The tsunami | Class 8 | English

 

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A tsunami is a very large and powerful wave caused by earthquakes under the sea. On 26 December 2004, a tsunami hit Thailand and parts of India such as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the Tamil Nadu coast. Here are some stories of courage and survival. Did animals sense that a tsunami was coming? Some stories suggest that they did.

सुनामी एक बहुत बड़ी और शक्तिशाली लहर है जिसके कारण होता हैसमुद्र के नीचे भूकंप. 26 दिसंबर 2004 को सुनामी आईथाईलैंड और भारत के कुछ हिस्सों जैसे अंडमान और इससे प्रभावितनिकोबार द्वीप समूह और तमिलनाडु तट। यहाँ हैं कुछसाहस और अस्तित्व की कहानियाँ।क्या जानवरों को एहसास हुआ कि सुनामी आ रही है? कुछ कहानियाँसुझाव है कि उन्होंने ऐसा किया।

I

These stories are all from the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. Ignesious was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchall. His wife woke him up at 6 a.m. because she felt an earthquake. Ignesious carefully took his television set off its table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break. Then the family rushed out of the house. When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea rising. In the chaos and confusion, two of his children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s brother, and rushed in the opposite direction. He never saw them again. His wife was also swept away. Only the three other children who came with him were saved. 

ये सभी कहानियां अंडमान निकोबार की हैंद्वीपसमूहइग्नेशियस एक सहकारी समिति का प्रबंधक थाकैटचेल में. उसकी पत्नी ने उसे सुबह 6 बजे जगाया क्योंकि वहभूकंप महसूस हुआ. इग्नेशियस ने ध्यान से अपना टेलीविजन लियाउसकी मेज़ उतारकर ज़मीन पर रख दो ताकि वहगिरकर टूटेगा नहीं. फिर परिवार बाहर भाग गयाघर।जब झटके बंद हुए तो उन्होंने देखा कि समुद्र बढ़ रहा है।अफरा-तफरी और असमंजस में उनके दो बच्चे फंस गएअपनी माँ के पिता और माँ का हाथ पकड़ेंभाई, और विपरीत दिशा में दौड़ पड़ा। वह कभी नहींउन्हें फिर से देखा. उनकी पत्नी भी बह गईं. केवलउसके साथ आए तीन अन्य बच्चों को बचा लिया गया।

Sanjeev was a policeman, serving in the Katchall island of the Nicobar group of islands. He somehow managed to save himself, his wife and his baby daughter from the waves. But then he heard cries for help from the wife of John, the guesthouse cook. Sanjeev jumped into the water to rescue her, but they were both swept away. Thirteen year-old Meghna was swept away along with her parents and seventy-seven other people. She spent two days floating in the sea, holding on to a wooden door. Eleven times she saw relief helicopters overhead, but they did not see her. She was brought to the shore by a wave, and was found walking on the seashore in a daze. Almas Javed was ten years old. She was a student of Carmel Convent in Port Blair where her father had a petrol pump. Her mother Rahila’s home was in Nancowry island. The family had gone there to celebrate Christmas. When the tremors came early in the morning, the family was sleeping. Almas’s father saw the sea water recede. He understood that the water would come rushing back with great force. He woke everyone up and tried to rush them to a safer place. As they ran, her grandfather was hit on the head by something and he fell down. Her father rushed to help him. Then came the first giant wave that swept both of them away. Almas’s mother and aunts stood clinging to the leaves of a coconut tree, calling out to her. A wave uprooted the tree, and they too were washed away. Almas saw a log of wood floating. She climbed on to it. Then she fainted. When she woke up, she was in a hospital in Kamorta. From there she was brought to Port Blair. The little girl does not want to talk about the incident with anyone. She is still traumatized.

