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Thursday, September 23, 2021
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
An auto named after the bestseller‘Alchemist
Paulo Coelho tweets thanks for ‘The Alchemist’ ( Input from The Hindu 07092021)
An auto named after the bestseller‘Alchemist,’ An autorickshaw in the coastal town of Cherai, near Kochi, named after The Alchemist, a popular novel by Paulo Coelho, is garnering great attention.
The Brazilian author tweeted a thanks to the autorickshaw driver, an ardent admirer of his works, for the favour.
The novelist’s tweet has been retweeted widely and K.A. Pradeep, the owner of the autorickshaw, is delighted by the turn of events. The vehicle he drives now is the third in the series of ‘Alchemists’ he has owned. He recalls that when he had named an earlier vehicle ‘Alchemist’ in 2011, it drew some attention from the media.
The Alchemist, published in 1988, became hugely popular and was widely translated. Pradeep has read the novel twice, the first time around 10 years ago.
He says Kolkata, where he worked for three years in a private company, fanned his love for books. He returned to Kerala 22 years ago and has been driving an autorickshaw since. Pradeep is an avid reader even during the difficult times imposed by COVID-19.
VKN’s admirer
His favourite Malayalam writer is VKN, whose Pithamahan and Payyan Kathakal are fresh in his mind.
He likes to discuss books with those who hire his vehicle even for short trips. Among the topics of conversation with his patrons, many of whom are avid readers, are the novels of Tolstoy, D.H. Lawrence, Emile Zola, and Kafka.
Qns (1) Who wrote the book "The Alchemist"?
(2) Write the theme of the book in 3 sentences.
(3)Which are the authors referred to in this news item?
(4) Name the books referred to in this news item.
(5) What is the full form of VKN ?
(6) HOW did Poulo Koylo come to know about the auto named "The Alchemist" in Kerala?
REWARD FOR STUDENT READERS:The first three students (Grade 4-12) who find answers to all the six questions GIVEN ABOVE correctly will get a book as their reward. Send your answers as an image (.jpg) of your own handwriting within 7 days from today ,7.9.2021 to seakeyare@gmail.com or Whatsapp no.9447739033- Blogger.
Monday, September 6, 2021
SIX MINUTES ENGLISH BY BBC really engaging
SIX MINUTES ENGLISH BY BBC is really a useful programme which gives you ample chance to listen to a daily discussion on engaging topics. Audio of this programme is uploaded every day by Mr Sudhir on our whats app group ENGLISH PLATFORM -SPEP. This is now forwarded by me daily to the group SPEAK ENGLISH EVERY DAY which has evoked enthusiastic reviews.Thank you Mr.Sudhir.
The programme brings out new words, idioms, phrases and thus helps to update your vocabulary and pronunciation.
The latest episode I listened to today discusses the link between shopping and mood. The phrases like weighed down, feeling down, sad, bored, stressed, down in the dumps, pang, the buyer's remorse, a pang of regret, cosy
A discussion is incited using the question "What do you buy when you are down in the dumps ?". Each member of the three-member BBC learning English team gives different answers. Listening to these responses will, no doubt, promote our communication skills in English.
There is a recap of the vocabulary items explaining the meaning in the end. If you have 10 minutes to spare, just listen to the audio, note down a few idioms and phrases, make sentences using these new words or phrases every day and try speaking out them, well I am pretty sure you will be speaking better English every day. Well, are you now weighed down by your thoughts of having to listen consciously , jotting down a few phrases and trying to speak them out ? That's your choice - To be or not to be! -CKR
The link to the BBC website is given below :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english.
Catchy topics like
Is chimp politics like ours?
available for discussion.
If you are willing to speak and listen to English without minding errors and pronunciation, just message me " Yes "@ 9447739033.
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Let me thank Mr. Priyesh Vayakkara for provoking me to write this note.
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