound. (home) 5. This dish is quite - I must have forgotten to add the salt. (taste) o. Take the next left. That is the way home. (fast) the tea. (sweet) -!7. My mother added jaggery to 8. He was after running up five fliglrts ofstairs. (breath) WRITIN6 .. Have you ever seen a poisonous insect or reptile? Write a ., short dlary entry about it, Remerfiber to describe where you \" .saw it, how it looked, how you fett and what you did. ritiet,r, ,l Today I saw...
Ft PUNCTUATION Rewrite these sentences with the hyph€ns in the correct places. 1. The photographer decided that he wanted a close up ofthe lions. 2. We're looking for an animal friendly hotel. 3. Awellknown local singer is performing tonight. 4. The owners ofthe shop bought a hitech secudty system after the burglary. 5. That seventy year old woman still practises yoga. 6. The bad tempered cat bit the kitten.
A Blog Post @@ Celebrating Easter in Russia! CONTACT ME PHOTOGRAPHS OTHERBLOGPOSTS 04April2018 Easter is Coming! It's getting close to Easter now and my family is slowly getting ready for the celebrations. My grandmother, in particular, is very excited. \"Remember, Anya,\" she says., grabbing hold of my arnl \"Easter is the most important festival of the year.\" I always grin and ask, \"More important than Cluistmas, babushkz?\" \"Tssssk!\" my honified grandmother says. \"See what the child asks me!\" We all laugh but ofcourse, everyo ne agrees wlthbabushka. My mother makes my brother and me help her clean the house. We dust everything while my mother changes the curtains, the bedspreads and the tablecloth! She then makes us polish all the silver in the house while my grandmother watches to see if we do it properly. Tomorrow., Mama will begin rnaking the food for the Easter breakfast!
': I 05 April2018 Getting Ready Today, Mana is baking k/tcft (Russian Easter bre ad) andpasl<hta (a dish made from cheese and other ingredients, which she shapes into a pyramid). We will tale the &r./icft with us to church where the priest will bless the bread during the midnight Easter service on Saturday. Then, we will bring it home and eat it with the oasWra! My brother and I are making traditional Easter eggs as well. We are going to rnake golden eggs and red eggs. For the golden eggs, we boil the eggs with young birch leaves for half an hour. For the red ones, we boil them in water which has red food colouring. Babushka says we canbol some onion peel in water for halfan hour and then put the eggs into this water for ten minutes. But we think the food colouring is mucl easier! Once the eggs have changed colour, we will decorate the eggs with glitter, stickers and bits ofcoloured paper. Faberge Eggs Speaking ofEaster eggs, babushkahas a beautifirl metal Easter egg that she received as a little girl. It looks like a Faberge Egg but it is notieally one-a real one is very \"rFensive! Did you know that these eggs
were fust created as Easter gifts to be given by Russian tsars? These beautifi.rl eggs were made out of precious metal and enamel and covered in gold and jewels. I've also heard that these eggs had a surprise inside-when they were popped open, there were small gifts inside-pictures of childreri tiny palaces and even a small removable carriage ! 08 April2018 Happy Easter! Breakfast is on the table and we're waiting for the rest ofthe family to arrive. Mybrother and I are sxcited to give our Easter eggs to our cousins and receive eggs from theml Babushka is seated,by the window, waiting for our relatives to arrive. My mother's calling me and I better go he$ her with the preparations. Happy Easter, eyeryone ! P coupnerENsroN I A. Answer these questions. 1. Why is Anya's grandmother excited? 2. How does Anyat mother clean the house?
