Class 10 English Unit 7 Expressing Conditions II Rampant Pesticide Use risks health exercise
Vocabulary in context
i. Read the following sentences, and choose the appropriate words from
the box below to complete the sentences.
a. His invention was popular but not commercially successful for it was not bought by many people.b. Local people complained about the excessive noise coming from the dance bar.
c. Vegetables produced using pesticides are unfit for human consumption.
d. Rice cultivation should be promoted in the terai. It really strengthens farmers' economic condition.
e. Excessive use of pesticides invites health hazards.
f. Though insecticides are required to kill the insects in our farm, they arę never good for human health.
g. Lots of are ailments caused by pollution in the cities.
2. Reading comprehension
i. Read the news articles above, and decide whether the following statements
are true or false.
a. Most of the vegetables available in the market are unsafe for consumption.b. Ram Babu Paneru is the scientist at Nepal Agricultural Research Council.
C. Excessive use of pesticides and insecticides is posing a threat to human health.
d. Unprescribed use of chemicals spoils the taste of vegetables.
e. The vegetables must not be consumed for a number of days after pesticide application.
f. According to a senior entomologist at NARC, there are no effective policies on the implementation of existing ones.
g. Chelsea Harvey wrote about climate change.
h. RICE accounted for inequalities within different regions of the work regarding climate change.
Answer: True for all statements
Answer the following questions:-
a. What are the headlines of the news articles above?
Ans- “Rampant pesticide use risks health’ and ‘Climate Change is going to make inequality even worse than it already is’ are the headlines of the news articles above.b. Who are the authors of the articles?
Ans- The authors of the articles are the editorial board of The Himalayan Times and Chelsea Harvey.c. When were the articles written?
Ans- The first article was written on July 19, 2009, and the second article on December 8, 2015.d. Why is it difficult to carry out the test in labs?
Ans- It is difficult to carry out the tests in the lab due to the poor facilities in the labs and staff shortages.e. What is harmful to both the farmers and the consumers?
Ans- Unprescribed use of chemicals is harmful to both the farmers and consumers.f. Name the places where the scientist Paneru recently visited.
Ans- The scientist Paneru recently visited vegetable farms in Charaudi and Mahadevsthan villages of Dhading, Empaphant and Baradi of Tanahun and Tutunga village of Kaski.g. What are the deadly effects of excessive use of pesticides?
Ans- Impotence, liver and kidney dysfunction, disabilities in children, miscarriage in women, skin, heart and eye ailments are the deadly effects of excessive use of pesticide.h. Who will be disproportionately affected by climate change?
Ans- The poor people will be disproportionately affected by climate change.i. Who amended the Regional Integrated model of Climate and the Economy?
Ans- Denning and his colleagues developed the Regional Integrated Model of Climate and the Economy.j. Why was the Regional Integrated model of Climate and the Economy developed?
Ans- Regional Integrated Model of Climate and the Economy was developed to study the inequalities within different regions of the world essentially acknowledging that different countries contain people of both higher and lower incomes.Reading II
Read the following Workshop Schedule, and do the activities that follow.
Workshop Schedule
Workshop organizer: Millennium Vision Education and Research Centre (MVERC)
Address: Kanchanpur,Nepal
Phone: 00-0000000
1. Read the workshop schedule, and answer the following questions.
a. List the workshop packages MVERC is planning to conduct in 2017.
The workshop packages MVERC is planning to conduct in 2017 are:
- Essay writing
- Story writing
- Letter writing
b. What is the WGID number for essay writing?
The WGID number for essay writing is MVERC-01-2017.
c. What do MVERCand WGID stand for?
MVERC and WGID stand for Millennium Vision Education and Research Center and Workshop Group Identity, respectively.
d. Where can we go to learn about letter writing?
We can go to Chitwan to learn about letter writing.
2. Read the workshop schedule again, and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
a. Essay writing workshop is going to be held in Ilam.
=>False
b. Story writing workshop will end on July 11, 2017.
=>False
c. Abdul is the coordinator in Chitwan.
=>True
d. Letter writing workshop will go on for four months.
=>False
e. Participants spend five hours every day on each workshop.
=>True
Grammar
A. Engage yourself
Go through the following conditional sentences, and discuss their meanings and structure with your friends as shown in the example.
Example: If the Earth didn’t have water, there would not be any human beings.
Meaning: Unreal condition; Structure: past simple + would verb
a. Unless Manita could sing, she would not be very popular.
