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FORGETTING
Written By
ROBERT LYND
P.K.TE STI NG :-
Specific A ids:-
1. Lesson Plan
2. Computer
3. Flash Cards
4. Ling Phones
MAIN OBJECTIVES :-
1. To increase the vocabulary of the
students
2. To use such type of words that a child can
easily understand
3. To pronounce the difficult words in
phonetics way.
4. To increase the communication skills of
the student.
5. To develop the reading, writing, listening
and speaking skills.
for·get (fər-gĕt', fôr-)
Again in his daily life also, man remembers almost everything that he should
remember. No man forgets a single item of his clothing when dressing up in the
morning. Nobody forgets to shut the front door when leaving the house. And
nobody forgets to switch off the lights before going to bed. Thus throughout the
day, every man remembers to do the right thing at the right moment.
Yet there are some matters in which human memory is not very good. There
are many people who forget to take medicine at fixed hours. Generally, a
medicine is taken before or after meals. Therefore, the meal itself should
remind them that they have to take the medicine at fixed hour. The author is
very fond of buying medicines. But after buying medicines, he forgets to take
them at regular intervals. There is no wonder that chemist become rich by
selling medicines, which people forget to use.
Most of the people are forgetful in the matter of posting letters. The author seldom
gives his letters to others for posting. He himself is quite forgetful in the matter. If
someone gives him a letter, he keeps on holding it in his hand lest he should
forget to post it. After some time he feels tired of holding the letter in his hand and
he puts it into his pocket. Then he forgets it completely. He forgets to post even
those letters which he himself writes.
People often leave their walking sticks, books and umbrellas in trains and taxis.
The author is quite forgetful in these matters. He likes to carry a walking stick in
his hand while going out to visit a friend. But he often forgets it either in the train
or at his friend’s house. He does not have the courage to carry an umbrellas while
going out, because he is sure of losing it on the way.
From the list of articles lost in trains, the author has found that young men are
more forgetful than the serious-minded people as a large number of footballs and
cricket-bats were forgotten in the trains. It seems that when the sportsmen are
returning after playing a match, they are deeply lost in the thoughts of the match.
They are lost in a world of imagination. So while getting down from the train, they
forget their footballs and cricket-bats in the compartment.
The anglers too are very forgetful. It is because they invent a large number of lies
about the size and number of fish caught by them. When they are busy in telling
these lies to others, they forget all about their finishing rods. They leave these
fishing rods in the train.
The persons with weak memories, often feel superior to those who have strong
memories. They argue that men with great memories are seldom men of great
intelligence. They quote many cases of children who had great memories and yet
had no intelligence at all. But Lynd feels that the writers and the great composers
of music have excellent memories. Poets have better memories than the stock-
brokers. Statesmen seem to possess very bad memories. They often accuse
each other of giving wrong details in their speeches of books. Yet the poets have
both a good memory and a keen intellect in them.
Good memory is very commonly found in people. So we consider a person who
does not have it, a strange person. The author narrates a story. A man went out
with his baby in the perambulator. The weather was very fine and sunny. So he
felt tempted to enjoy a glass of beer in a public-house. He left the perambulator
(pram) on the road and went into the bar. After taking a glass of beer, he came
out of the bar forgetting all about his baby. By chance, his wife passed that side.
When she saw the baby, she was shocked and angry at her husband’s strange
behavior. She thought of teaching him a lesson. She brought the baby and the
perambulator home. She was sure that her husband would be terrified at losing
the baby and would look pale and bloodless.
But to her surprise, the husband walked into the house in a cheerful
mood. He had not yet remembered the baby and the perambulator. He
greeted his wife very joyfully and inquired of her what dishes she had
cooked for lunch. The author feels that very few people below the rank
of a philosopher would be as forgetful as this man. However, he is of
the opinion that most of us are born with very efficient memories. If it
were not so, families could not have survived in great modern cities.
DIFFICULT WORD MEANINGS
WORDS MEANINGS
1. Articles Things
2. Absent-Mindedness Forgetfulness
3. Statistical Of Facts
4. Moral Giants Big Moralists
5. Destination Final Stage Of The Journey
6. Delinquent Defaulter
7. Ought Should Have
8. Exploits Heroic Deeds
9. Unadventurous Dull
10. Occurs Takes Place
11. Embarrassing Disturbing
12. Anglers Who catches fishes for fun
13. Prosaic Dull, Commonplace
14. Pillar-Box Mail Box
15. Feats Deeds
WORDS MEANINGS
16. Magnificent Grand
17. Reluctant Unwilling
18. Potions Liquid Medicines
19. Genius Intelligent Person
21. Saloon Bar Beer Bar
22. Public House Bar
23. Vexation Worry
24. Efficient Good
25. Quivering Trembling
26. Pause Stop
27. Perambulator A Baby Pram
28. Inaccurate Incorrect
29. Composers Of Music Musicians
30. Anticipating Hoping
31. Mediocre Something Average
32. Fallible Likely To Go Wrong
34. Make Out Prepare
35. Grimmest Jawed Harshest Jawed
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