3, What is kulich and why is it taken to Easter seryice? 4. How does Anya's grandmother want to make the red eggs ? 5. What are Faberge Eggs and why were they created? B. Choose two words from the box that mean the same as each of these words from the text. conservative grasp petriffed historical seize terriffed 1. grab: 2. horrfied: traditional; pannuunn A. Write these sentences in the correct boxes on the next page. 1. Liya, please go to the offrce with the new student. 2. How lovely to see you again ! J. r uKe sreeprng late on Jaturdays. 4. Amina goes to the library every Saturday. 5. Open the door at once !
o. Is this a new book? instruction 7. What a scared-looking squirrel ! 8. Is your brother at home? statement question exclarnation B. Write these adjectives in the correct order. l. yellow, soft, long, prefty dress 2. large, water cans, empty, three
3. kitten, brovrrn, playfrrl, soft, big 4. wooderl sma[ broken, old toy 5. red, fres\\ small delicious, round apples 6. heavy, exciting, new, fat book FVOCABULARY Complete these sentences with the correct forms of the words in the brackets. .I Who is that girl who is at rne? Ol5 thatt myftiend Pallavi. I think she at me, not you. (smile) 2. Is someone a cake? It smells delicious. I love goods. (bake) 3. My mother is her saree a dark blue. She is planning to stitch a kurta fiom the material. (ay\") Akash looks very He must have found the long run . (tire)
5. She very wer'ln tne matcn. clcn t sne t Slre has been taking lessons for the paSt six years. (box) o. . l;u.anav ls ou6roe, . a ball around. Oh, now he's it over the !!all! (kick) €wRrntc Wrlte a story based on the.gutline below. Givethe story a title and write your own ending. Setting : a srnall town in Infia (giYe the town a name) Characters, two girls-Tess and Nita. Their father is a policeman and their mother is a nurse. Plot and problern: There is a series of robberies in the town - both girls fall sick - see their neighbour's house being burgled = want.to help their father solve the crirne
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ln the Coursebook, you read an extract Jrom the story, The Canterville Ghost. Now, read an extract from another part oJ the story, where the Ottses have spent the morninglookingJor their daughter, Virginia, who has gone missing. The twins, who had been searching in the garden, come back to the house andjnil that everyone is lery upset and do not know what to do. n the hall, they found a group offrightened servants, and lying on a sofa in the library was poor Mrs Otis. She was terrified withand Mrs Umney was bathing her forehead to keep her calm. Mr Otis insisted that she have something to eat and ordered up dinner for the whole party. It was a quiet meal, as hardly anyone spoke, and even the twins were silent, as they were very fond oftheir sister. Midnight began to boom from the clock tower and at the last stroke, atlrey heard a crash and cry. As a dreadful peal ofthunder shook the house and a strange rnusic filled the air, a door at the top ofthe staircase flew open. eau de cologne: a type of perfume with a strong smell shrill: high-pitched and loud
\\trginia stepped out onto the landing verypale and white. She was holding a litde box in her hand. In a moment, they had all rushed up to her. Mrs Otis, her eyes streaming wiih tears, hugged and kissed her and the twins did a wild dance around the group. \"Good heavens, child, where have you been?\" said Mr Otis rather angrily, thinking she had been playing some foolish trick. \"My darling thank God you are found-dorft ever leave me again \" murmured Mrs Otis, as she held the shivering child and smoothed her hair. \"Papa,\" said Virginia quietly, \"I was with the ghost. He is dead now and will never walk again. He had been very wicked but he was really sorry for all that he had done, and he gave me this box ofbeautifrrl jewels before he died.\" pcounnrnENsroN A. Answer these questions. .1 What was Mrs Otis doing when the twins came back to the house? 2. What time was it when Virginia ffnally appeared? How do you know?
3. How &d Vrginia look when she appeared on the landing? 4. How did the family react upon seeing Vrginia? 5. What did trtrginia have in her hands? Where did she get it ftom? B. Comptete this text with the correct words and phrases from the box, gtft midnight Ghost apologised pale rushed pla)'mg At r. Virginia appeared. She looked' . The farnily 3. to her side. Her father 'thought she had been a trick. She explained that she had been with the 5. who had 6 for his wickedness and given heraz Derore ne oleo. 6RAMMAR A. Tick (/) whetherthe highlighted words are phrases or clauses. trE 1. Theylive in a small flat
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pvocneuunv Read these expressions with break Then match them to their meanings. 2. breakdown a. a bit ofbad luck 3. tough break to do or say something to start a conversation widr someone 5. broken record who is being very quiet (make) a clean break to remove oneselfcompletely and finally (&om) ftom a situation d. to say the same thing over and over again used for wishing someone good luck, especially before a performance used when a machine or vehicle stops working f,wnrruo Imagine your friend wants to watcl a scary fiIm at the movie theatre. But you want to watch the latest superhero fflm. Write a short conversation between the two of you whereyou discuss which fllm you will watch. Write about- lf, why each ofyou wants to watch the 61m that you do. Q what you have heard about each flrn. Q howyou can solve the problem so that both ofyou are happy.
