FINAL TOUCH : II PU ENGLISH

The poem , ' Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth', gives a message that man should not search heaven somewhere else but here on the Earth.  Man  has live on the Earth peacefully without creating chaos.  According to the poet, 'Heaven, God ,Nymphs'  are just the creation of man. The poet is inspired by nature, as it gives subject to his poetry. We can enjoy the heavenly bliss in looking at the nature. The poet states that one need to experience the heaven looking at streams, rolling surf, waves of ocean, tender sunshine, on the verdant grass and the moonlight and asserts that one need to enjoy the heavenly bliss , when watches the splendor of the nature.  Nature inspires the poet to write the poetry , through which he imbibes and spills the song of nectar and creates heaven on Earth through his poem. This the poet believes Heaven lies on the Earth. To quote , ' It's the mind that makes the heaven a hell, and hell a heaven.' 

 Introduction The lesson, ' Everything I Need to know I Learned in the forest ' by Vandana Shiva, is about how Vandana Shiva learnt about environmentalism from the uneducated women of Garhwal, Himalaya and about the forest that taught her values of diversity, freedom and co- existence. Navadanya Farm/Movement   Vandana Shiva learnt about diversity inthe Himalayan forests , which she transferred to the protection of biodiversity on their farm. She started saving seeds from farmers' fields and realised that they need a farm for demonstration and training. This Navadanya Farm was started in 1994 in the Doon Valley, , located in the lower elevation Himalayan region of Uttarakhand Province. They conserve and grow 630 varieties of rice, 150 varities of wheat and hundreds of other species. They practice and promote a biodiversity- intensive form of farming that produces more food and nutrition per acre. They worked with the farmers to setup more than more than 100 community seed b...

  Lesson : Too Dear 1. Reckon up                 - calculate  2. Gave up                     - surrender/ quit 3. Look over                  - check/examine  4. Straight out               - directly  5. To get rid of              - discard /eliminate  6. Got out of the way   - stop doing something  7. Turn their backs      - deny/reject/abandon  8. Be hanged                 - kill/suspend  9. Rake in                      - earn /gain/ make 10. Hard to put up      - difficult to accept  https://angelicstep.blogspot.com Lesson : Everything I Need To Know I Learned        ...

 Lesson :  Japan And Brazil .... 1. Laid down                  - to establish 2. Straighten up             - to stand erect  3. Clear cut                       - to define 4. All & sundry               - everyone  5. Tread on                      -  to step on/ stumble  6. be inclined                  - likely to believe  7. Leaps and bounds     - rapidly or quickly  8. Look-out                      - to be vigilant/careful  9. Turn a deaf ear          - Refuse to listen  10. Cut in                        ...