=>Unreal condition; structure: past simple + would V1 (infinitive)
b. If he had not come to Nepal, he would not have seen Mt Everest.
=>Impossible condition; structure: past perfect + would have + V3 (past participle
c. If Chanchala weren’t the captain, the team would play better.
=>Unreal condition; structure: past simple + would + V1 (infinitive)
d. Had he invited me, I would have attended the party.
=>Impossible condition; structure: past perfect + would have + V3 (past participle)
e. Provided that you are under twenty, you can play the match.
=>Real condition; structure: simple present + simple present (V1- infinitive or V-s/es)
B. Time for grammar
1. Write down ‘real’, ‘unreal’ or ‘impossible conditions’ next to the following sentences.
a. If everyone recycles paper, trees can be saved.
=>real
b. If I’d seen you, I would have said hello.
=>impossible
c. If I had studied harder, I would have passed the test.
=>impossible
d. If everyone turns off unwanted lights, we can save a lot of electricity.
=>real
e. If you practise regularly, you can improve your performance.
=>real
f. Provided that we reduce energy consumption, we can slow down global warming.
=>real
g. If I were a bird, I’d fly in the sky.
=>unreal
2. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate forms of verbs in brackets.
a. Why don’t you explain everything to him? If you don't tell (not tell) him the truth, I’m sure you’ll regret it one day.
b. Jerry was here not long ago. If you had come round earlier, you could have seen (see) her.
c. I’m so glad that you took me there. If we hadn’t gone there, I would never have met (never meet) Robin.
d. It was raining heavily. If I hadn’t taken an umbrella, I couldn't have reached (not reach) to the hospital in time.
e. If she gets (get) that job she’s applied for, she will be delighted.
C. Follow-up activity
Write a short paragraph beginning with ‘If I were the Prime Minister of the country.
If I were the prime minister of the country, I'd change the lifestyle of the people living here. The people who are under poverty would get the poverty fund to run their family. Similarly, I would start…..I’d ................
Listening
A. Engage yourself
Look at the picture, and answer the following questions.
a. What can you see in the picture?
=> aeroplanes, terminal hall, lorry, etc.
b. Have you ever been to an airport?
=>Pilot,flight attendants.
c. What are the things that are forbidden on an aeroplane?
=> electronic devices, smoking, noise, etc.
B. Study time
1. Listen to the airline boarding announcement, and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
a. The passengers are asked to place their seat back and folding trays in an upright position.
=>False
b. Special instruction cards are located near the emergency exit.
=>True
c. Mobile phones can be turned on during the entire flight.
=>False
d. Passengers can use some electronic devices when they start flying above 10,000 feet.
=>False
e. Passengers are not allowed to disable the lavatory smoke detector.
=>True
2. Listen to the announcement again, and match the words in column A with the words in column B.
a. folding ____________ iv. tray
b. fasten ____________ v. seat belt
c. instruction _________ i. cards
d. turn off ___________ ii. cell phones
e. flight ____________ iii. attendants
C. Follow-up activity
Work in a group. Listen to the airline boarding announcement once again, and make a list of important information. Then write a similar announcement.
(Sound of an aeroplane about to fly.)
Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain has turned on the Fasten Seat Belt sign. If you haven't already done so, please place your carry-on luggage underneath the seat in front of you or in an overhead bin. Please take your seat and … fasten yourseat belt. Make sure your folding trays are in their full upright position. If you are seated next to an emergency exit, please read carefully the special instruction cards located by your seat. If you do not wish to perform the functions described in the event of an emergency … please ask a flight attendant to reseat you. At this time, we request that all mobile phones, pagers, radios and remote-controlled toys be turned off for the full duration of the flight … as these items might interfere with the navigational and …communication equipment on this aircraft. We request that all other electronic devices be turned off until we fly above 10,000 feet. We will notify you when it is safe to use such devices. We remind you that this is a non-smoking flight. Smoking is prohibited on the entire aircraft, including the lavatories.Tampering with, disabling or destroying the lavatory smoke detector is prohibited by law. If you have any questions about our flight today, please don't hesitate to ask one of our flight attendants. Thank you
B. Time for speaking
1. There were six people in the basket of a hot air balloon which was starting to fall because it could not support the weight of the people travelling in it. To save the others, at least one person had to be thrown overboard. If you were asked to choose the person, who would you choose and why? The travellers were a teacher, a doctor, an engineer, a business person, a scientist and a leader.
I would choose an engineer to be thrown overboard because I personally think that an engineer is less important than the others.
Note: This is just a modal answer. You can write on your own.