€ nenorruo sKrLLs Read this railway time-table. Now, answer these questions. 1. Raii wants to trarclby the Veer ChowkExpras.Whichplafor:rr should she go to? 2. Nainat ticket was torn. She can only read the last digit ofher train number, which is 5. Is she catching th e Madras Mail? 3. Samirt train number is 9168.When does it leave? 4. Mrinal knows that his train leaves at 10.45. Which train is he travelling in? 5. Susan arrives at 11.45 to catch the Millennium Express. Howlong will she have to wait?
.1i:t:. I iSaumted \"1,.i,.i.ie! THEDAILYSCOOP -l rJi{ar,zeoctoteJz!_tl f The Most Haunted Places in India! Staff Rep orter tt that spool5y time ofthe year again! The film channels on TV are filled withAmerican horror films and,\"];,llonce n is all over the internet! So keeping in minds these creepy happenings, we've put together a short list ofthe most haunted places in lndia. Bhangarh Fort, Alwar: This fort is said to be one ofthe most haunted places in lndia. The most popular story is that a wizard fell in love with a princess and made a ).rt:r,r to capture her. However, she found out about his plan and threw the potion against a large rock. This destroyed the wizard. Halloween: a festival in America-the night of 31 October which is celebrated by children who dress in costumes and ask for sweets, chocolates or other treats from their neighbou15 potion: a liquid with healing or magical powers
Wl.fle dyirg, he Bhangalh and soon after, it was completely destroyed in a war. There is a board on the fort gate which states 'Tourists are forbidden to enter before sunrise and after sunset.' But even though manypeople come to the fort because they have heard the chilling stories, BR Singll the Deputy Superintending Archaeologist, Jaipur Circle, says, \"All these stories are not true the fort is not haunted!\" Tunnel No 33/103, Shimla: There are hundreds ofghost stories about the Shimla-I(alka lailway track and the tunnels that are found along the way. These stories have been around for hundreds ofyeals. It is said that or.re can hear the voice ofa British railway engineer while passing through these tunnels. Apparently, the voice is a rather friendly one. Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhir TI.re ghosts that supposedlyhaunt this fourteenth-century forhess are said to be very helpful. According to the local stories, people can write about theil problems to the djimrs who live in the fortress and the diinns, in turn, will happily try and help you. Fern Hill Hotel, Ooty: This hotel, now shut down due to stories about ghosts, became famous because ofa strange incident that happened on the sets of a Hindi filn. Saroj Khan and her group ofdancers had settled down to sleep one night when somebodybegan rearranging lirniture in the room above. <ursed: said magical words that would bring harm on another person choreographer: person who puts togetherthe steps of a dancefor a group of dancers to perform
5OOry me Screecnrng anc $ammrng sounos Deciune so lou(l mar rney could not sleep. They then tried calling reception but couldn't reach anyone because the telephone line was dead. Finally some ofthe crew meinbers went down to complain, only to have the hotel staffpoint out that there was no floor above theirs. €I coupnexENsroN A. Mark thcse sGntences as true (T) or not true (NT). 1. The news article was written because there was a lot oftalk about Hdloween on the internet and TV 2. Bhangarh Fort was cursed by a dying princess. -3. A friendly British railway engineer is supposed to haunt the Shimla-Kalka train The diinns at Feroz Shah Kotla are said to help those who wdte to them about their problems. The incident at Fern Hill Hotel was scary because the group ofdancers heard noises coming ftom a floor that did not exist. - B. Write the meanings of these words. 1. popular: 2. chilling: screeching:
Bannuunn A. Tick (/) the compound sentences that have the correct coordinating conjunctions. Reu/rite the incorrect sentences with the correct coordinating conjunctions. 1. One day, we were in the park yet we saw two ducks swimmingby. We watched the ducks for a while so they swam away into the tall grass. 3, The ducks might have gone to their nest and they could have swum to the shore. 4. We walked along the side of the pond but we could not see them anywhere. 5. We sat on a bench and soory out came the ducks again!