संजीव एक पुलिसकर्मी था, जो कच्छल द्वीप में कार्यरत थानिकोबार द्वीप समूह का. वह किसी तरह कामयाब हुआखुद को, अपनी पत्नी और अपनी बच्ची को इससे बचाएंलहर की। लेकिन तभी उसने मदद के लिए पत्नी की चीखें सुनींजॉन, गेस्टहाउस रसोइया। संजीव पानी में कूद गयाउसे बचाने के लिए, लेकिन वे दोनों बह गए।तेरह वर्षीय मेघना भी साथ में बह गईउसके माता-पिता और सतहत्तर अन्य लोग। उसने खर्च कर दिएलकड़ी के दरवाज़े को पकड़कर दो दिन तक समुद्र में तैरते रहे।ग्यारह बार उसने राहत हेलीकॉप्टरों को ऊपर देखा, लेकिन वेउसे नहीं देखा. एक लहर उसे किनारे ले आई,और समुद्र के किनारे अचंभे में चलते हुए पाया गया।अलमास जावेद दस साल के थे. की छात्रा थीपोर्ट ब्लेयर में कार्मेल कॉन्वेंट जहां उनके पिता का निवास थापेट्रोल पंप। उसकी मां राहिला का घर थानैनकॉरी द्वीप. परिवार वहां जश्न मनाने गया थाक्रिसमस।सुबह-सुबह जब भूकंप के झटके आएपरिवार सो रहा था. अल्मास के पिता ने समुद्र का पानी देखापीछे हटना वह समझ गया कि पानी आएगाबड़ी ताकत से वापस दौड़ना। उसने सबको जगायाऔर उन्हें सुरक्षित स्थान पर पहुंचाने की कोशिश की.जैसे ही वे भागे, उसके दादाजी को सिर पर चोट लगीकुछ और वह नीचे गिर गया। उसके पिता मदद के लिए दौड़ेउसे। फिर पहली विशाल लहर आई जिसने दोनों को बहा दियाउन्हें दूर।अल्मास की माँ औरचाची चिपक कर खड़ी थींनारियल के पेड़ की पत्तियाँ,उसे पुकार रहा हूँ. एक लहरपेड़ को उखाड़ फेंका, और वेभी बह गए.अल्मास ने लकड़ी का एक लट्ठा देखातैरता हुआ। वह पर चढ़ गयीयह। फिर वह बेहोश हो गई. कबवह जाग गई, वह अंदर कामोर्टा में अस्पताल। वहां से उसे लाया गयापोर्ट ब्लेयर।छोटी बच्ची घटना के बारे में बात नहीं करना चाहतीकिसी के साथ। वह अब भी सदमे में है.

 

Comprehension Check Say whether the following are true or false.

Ignesious lost his wife, two children, his father-in-law, and his brother-in-law in the tsunami.

2. Sanjeev made it to safety after the tsunami.

3. Meghna was saved by a relief helicopter.

4. Almas’s father realised that a tsunami was going to hit the island.

5. Her mother and aunts were washed away with the tree that they were holding on to.

 

 

धारणा जांचबताएं कि निम्नलिखित सत्य हैं या असत्य।

1. इग्नेसियस ने अपनी पत्नी, दो बच्चों, अपने ससुर और को खो दियासुनामी में उसका बहनोई।

2. सुनामी के बाद संजीव सुरक्षित स्थान पर पहुंच गए।

3. मेघना को राहत हेलीकॉप्टर से बचाया गया.

4. अल्मास के पिता को एहसास हुआ कि सुनामी आने वाली हैद्वीप।5. उसकी माँ और मौसी भी बह गईंजिस पेड़ को वे पकड़े हुए थे।  

II

 Tilly Smith (a British school girl) was able to save many lives when the tsunami struck Phuket beach in Thailand. Though she has won a number of awards, her parents have not allowed their daughter to be interviewed on television and made into a heroine. Why do you think they took that decision? Now here is a story from Thailand. The Smith family from South-East England were celebrating Christmas at a beach resort in southern Thailand. Tilly Smith was a ten-year-old schoolgirl; her sister was seven years old. Their parents were Penny and Colin Smith. It was 26 December 2004. Deadly tsunami waves were already on their way. They had been triggered by a massive earthquake off northern Sumatra earlier that morning. “The water was swelling and kept coming in,” Penny Smith remembered. “The beach was getting smaller and smaller. I didn’t know what was happening.”

