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AJB Class 7 English - Lesson 11


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1. About the Poet

The Poet: C. J. Heck is a native of Ohio. She is the author of three children's books, a collection of short stories and a book of poetry.

āĻ•āĻŦি: āϚি. āϜে. āĻšেāĻ• āĻ…āĻšিāĻ…'ā§° (Ohio) āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻŦাāϏিāύ্āĻĻা। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤিāύিāĻ–āύ āĻļিāĻļু āĻ—্ā§°āύ্āĻĨ, āĻāϟা āϏ⧰ু āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒā§° āϏংāĻ•āϞāύ āφ⧰ু āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŦিāϤা āĻĒুāĻĨিā§° āϞেāĻ–িāĻ•া।

2. Lesson Translation

I talked to Grammy yesterday

āĻŽāχ āĻ•াāϞি āφāχāϤাā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻ›িāϞো

about a girl I know.

āĻŽāχ āϜāύা āĻāϜāύী āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে।

Her skin's a different color

āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ›াāϞ⧰ ā§°ং āĻŦেāϞেāĻ—

but I like her, even though

āϤāĻĨাāĻĒিāĻ“ āĻŽāχ āϤাāχāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāĻ“ঁ,

the other children tease her

āφāύ āϞ'ā§°া-āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāĻŦোā§°ে āϤাāχāĻ• āϜোāĻ•াāϝ়

and it makes her run away

āφ⧰ু āχāϝ়াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤাāχ āĻĻৌā§°ি āφঁāϤ⧰ি āϝাāϝ়

because she looks so different

āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϤাāχāĻ• āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ— āϞাāĻ—ে

and they never let her play.

āφ⧰ু āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āϤাāχāĻ• āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻ–েāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āύিāĻĻিāϝ়ে।

I think she looks just beautiful !

āĻŽāχ āĻ­াāĻŦো āϤাāχāĻ• āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻŦāϞৈ āϧুāύীāϝ়া !

Her skin is chocolate brown.

āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ›াāϞ⧰ ā§°ং āϚāĻ•োāϞেāϟ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻŽুāĻ—া।

She's the nicest girl I've ever met

āϤাāχ āĻŽāχ āϞāĻ— āĻĒোā§ąা āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āϞāĻ—া āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী

and it's sad to see her frown.

āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āĻŦিāĻŽā§°্āώ āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ–āύ āĻĻেāĻ–িāϞে āĻĻুāĻ– āϞাāĻ—ে।

Grammy held me on her lap

āφāχāϤাāχ āĻŽোāĻ• āĻ•োāϞাāϤ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ

and told me she was proud.

āφ⧰ু āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤাāχ āĻ—ৌā§°ā§ąাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ।

She said that's what's important

āϤাāχ āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϏেāχāϟোā§ąেāχ āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ

and then my gram allowed

āφ⧰ু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āĻŽোā§° āφāχāϤাāχ āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ

that children are life's rainbow,

āϝে āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻ•āϞ āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ ā§°াāĻŽāϧেāύু,

black and yellow, red and white,

āĻ•'āϞা āφ⧰ু āĻšাāϞāϧীāϝ়া, ā§°āĻ™া āφ⧰ু āĻŦāĻ—া,

but the colors aren't what matter,

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু ā§°ংāĻŦোā§° āĻ•োāύো āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āύāĻšāϝ়,

it's what's down deep inside.

āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻš'āϞ āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰⧰ āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āĻ•ি āφāĻ›ে।

I asked her if that's what it means

āĻŽāχ āϤাāχāĻ• āϏুāϧিāϞো āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āϏেāχāϟোā§ąেāχ āύেāĻ•ি

when we say we're colorblind.

āφāĻŽি āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻ•āĻ“ঁ āφāĻŽি āĻŦā§°্āĻŖাāύ্āϧ (colorblind)।

She smiled and said it should mean that

āϤাāχ āĻšাঁāĻšিāϞে āφ⧰ু āĻ•'āϞে āϝে āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āϤেāύেāĻ•ুā§ąাāχ āĻš'āĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে

in all hearts and in all minds.

āϏāĻ•āϞোā§°ে āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ় āφ⧰ু āϏāĻ•āϞোā§°ে āĻŽāύāϤ।

3. Word Notes (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ)

grammy/gram: grandmother (informal) [āφāχāϤা - āĻ…āύাāύুāώ্āĻ াāύিāĻ•āĻ­াā§ąে]
chocolate brown: dark brown colour [āĻĄাāĻ  āĻŽুāĻ—া ā§°ং]
lap: the flat area between waist and knees of one who is sitting [āĻ•োāϞা]
life's rainbow: the most beautiful and pleasant things of one's life which are full of hope [āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ ā§°াāĻŽāϧেāύু: āφāĻļাā§°ে āĻĒā§°িāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āϧুāύীāϝ়া āφ⧰ু āφāύāύ্āĻĻāĻĻাāϝ়āĻ• āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°]
colorblind: unable to distinguish certain colours; not influenced by racial prejudice [āĻŦā§°্āĻŖাāύ্āϧ: āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ ā§°ং āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া; āĻŦā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦৈāώāĻŽ্āϝ⧰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ąিāϤ āύোāĻšোā§ąা]

