1.1 Be The Best.

1.1   Be The Best.

Difficult World's

• Valley (व्हाली) - दरी
• Highway (हायवे) -  मुख्य रस्ता , महामार्ग 
• Scrub (स्क्रब) - an area covered with small, low, 

                                  plants; खुरटी झाडे, झुडपे इत्यादी. 

• Rill (रिल्) - a small stream, a shallow channel,

rivulet; ओहोळ, लहान ओढा.

• Muskie and bass (मस्कि अँड् बॉस ) - names of fish,

माशांची नावे.

• Crew (क्रू)-sailors who work on a ship;

जहाजावरील अधिकारी व खलाशी सोडून इतर सर्व.

• Lesser (लेसर) - unimportant दुसऱ्यापेक्षा कमी दर्जाचा.

• Task (टास्क) - कार्य , अवघड काम 

• Trail (ट्रेइल) - a narrow path पायवाट, अरुंद मार्ग 

English Workshop

1. Read the words/names given below.
Put the big sized / bigger ones in the big
circle and smaller ones in the small circle.

(muskie, tree, pine, lake, bass, bush.

highway, scrub, rill, sun, star, trail)

2. Find and write the pairs of rhyming words
from the poem.

1.       hill - rill
2.       Be - tree
3.       Grass - Bass
4.       Make - Lake
5.       Here - near
6.       Trail - Fail
7.       Star - Are

3. Complete the following sentences with
appropriate words/phrases from the poem.

1. If you can't be a pine, be a scrub.
2. If you can't be a tree, be a bush.
3. If you are a muskie, be a bass.
4. If you can't be a captain, you can be in a crew.
5.  If you can't be a highway, be a trail.
6.   If you can't be the sun, be a star.

  4. Write whether the following are True or False :

1. All must be the captains of the teams.                 - False
2. A bit of grass can make the highway happier.     - True
3. We win or fail depending upon size or position.  - False
4. A scrub is found at the top of the hill.                  - False
5. If your work is not important, don't do it.              - false
6. Whatever job you have, do your best.                  - True

 5. Write an appreciation of the poem
with the help of the points given below:

  The title of the poem is Be the Best. The poem is written by Douglas Malloch. The poem has four stanzas.
The poem is written by Douglas Malloch. The poem has four stanzas.

Each stanza has four lines. The lines that rhyme in each stanza,

are 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th. The poet compares big things with small things. If you can't be is a repeated expression in the poem. The line I shall always remember is Be the best .

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