 

द्वितीयटिली स्मिथ (एक ब्रिटिश स्कूल लड़की) कई लोगों को बचाने में सक्षम थीवह जीवित है जब थाईलैंड के फुकेत समुद्र तट पर सुनामी आई थी।हालाँकि उसने कई पुरस्कार जीते हैं, उसके माता-पिताउन्होंने अपनी बेटी का साक्षात्कार नहीं लेने दियाटेलीविजन और हीरोइन बना दिया गया। आप ऐसा क्यों सोचते हैं?लिया वह निर्णय?अब पेश है थाईलैंड से एक कहानी.स्मिथ परिवार दक्षिण-पूर्व इंग्लैंड से थादक्षिणी में एक समुद्र तट रिसॉर्ट में क्रिसमस का जश्न मना रहे हैंथाईलैंड. टिली स्मिथ दस वर्षीय स्कूली छात्रा थी; उसकीबहन सात साल की थी. उनके माता-पिता पेनी थेऔर कॉलिन स्मिथ.यह 26 दिसंबर 2004 का दिन था। घातक सुनामी लहरेंपहले से ही अपने रास्ते पर थे. उन्हें ट्रिगर किया गया थापहले उत्तरी सुमात्रा में एक बड़े भूकंप सेउस सुबह।पेनी ने कहा, "पानी बढ़ रहा था और लगातार अंदर आ रहा था।"स्मिथ को याद आया. “समुद्र तट छोटा होता जा रहा थाछोटा. मुझे नहीं पता था कि क्या हो रहा है।”

 

But Tilly Smith sensed that something was wrong. Her mind kept going back to a geography lesson she had taken in England just two weeks before she flew out to Thailand with her family. Tilly saw the sea slowly rise, and start to foam, bubble and form whirlpools. She remembered that she had seen this in class in a video of a tsunami that had hit the Hawaiian islands in 1946. Her geography teacher had shown her class the video, and told them that tsunamis can be caused by earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides. Tilly started to scream at her family to get off the beach. “She talked about an earthquake under the sea. She got more and more hysterical,” said her mother Penny. “I didn’t know what a tsunami was. But seeing my daughter so frightened, I thought something serious must be going on.” Tilly’s parents took her and her sister away from the beach, to the swimming pool at the hotel. A number of other tourists also left the beach with them. “Then it was as if the entire sea had come out after them. I was screaming, ‘Run!’” The family took refuge in the third floor of the hotel. The building withstood the surge of three tsunami waves. If they had stayed on the beach, they would not have been alive. The Smiths later met other tourists who had lost entire families. Thanks to Tilly and her geography lesson, they had been forewarned. Tilly went back to her school in England and told her classmates her terrifying tale.

 

Comprehension Check Answer the following in a phrase or sentence.

1. Why did Tilly’s family come to Thailand?

2. What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw?

3. Do you think Tilly’s mother was alarmed by them?

4. Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion?

5. Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape from the tsunami?

6. How do you think her geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?

 

 