B. Join these sentences using the correct coordinating conjunctions from the box. and nof but or yel so 1 I dont want to argue with you. I dorit want to give in. 2. Neeraj studied for the test. He got good marks. 3. We can watch a film. We can play cricket. 4. I left the house late. I managed to catch the bus! ' f. Joel can &tke tea. Sarah can bake a cake- 6. There was no one there. The decorations were not put up. ffvocneuunv Play this game in two teams. back away break into updress growup look for put out nod off showoff try on use uP 1. Write tlie phrasal verbs from the box above on dips ofpaper and rnix them up. 2. Choose six pbrasal verbs ftom the box. Each team will choose tfuee. 3. Then one member ofeach team will take a dip ofpaper. 'l The team member will then mime the phrasal verb to his/her team. The team must guess the phrasal verb in forty seconds. 5. If they cannot guess, they will pass it to the other team. @
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The National Bravery Awards n 02 October 1957, a tent in which hundreds ofpeople had gathered to watch a performance at the Red Fort in Delhi caught fire. Fourteen-year-old Harish Chandra wasted no time-he used a knife to cut open the burning tent, freeing the people trapped inside. An important guest who was at the event, Jawaharlal Nehru, heard of Harisht courageous act. The following year, Harish Chandra was presented with India's first National Bravery Award. Since therl the tradition ofrecognising and awarding courageous acts by children has been continued by the Government of India and the Indian Council for Child Welfare. \"Bravery is a state of mind. A healthy body helps, but thc prirne moving fblce is the rnind. Therefore, we need to make the mind strong,\" said Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he presented the National Bravery Awards to some of India's most courageous children. Here are some inspiring stories ffom /u r5. Sumit Mamgain, I 5 years old; Uftarakhand: When Sumit Mamgain's older cousin, Rites[ was being dragged away by a leopard, he told Sumit to run away. But Sumit decided to fight state of mind: how a person is feeling during a particular period of time the prime moving force: the main thing that makes matters move forward
the leopard and save his cousin's life. Holding the leopard's tail he hit it with a sickle. When the leopard tried to attack hirn, he threw stbnes at the animal till it finally ran away. For his incre&ble courage, Sumit was awarded the Sanjay Chopra Award. Badarunnisa KP, 17 years old; Kerala: On 04 May 2015, lS-year-old Vismaya and her mother had gone to a pond to take a bath. The girl slipped into the water and started drowning. Her mother, Raii, jumped in to rescue her but started drowning too. Seeing this, Badanrnnisa immediately jumped into the deep pond to rescue her friend and her mother and pulled them to safety, Ramdinthara, 15 years old; Mizoran: On 02January 2015, Ramdinthara saved two boys who were stuck on a transformer fence. Ramdinthara was walking past the transformer when he saw that two boys were struggling to ftee themselves after falling on the fence. He overcame his fear in just a few seconds and grabbed them by their hair to pull them up. He received the Bapu Gaidhani Award. COMPREHENSION Write the correct heroic deeds next to these names. 1. Ilarish Chandra: 2. SumitMamgain:
3. Badarunnisa KP: 4. Ramdinthara: B. Find words from the text that mean the opposite of these words. 1. cowardly: 2. immediately: 3. danger: ERAMMAR A. Circle the subordinating conjunctions. for because if nor though until but and although yer of so when unless B. Complete these sentences with the correct subordinating cohjunctions. .I Anu tried hard to ffnish her project in a week it seemed an impossible task. They walked along the forest path th.y finally reached the yievring point. She gets tired very easily, ever she fell sick last month.
