CBSE ENGLISH CORE: 2012 [ All India ] Set II

(a)Title: Listening: Basis of Communication

Notes:
I.Listener and speaker  
I.1.List. rate 500 words
I.2.speaking rate 150
I.3.listener  no wander
I.4.good  com.  demands list.

II.Listening process
II.1.list. beyond hearing
II.2.demands concent.
II.3.use senses with mind
II.4.attend understand interp.

III.Interactive process of com.
 III.1.dialogue of part. & invol. 
III.2.expressing interest
III.3.art of knowing more
III.4.inability of speaker in com.
IV.Barriers to list.
IV.1.Phys. & psych.
IV.2.hindrance to hearing
IV.3.interp. & eval. Message

(a)     
(i)Stress is a body reaction to any demands or changes in its internal and external environment. A change in the external environment such as temperature, pollutants, humidity and working conditions lead to stress.
(ii)Muscle tension in various parts of the body, palpitation and high blood pressure, indigestion and hyper-acidity are signs of stress. There are other signs of stress such as trembling, shaking, nervous blinking, dryness of throat and mouth and difficulty in swallowing.
(iii)Heart diseases, depression, ulcers, hypertensions and sleeplessness are the different diseases a person can get due to stress.
(iv)Diet and herbal medicines are two excellent stress    
      busters.
(v)A person under stress reacts in a self-destructive manner by eating and drinking too much, by smoking excessively, relying on tranquilisers. Other common ways are flight, fight and flee. The professional under stress behaves as if he is a perfectionist. It leads to depression, lethargy and weakness.

 
(b)
(i) collapse
(ii) reprimand
(iii) lethargic

25, Vikas Nagar

Delhi

7 June 2012

The Principal

ABC School

Delhi

Subject: Permission to attend school two hours late

Dear Madam

I wish to say that my son, Akhil Arora studying in class XII, has been selected for participation in National Swimming Championship and he needs to attend the coaching classes arranged by Sports Authority of India. The timings of the coaching collide with those of the school.

Therefore, he would be reaching school by 10 a.m., instead of 8 a.m., for a month, i.e., from 10 June to 9 July. 

I hope, keeping in view the importance of his participation and his endeavour to make the school proud, you would kindly grant the permission and oblige us.

Yours faithfully

Nikhil Arora

F/O Akhil Arora, Class XII-D

112, Kasturi Bai Street

CChennai – 20

6 June 2012

TThe Station Master

AAnand

SSubject: Loss of My Suitcase

DDear Sir

I I beg to say that I lost my suitcase containing some

vvaluables and important documents while travelling by the

NNavjivan Express from Chennai to Anand on 3 June, 2012.

I I realized the loss only after alighting at Anand; and cannot

rrreally mention where exactly it was lost during the

jjjourney.

I,I, therefore, inform you of the same and request you to

rrregister the case. I hope, at the same time, that the

ssuitcase would be recovered soon and handed over to me.

I I am looking forward to hearing from you soon in this

rrregard.

YYours faithfully

PPrasad

Respected Principal, teachers and friends, I, Ajay, Head Boy, would like to express my views on maintaining cleanliness in the school premises.

We are very much familiar with the saying, “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” Being well instructed we are aware that the cause of many sicknesses and ill health is lack of personal and social hygiene.

None of us will be happy to present ourselves wearing dirty cloths. We keep our rooms neat and tidy because we know they are our personal belongings. As we want to present ourselves and our belongings clean and beautiful we have a responsibility to keep our class rooms, verandahs  and the school compound neat and clean because we belong to this school and the school is ours.

For the last few days I have been noticing that some students of junior classes are littering the school compound and verandahs with tiffin left-overs. This makes our beautiful school look unclean and untidy.

As I have mentioned earlier, all of us should develop a sense of belonging to our school. It is our home and we have the responsibility to present it neat and clean. We should take a pledge that we will keep our school and its surrounding clean and refrain from dirtying it. Thus we remain here healthy and happy.

Thank You

 Need for Reality Show on Indian Classical Dances

                                   By Anu

Nowadays there has been a steady increase in the number and variety of reality shows which range from music, dance etc. to family and personal matters and have a huge viewership. Among all these dance shows is a hot stuff.  But these shows present dance as a mixture of gymnastics and P.T exercises because of the influence of film dances.

India has a very ancient civilization in which innumerable classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam ,Kathak ,Kathakali ,  Odissi etc. and folk dance forms such as Bihu, Yakshagana, Kummi and hundreds of others are embedded in the society from times immemorial. Dance is considered as divine and is part of religious worship. It is learned under the direction of experts for several years. Commercialization of this form of art has deteriorated its quality.

Television is a very powerful media and nothing can replace its influence. The TV channels have a responsibility to protect our rich culture and tradition.  It is high time that we started reality shows of Indian classical and folk dances. That will inspire the parents to get proper training for their children, thus enhancing the quality of our traditional dance forms and preserve them from extinction.

Musical Night at Vasant Vihar Public School

       By Mahima

 A musical night was organized by Vasant Vihar Public School, in the evening of February 20^th in the school auditorium. The air was charged and the atmosphere became electric, as the auditorium reverberated with the cheering and clapping of excited students who had gathered to witness the much awaited musical show.

The DM of the city was invited to be the chief guest at the function. The show was inaugurated by the chief guest. The participants presented a clourful variety of items like dance, drama, song, an orchestra, fancy dress, etc. The one act play based on Tagore’s story attracted everyone’s attention. All this was followed by fancy dress shows by the students which added the colour and liveliness to the evening.

The popular singer, Abhinav Goel of the Class XII made a special performance and enthralled the audience with his melodious voice. At the end of the musical night, the chief guest congratulated the students who performed very well and blessed them. With the vote of thanks by the Principal, the memorable event came to an end.

Fire in Slum

By Lakshman

Madurai, 10^th January, 2012: The impoverished slum area in Madurai city was a scene of hellish devastation on Monday morning after a fire caused by an exploding oil leak swept through a teeming slum leading to the death of at least 75 people and hundreds of others badly burned.

The disastrous event happened when a crowd gathered with jerry cans to collect the petrol as they found it from a nearby depot spilled into a sewage ditch. The fire began without warning when a man tossed away a cigarette butt. An eyewitness said that the ensuing inferno engulfed dozens of men, women and children who had been frantically filling containers with the petrol.

It was too appalling to see the charred bodies lay scattered up to 300 metres from the site of the blast. Fires were still burning, as locals watched the rescue operation and children in school uniforms searched desperately for missing parents.