2. Work in a pair. Student A asks questions using “If + past simple + would verb” and student B replies to the questions.
a. What/if political leader?
A: What would you do if you were a political leader?
B: I'd guide the youngsters on the right path, and encourage them to be responsible citizens.
b. What /if the Prime Minister?
A: What would you do if you were the Prime Minister?
B: I'd try my best to run the country smoothly without disturbing public lives. I'd fight against injustice and inequality.
c. What/if the President of America.
A: What would you do if you were the President of America?
B: I'd send all the immigrants to their own countries.
d. What /if lost in the desert?
A: What would you do if you were lost in the desert?
B: I'd try to find my way with the help of footprint or the direction of the sun.
3. Make five sentences that express wishes using “If only I wish + past simple structure."
A. "If + only + Sub. + past simple..." and
a. I wish I met him.
b. If only she understood my feelings.
c. If only they invited me.
d. I wish I saw her.
e. I wish I learnt it.
B. "Sub + wish (in the appropriate form) + Sub + simple past or past perfect..."
a. John wishes he wasn't so busy.
b. I wish it wasn't so cold.
c. I wish I had worked harder when I was at school.
d. I wish I had a caring husband.
e. I wish I had a cute daughter.
4. We may regret using “If + the past perfect + would (not) have + past participle…”. Look at the example below and express regrets for the following situations.
a.not get a good grade in the exam
=>I’m sad. If I had studied hard, I would have got a good grade in the exam.
b.suffer from the common cold
=>I’m irritated. If I had worn warm woollen clothes, I wouldn’t have suffered from the common cold.
c.spend all the money at a restaurant
=>I’m regretting it. If I hadn’t spent all the money at a restaurant, I wouldn’t have been bankrupt.
d.not complete my homework
=>I’m tensed. If I hadn’t watched movies on TV till 8 p.m., I would have completed my homework.
C. Follow-up activity
Work in a pair. Tell your partner that you did not do well in your exam because of your carelessness. Discuss what you would have done to perform well in the exam.
If I had studied hard, I would have performed well in the exam.
If I had taken the study seriously, I would have done better in the exam.
If I hadn’t been careless in my study, I would not have suffered now.
2. Now read the following news report, and discuss the given questions in a pair.
Questions
a. When was the text written?
The text was written on December 08, 2015.
b. Which website can you find this article on?
This article can be found on www.thehimalayantimes.com.
c. What is the text about?
The text is about the recommendation of the National Geographical Traveller Magazine to enlist Nepal as one of the must-see destinations in the world for 2016.
d. What is the headline of the article?
The headline of the article is “Nepal, must-see destination’ for 2016, recommends leading global magazine”.
e. Which tense is used in the heading?
The simple present tense is used in the heading.
f. What is the source of the news?
The source of the news is "The Himalayan Times" newspaper.
B. Time for writing
Write a similar news report on “Lionel Messi wins FIFA world player award for the fifth time”. Use the following clues to develop the report.
Lionel Messi Wins FIFA world player award for the fifth time
Published: February 5, 2017
Argentina: World’s famous football player, Lionel Messi, 29, won the Ballon d'Or trophy on Monday. He is Barcelona and Argentina forward. He became the world’s best player 2015 for the fifth time. Before this, he has already won four straight FIFA awards from 2009-2012 continuously. “It is incredible that it’s my fifth. It’s a very special moment for me to be back on the stage,” Messi said in his acceptance speech. He has scored 41.33 per cent of total voting points in a 23 candidate ballot, whereas, Ronaldo has secured the second position with 27.76 per cent. Neymar, Messi’s Barcelona teammate stands in the third position with 7.86 per cent. Voting was conducted by national team captains and coaches, plus journalists were also invited from FIFA member countries.
Fun Corner
Study the following idiomatic expressions and their meaning.
to feel under the weather = feeling sick; not well
to cost an arm and a leg = extremely expensive
see eye to eye = to agree with someone
get the ball rolling = start something, especially a conversation or a social event
to kill two birds with one stone = to solve two problems at once
2. Now complete the following sentences by supplying the suitable idiomatic expressions (in their correct verb forms) given above.
a. Fuel these days is costing an arm and a leg.
b. I’m going to stay home because I am feeling under the weather today.
c. By visiting Mugu,I killed two birds with one stone, I enjoyed the beauty of nature and also spent time with my old friends.
d. My father and I see eye to eye on most things.
e. There was a quiet atmosphere at the party so I decided to get the ball rolling and got up to dance.