लेकिन टिली स्मिथ को लगा कि कुछ गड़बड़ है।उसका मन बार-बार भूगोल के पाठ की ओर जा रहा थाउड़ान भरने से ठीक दो सप्ताह पहले वह इंग्लैंड गई थींअपने परिवार के साथ थाईलैंड के लिए निकलीं।टिली ने देखा कि समुद्र धीरे-धीरे ऊपर उठ रहा है और उसमें झाग, बुलबुले उठने लगे हैंऔर भँवर बनाते हैं। उसे याद आया कि उसने देखा थायह सुनामी के एक वीडियो में कक्षा में आया था1946 में हवाई द्वीप। उनके भूगोल शिक्षक थेउसकी कक्षा को वीडियो दिखाया, और उन्हें बताया कि सुनामीभूकंप, ज्वालामुखी और भूस्खलन के कारण हो सकता है। टिली अपने परिवार से बाहर निकलने के लिए चिल्लाने लगीसमुद्र तट। “उसने समुद्र के नीचे भूकंप के बारे में बात की।वह और अधिक उन्मादी हो गई,'' उसकी माँ ने कहापैसा. “मुझे नहीं पता था कि सुनामी क्या होती है। लेकिन देख रहा हूँमेरी बेटी बहुत डरी हुई थी, मैंने कुछ गंभीर सोचाचल रहा होगा।”टिली के माता-पिता उसे और उसकी बहन को वहां से ले गएसमुद्र तट, होटल के स्विमिंग पूल तक। की एक संख्याअन्य पर्यटक भी उनके साथ समुद्र तट से चले गए। "तो यहऐसा लगा मानो पूरा समुद्र उनके पीछे निकल आया हो। मैं थाचिल्लाते हुए, 'भागो!'परिवार ने होटल की तीसरी मंजिल पर शरण ली।इमारत तीन सुनामी लहरों के उछाल को झेल गई।यदि वे समुद्र तट पर रुके होते, तो ऐसा नहीं होताजीवित रहा.स्मिथ बाद में अन्य पर्यटकों से मिले जो खो गए थेसंपूर्ण परिवार. टिली और उसके भूगोल पाठ को धन्यवाद,उन्हें पहले से सचेत कर दिया गया था. टिली अपने स्कूल वापस चली गईइंग्लैंड में और अपने सहपाठियों को अपनी भयानक कहानी सुनाई।

धारणा जांचनिम्नलिखित का उत्तर एक वाक्यांश या वाक्य में दें।

1. टिली का परिवार थाईलैंड क्यों आया?

2. टिली और उसकी माँ दोनों ने कौन से चेतावनी संकेत देखे?

3. क्या आपको लगता है कि टिली की माँ उनसे चिंतित थी?

4. टिली ने समुद्र को वैसा ही अजीब व्यवहार करते कहां देखा थापहनावा?

5. स्मिथ परिवार और अन्य लोग कहाँ थेसुनामी से बचने के लिए समुद्र तट पर जाएं?

6. आपको क्या लगता है उसके भूगोल शिक्षक को कैसा लगा होगा?उसने सुना कि टिली ने फुकेत में क्या किया था?

III

Look carefully at the picture of the boy and his dog, and try to describe the things that you see, using just words and phrases. Either the teacher or one of the students can write down the words and phrases on the blackboard. This is how you can start — calm, blue sea …. ruined huts……… Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka, wild and domestic animals seemed to know what was about to happen. They fled to safety. According to eyewitness accounts, elephants screamed and ran for higher ground; dogs refused to go outdoors; flamingoes abandoned their low-lying breeding areas; and zoo animals rushed into their shelters and could not be enticed to come back out. Many people believe that animals possess a sixth sense and know when the earth is going to shake. Some experts believe that animals’ more acute hearing helps them to hear or feel the earth’s vibration. They can sense an approaching disaster long before humans realise what’s going on. We cannot be sure whether animals have a sixth sense or not. But the fact is that the giant waves that rolled through the Indian Ocean killed more than 150,000 people in a dozen countries; but not many animals have been reported dead. Along India’s Cuddalore coast, where thousands of people perished, buffaloes, goats and dogs were found unharmed. The Yala National Park in Sri Lanka is home to a variety of animals including elephants, leopards, and 130 species of birds. Sixty visitors were washed away from the Patanangala beach inside the park; but

