10th English : THE SECRET OF THE MACHINES
Unit 5.2 > THE SECRET OF THE MACHINES
GLOSSARY
| furnace (n) | an enclosed structure in which material is heated to very high temperatures | เฎ เฎคเฎฟเฎ เฎตเฏเฎชเฏเฎชเฎจเฎฟเฎฒเฏเฎฏเฎฟเฎฒเฏ เฎชเฏเฎพเฎฐเฏเฎณเฏเฎเฎณเฏ เฎเฏเฎพเฎคเฎฟเฎเฏเฎ เฎตเฏเฎเฏเฎ เฎฎเฏเฎเฎฟเฎฏ เฎจเฎฟเฎฒเฏเฎฏเฎฟเฎฒเฏ เฎเฎณเฏเฎณ เฎเฎฒเฎฉเฏ |
| wrought (adj.) | beaten out of shape by hammering | เฎเฏเฎคเฏเฎคเฎฟเฎฏเฎพเฎฒเฏ เฎ เฎเฎฟเฎคเฏเฎคเฏ เฎตเฎพเฎฐเฏเฎเฏเฎเฎชเฏเฎชเฎเฏเฎ |
| gauge (n) | an instrument that measures perfection in appearance and quality | เฎคเฏเฎพเฎฑเฏเฎฑเฎคเฏเฎคเฎฟเฎฒเฏเฎฎเฏ, เฎคเฎฐเฎคเฏเฎคเฎฟเฎฒเฏเฎฎเฏ เฎเฎฐเฎฟเฎฏเฎพเฎ เฎเฎฐเฏเฎเฏเฎเฎฟเฎฑเฎคเฎพ เฎเฎฉเฏเฎฑเฏ เฎ เฎณเฎตเฎฟเฎเฏเฎฎเฏ เฎเฎฐเฏเฎตเฎฟ |
| thousandth (adv.) | a fraction of thousand | เฎเฎฏเฎฟเฎฐเฎคเฏเฎคเฎฟเฎฒเฏ เฎเฎฐเฏ เฎเฎฟเฎฑเฏ เฎชเฎเฏเฎคเฎฟ |
| haul (v) | pull or drag with effort or force | เฎเฎฑเฏเฎฑเฎฒเฏเฎเฏ เฎเฏเฎพเฎเฏเฎคเฏเฎคเฏ เฎเฎดเฏเฎชเฏเฎชเฎคเฏ |
| comprehend(v) | grasp, understand | เฎชเฏเฎฐเฎฟเฎจเฏเฎคเฏ เฎเฏเฎพเฎณเฏเฎตเฎคเฏ |
| vanish(v) | disappear suddenly and completely | เฎฎเฏเฎดเฏเฎตเฎคเฏเฎฎเฎพเฎ เฎคเฎฟเฎเฏเฎฐเฏเฎฉเฏเฎฑเฏ เฎฎเฎฑเฏเฎคเฎฒเฏ |
A. Answer the following questions briefly.
1. Who does โwe refer to in โfest stanzaโ? a) Bwntan being b) Machines
โWe! refers to the โMachinesโ.
2. Who are the speakers and listeners of this poem?
Machines are the speakers and Men are the listeners.
3.) What metals ore obtained from ores and mines?
Iron, Gold, Zinc, Copper.
4. Mention a few machines which are hammered to design.
- Mill Machine
- Feed Pelletizer Machine
5, Mention the names of a few machines that mn-on water, coal ar ail,
Steam โ engine; Washing machine; Energy expeller oil machine.
6. Mention a few used for pulling, pushing, lifting, driving, printing, ploughing, reading and writing, etc.
- Bulldozer
- Crane
- driller
- Printer
- Tiller
- Scanner
- Typewriter
7. Are machines amide to accept the evolution of human brain? Why?
Yes, machines are humble to accept the evolution of human brain because the machines are the brain โ children of humanbeings.
8. Whar feelings are evoked in us by the machines in this poem?
Pride and Prestige are the feelings evoked in us by the machines in this poem.
9 โAnd a thousandth of an inch to give us playโ
Which of the following do the machines want to prove from this line?
a. Onee machines are fed with fuel, they take a very long time to start.
b. Once machines are fed with fuel, they start quickly,
The answer is (b) โ Once machines are fed with fuel, they start quickly.
10. โAnd now, if you will set ns to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!
a. Who does the pronoun โYouโ refer to here?
The pronoun โYouโ refers to the human beings,
b. Whose task is referred to as โour task! here?
The task of the machines is referred here.
c. Open conditional clause used in the given line, Why is the future tense โwill-setโ and โwill serveโ used both in the โif clauseโ and in the main clause?
The future tense is used to denote the โSuretyโ of the statement.
d. Do the machine serve us twenty four hours a day?
Yes, the machines serve us twenty four hours a day.
e. Rewrite the given lines with the ending โ365 days a year
And now, if you will set us to cur task,
We will serve you sixty five and three hundred days a year.
B. Write your favourite stanza from the poem and find the rhyming scheme.
| Lines | Figure of Speech |
| Though out smoke may hide the Heavens from your eyes twill vanish and the sees will shine again Because, for all out power and weight and size We are nothing more than children of your brain | Rhyme Scheme ab ab |
C. Read the poem and find the lines for the following poetic devices or write your own example.
Alliteration
We can run and race and swim and fly ard dive
Assonance
Though our smoke may bide the Heavens frown your eyes
Personification
We can neither love nor pity nor forgive
Simile
We are nothing more than children of your brain
เฎเฎฟเฎฒ เฎชเฎฏเฎฉเฏเฎณเฏเฎณ เฎชเฎเฏเฎเฎเฏเฎเฎณเฏ