She cleaned up quickly she knew her cousin would be arriving soon. I can t go with you to the concert an adult comes with us. @vocReuLRnv Match the words in the circle to the correct synonyms. distress frightened ba&led achieve cheerfirl rcsPonse ex$t aim acuve allow
Pwnrrrruo I A, Read this paragraph. Underline the topic sentence and the closing sentence. I had a wonderfrrl summer this year. I stayed at home but I did and leamed so many things ! My parents enrolled me in a swinming class. I had class very eady in the moming and it was lovely to swim in the cool water. I also read many books-I reread sorne of the Harry Potterbooks too. I also spent most evenings playing with my sister and rny fiiends fiom the other flats in our building. I wished my sumrner would never end ! B. Write a paragraph on one of these topics. Don't forget the topic sentence and the closing sentence. 1. cycling is a good way to keep healthy a sports or musical event you went to with your parents
PUNCTUATION Rewrite these sentences with the shortened forms of the highlighted words. 1. She is not aftaid ofheights. You are coming with me, Aruna. Milind is going with Aiay. 3. Laila cannot swim so she is aftaid to come on the boat with us. 4. They have organised a wonderful outing for all ofus. 5. I am so glad that the monsoon will set in soon. It is really very hot these days ! 6. He does not want to stay out very late. He has an early train to catch tomorrow.
t was 1999 and Professor Sugata Mitra was the Cl.fef Scier.rtist at NII! India. He had been the idea of an educational system that let children teach themselves, for a long time. Finally, he decided to perform an experiment. Mitra and his team drilled a hole in the wall between his office at NIIT and the slum area next to it. They put an unused computer in that hole, with an internet connection and announced that the children from the area were free to use it. FIe was curious to see what the kids would do with it. He was surprised by the reaction. The children did not knor'y what a computer was or how to use it. But they slowlylearned how to use the computer on their own. They also began teaching their friends. Through the computer, the children were able to improve their Englisl; Maths and Science skills When they saw this, Mitra and l.fs team wanted to expand their experiment. They placed hundreds of such'Hole in the Wall' in India. They also took it to a r.reighbouring country Bhutan. toying with: thinking about doing something but not in a serious way kiosks: small shops where things such as chocolate, drin ks, or newspapers are sold through open windows
Then in February 20 1 3, a local schoolteacher from Korakati travelled to Kolkata to meet Mitra. This schoolteacher wanted to do something positive for his village, which had no electricity, health care or primary education. Mitra decided Korakati would be the fourth ofthe seven Self Organised Learning (SOLEs) locations that he was planning to set up. SOLXs are learning labs where children can explore, learn and search for answers by using different websites. The children also get to interact with online grannies'-who are a group of retired teachers (mosdy ftom the UK) -who are available over Sklpe to help guide the children as they learn. A day at a SOLE school also includes classes where a question is asked and the children have to then surfthe internet for answers. They then translate difficult English words into Bengali using Google Translate before writing down important points for their answers. These classes are novrpart ofMitra's project called'School in the Cloud where children learn using only .ligrtal tools and where they learn mosdy by teaching themselves using the internet. €coupnerENsroN I Complete these sentences in your own words. 1. Sugata Mitra had been toying with an idea for...
2. Mtra created the 'Hole in the Wall' emerirnent bv. . . 3. The children began . ,. 4. SOLEs are... 5. A dav in a SOLE classroom includes ... B. Match these words to the correct meanings. 3. positive a. n t or noDe ano connoence b. eager to know or learn something c. a feeling or an action that is a duect result of somethinq else p onnuunn A. Say if the verbs in these sentences are transitive (T) or intransitive (lT). l. My sister broke the plate. 2. We live inJaipur. -3. Rohit likes bananas and iamuns. - -
4. David is meeting his cousins today. 5. The tap is dripping. 6. She is sleeping. B. Tick ({ - if the highlighted words are objects. Cross (r) if they are not. l. Sahana is playing football. 2. The boys are eating all the snacks. 3. My sister has not brought her umbrella. 4. My father is making an omelette. 5. Dinesh is painting a picture. 6. I baked cookies yesterday. VOCABULARY Choose the correct words from the box and write them below. ambassador eoucatof mafinet astlonaut environmenta.list programmer architect paramedic .1 person who represents their own country in a foreign country: person who designs new DUUOTnqS and ma*es sure they are built properly: 3. person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft:
person who is trained to do medical work, especially in an emergencv: 5. person who fights against the pollution ofthe earth: 6. person who writes computer programs: 7. person who works on a ship: -8. person who teaches other people: €I wnrrno Write a short speech about Why Reading is lmportant. Remember- 1. be very clear about what your main idea is. 2. all your other points should support your main idea. 3. include a short story or a ioke to make a point. 4. add some interesting facts ifyou can. 5. keep it simple.