4. Summary (āϏাā§°াংāĻļ)

The poem speaks for racial harmony.
(āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§ąে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāĻ—āϤ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤিā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•āϝ়।)

It gives us the message of unity among different races.
(āχ āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻāĻ•āϤাā§° āĻŦাā§°্āϤা āĻĻিāϝ়ে।)

In this poem the poet, a young girl, relates the story of a dark-skinned girl, who was ill-treated by other children, to her grandmother.
(āĻāχ āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϤ āĻ•āĻŦি āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨাā§Ž āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āϏ⧰ু āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāϝ়ে, āφāύ āϞ'ā§°া-āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻĻুā§°্āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻŦāϞি āĻšোā§ąা āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻ•'āϞা āĻ›াāϞ⧰ āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীā§° āϏাāϧু āύিāϜ⧰ āφāχāϤাāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•ৈāĻ›ে।)

She speaks of the traumatic treatment that the dark-skinned girl gets in her school.
(āϤাāχ āĻ•'āϞা āĻ›াāϞ⧰ āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāϜāύীāϝ়ে āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞāϤ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ• āφāϘাāϤāϜāύāĻ• āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•āϝ়।)

The poet thinks that the girl with her chocolate brown skin is the nicest girl she has ever met.
(āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻ­াāĻŦে āϝে āϚāĻ•োāϞেāϟ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻŽুāĻ—া āĻ›াāϞ⧰ āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāϜāύী āϤাāχ āϞāĻ— āĻĒোā§ąা āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ­াāϞ āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী।)

She feels sad when she sees the girl frown.
(āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāϜāύীāĻ• āĻŦিāĻŽā§°্āώ āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻĻেāĻ–িāϞে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĻুāĻ– āϞাāĻ—ে।)

Then the grandmother feels very proud of her granddaughter's wise conscience and conveys the message that the colour of one's skin does not matter.
(āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āφāχāϤাāĻ•ে āύাāϤিāύীāϝ়েāϕ⧰ āϜ্āĻžাāύী āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻ•āĻ• āϞৈ āĻŦā§° āĻ—ৌā§°ā§ą āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰ে āφ⧰ু āĻŦাā§°্āϤা āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϝে āĻ•াā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻ›াāϞ⧰ ā§°ং āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύāĻšāϝ়।)

The inner beauty of a person is more important than the colour of the skin and all the children irrespective of the colour of their skin are the most beautiful gifts of one's life.
(āĻāϜāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻ›াāϞ⧰ ā§°āĻ™āϤāĻ•ৈ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰⧰ āϏৌāύ্āĻĻā§°্āϝ āĻŦেāĻ›ি āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āφ⧰ু āĻ›াāϞ⧰ ā§°ং āϝিāϝ়েāχ āύāĻšāĻ“āĻ• āĻ•িāϝ় āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻļিāĻļুā§ąেāχ āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āϧুāύীāϝ়া āωāĻĒāĻšাā§°।)

The poem reflects the need to show love and compassion to others and to treat all equally.
(āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§ąে āφāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āφ⧰ু āĻŽāĻŽāϤা āĻĻেāĻ–ুāĻ“ā§ąাā§° āφ⧰ু āϏāĻ•āϞোā§°ে āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽাāύ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ়āϤা āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻĢāϞিāϤ āϕ⧰ে।)

The racial prejudice should not influence anyone to judge a person.
(āĻŦā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦৈāώāĻŽ্āϝāχ āĻāϜāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ• āĻŦিāϚাā§° āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•াāĻ•ো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ąিāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে।)

5. Comprehension Solutions

Answer the following questions.

i) Who is the poet of the poem 'Children of the Rainbow' ?
Ans: C. J. Heck is the poet of the poem 'Children of the Rainbow'.

ii) About whom is the poet talking to her grandmother ?
Ans: The poet is talking to her grandmother about a girl she knows, whose skin is of a different colour (chocolate brown).

iii) Why do the other children tease the girl ?
Ans: The other children tease the girl and never let her play because she looks different from them due to her dark skin colour.

iv) What does the grandmother say about the children ?
Ans: The grandmother says that children are life's rainbow, coming in different colours like black, yellow, red, and white. She adds that the colours do not matter; what is deep down inside a person is what truly matters.

v) "I think ... her frown." What does the poet say in these lines ?
Ans: In these lines, the poet says that she finds the girl with chocolate brown skin very beautiful. According to the poet, she is the nicest girl she has ever met, and it makes the poet very sad to see her frown.

vi) Write rhyming words from the poem.
Ans: Some rhyming words from the poem are:

  • • know - though
  • • play - away
  • • brown - frown
  • • proud - allowed
  • • white - inside
  • • colorblind - minds

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