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लड़के और उसके कुत्ते की तस्वीर को ध्यान से देखिए औरजो चीज़ें आप देखते हैं उनका केवल शब्दों का उपयोग करके वर्णन करने का प्रयास करेंऔर वाक्यांश. या तो शिक्षक या छात्रों में से एकशब्दों और वाक्यांशों को ब्लैकबोर्ड पर लिख सकते हैं।आप इस तरह से शुरुआत कर सकते हैं -शांत, नीला समुद्र... उजड़ी हुई झोपड़ियाँ……इससे पहले कि विशाल लहरें तट से टकराएंभारत और श्रीलंका में जंगली और घरेलू जानवर लगते थेयह जानने के लिए कि क्या होने वाला है। वे सुरक्षित भाग गये।प्रत्यक्षदर्शियों के अनुसार हाथी चिंघाड़ने लगेऔर ऊँचे स्थान की ओर दौड़ा; कुत्तों ने बाहर जाने से मना कर दिया;राजहंस ने अपने निचले प्रजनन क्षेत्रों को छोड़ दिया;और चिड़ियाघर के जानवर अपने आश्रयों में चले गए और ऐसा कर सकते थेवापस बाहर आने के लिए प्रलोभित न हों.बहुत से लोग मानते हैं कि जानवरों में छठा गुण होता हैसमझो और जानो कि पृथ्वी कब हिलने वाली है। कुछविशेषज्ञों का मानना ​​है कि जानवरों की अधिक तीव्र सुनवाई से मदद मिलती हैउन्हें पृथ्वी के कंपन को सुनने या महसूस करने के लिए। वे समझ सकते हैंमनुष्य को एहसास होने से बहुत पहले ही आने वाली आपदाक्या चल रहा है।हम निश्चित नहीं हो सकते कि जानवरों में छठा भाग होता है या नहींसमझ में आया या नहीं. लेकिन तथ्य यह है कि विशाल तरंगेंहिन्द महासागर में लुढ़कने से अधिक लोग मारे गएएक दर्जन देशों में 150,000 लोग; लेकिन ज्यादा नहींजानवरों के मरने की सूचना मिली है.भारत के कुड्डालोर तट पर, जहां हजारों की संख्या में लोग हैंलोग मारे गए, भैंसें, बकरियाँ और कुत्ते पाए गएअहानिकर श्रीलंका में याला नेशनल पार्क घर हैहाथियों, तेंदुओं सहित विभिन्न प्रकार के जानवरों के लिए,और पक्षियों की 130 प्रजातियाँ। साठ आगंतुकों के हाथ धुलाए गएपार्क के अंदर पतनंगला समुद्र तट से दूर; लेकिन

 

no animal carcasses were found, except for two water buffaloes. About an hour before the tsunami hit, people at Yala National Park had observed three elephants running away from the Patanangala beach. A Sri Lankan gentleman who lives on the coast near Galle said his two dogs would not go for their daily run on the beach. “They are usually excited to go on this outing,” he said. But on that day they refused to go, and most probably saved his life.

 

Comprehension check Answer using a phrase or a sentence.

1. In the tsunami 150,000 people died. How many animals died?

2. 2. How many people and animals died in Yala National Park?

3.  3. What do people say about the elephants of Yala National Park?

4. 4. What did the dogs in Galle do?

 

दो पानी को छोड़कर किसी भी जानवर का शव नहीं मिलाभैंस. सुनामी आने से लगभग एक घंटे पहले, लोगयाला नेशनल पार्क में तीन हाथियों को देखा गयापतनंगला समुद्रतट से भाग रहे हैं।एक श्रीलंकाई सज्जन जो समुद्र तट के पास रहते हैंगैले ने कहा कि उनके दो कुत्ते अपनी दैनिक दौड़ के लिए नहीं जाएंगेसमुद्र तट पर। “वे आम तौर पर इस पर जाने के लिए उत्साहित रहते हैंबाहर घूमना,'' उन्होंने कहा। परन्तु उस दिन उन्होंने जाने से इन्कार कर दिया,और संभवतः उसकी जान बच गयी।

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किसी वाक्यांश या वाक्य का प्रयोग करके उत्तर दीजिए।

1. सुनामी में 150,000 लोग मारे गये। कितने जानवर मरे?

2. 2. याला नेशनल पार्क में कितने लोग और जानवर मरे?

3. 3. याला नेशनल पार्क के हाथियों के बारे में लोग क्या कहते हैं?4. गाले में कुत्तों ने क्या किया?