{_ RtE/Atsl][\\r,E 5tflt_15 '. ..ll r.t.r: :11.. ;i--r.r;:,-:Jll '; ') ,::r.: :i back cover of a book .''t ,rii-: r.. ll ): Mira Kurien has just moved to a small town in India. Shet about to join a newschool and she doesnt know anyone. But thatt the least ofherproblems. Every evening, she thinks she can hear someone calling to her fiom inside the garden wall. But though she tries to answer, the person doesnt seern to hear her Is she imagining the voice or it is real? And who is the strange woman she has seen watching her when she plays in the garden? Mirat life is about to change as she goes on the biggest adventure ofherlife. But will itput her life in danger? Niranjana Reddy is a childrent author and poet. She is known for her exciting and action-packed books, wh.ich are often set in the past. The Voice in lhe Wall is the flrst book in her new series, The Mira Chronicles. Unicorn Publishers, Cover Design: Mohit Shetty NewDelhi,India ISBNr 978-93-86689-77-l www.unicornpublishers.com
1. What is the name ofthe main character of the book? 2. What is the name of tlre book? 3. Does the bookbelpngto a series? 4. Who is the author? 5. Who is the book pubtsher? 6. How much does the book cost?
The Village of Birds J/- okrebellur, a smail village I\\ in the trladdor taluk oi Karnataka, offers an unusual sight-some of India's most unusual species of birds can be seen chirping in the backyards of these village homes. The village is named after the 'Painted Stork' which are called 'Kokkare' in Kannada. Apart from Painted Storks, Spot-Billed Pelicans and breeds like the Little Cormorant, Black Ibis, Grey Heron, Black-Crowned Night Heron and the Indian Pond Heron can be seen here. All these birds nest in the village and live very close to the villagers. Birds here usually nest in groups of 15-20 pairs per tree, and they continue to use these nests throughout the year. They arrive after the monsoon ends in September, hatch their eggs and re-mierate in May. Also in May, one can see many newborn birds leaming to fly and the shrill voices ofthese young ones fill the air. The villagers treat these birds as a part oftheir families and have also created a small area for wounded birds to rest. They also think ofthese birds as signs ofprosperity and good luck-they use the migrate:to travelto a different place, usually when the season changes prosperity: the state ofbeing successfuland having a lot ofmoney
birds' droppings for their crops because they are rich in phosphorus and potassium. The villagers also make money from tourists who are encouraged to visit this 'man-made bird sanctuaryl However, there are also &sadvantages. As these birds nest in the village regularly, the villagers cannot use the land below the tree for any other crop. Therefore, the Government ofKarnataka compensates the villagers with a certain sum ofmoney for every tree that has the nests of these birds. The government has also established and provided grants to the Village Forest Committee (\\rFC) to protect the birds by looking after the trees on which they nest. Kokrebellur does not iust offer people a good bird-watching experience but also provides a new way of looking at the human- bird relationship. The people ofKokrebellur have set an exceptional example ofhow humans and animals can liye together happily in a beautiful way. €coupRexENsroN A, Answer these questions. .1 Where is Kokrebellur? 2. What is Kokrebellur named after?
3. What are the two things that happen in May? 4. Why do the villagers think the birds bring them prosperity? 5. Why does the Goyemment of Karnataka compensate the villagers? 6. What do the people ofKokrebellur teach us? B. Find words in the text for these definitions. .1 the season ofheavy rain in hot Asian countries: 2. said something to give someone more hope and conffdence: 3, situations that cause problems and make some people less successfi:l than others: ponnuunn A. Write the correct tenses for these sentences. 1. I watched a film yesterday. 2. We play cricket every day. 3. My aunt will be running a marathon next month.
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