UNIT-XVI

Fantasy

Working with words    

A.    Match the following words with their definitions.

a.     Snappy            i.          a lady whose job is to take care of a building such as a school or a block of flats.

b.     discretion        ii.         happening only for short periods

c.     radiant             iii.        irritable and inclined to speak sharply.

d.     Irresolute         iv.        a very small spot

e.     brusque           v.         a quiet period between times of activity

f.      fitful                vi.        the ability to behave without causing embarrassment or attracting too much attention

g.     Harlequin        vii.       showing great happiness, love or health

h.     Lull                 viii.      not able to decide what to do.

i.      Janitress          ix.        a humorous character in some traditional plays

j.      Speck              x.         using very few words and sounding rude

Answer: a-iii  b-vi     c-vii     d-viii   e-x       f-ii       g-ix      h-v       i-i            j-iv

B. Consult a dictionary or search over the internet and write definitions of the following terminologies used in the stock market.

      a. Liquidity:  b. IPO:   c. NEPSE: d. index:   e. portfolio:    f. dividend:     g. turn over:    h. margin:

Liquidity:       Liquidity refers to how quickly and easily financial asset or security can be converted into cash without losing significant value.

IPO:               Initial Public Offering, shorted as "IPO," refers to the process by which a private company can go public by selling its stocks to the general public.

NEPSE:          Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) is the only stock exchange of Nepal that aims at trading listed securities.

Index:             The NEPSE index is the primary equity market index of NEPSE.

Portfolio:        A portfolio is a collection of financial investments like stocks, bonds, commodities, cash, and cash equivalents, including closed-end funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Dividend:       Dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders.

Turn over:     Turnover indicates how much trading activity took place in a particular given business day in the market on the whole or individual stock.

Margin:          Margin refers to borrowing money from your broker and using that money to invest in securities.

C.    Based on the pronunciation, find the odd word from the following groups.

a)                sell, cell, see, set

b)                stopped, laughed, saved, booked

c)                 hare, mere, beer, here

d)                so, sew, sow, saw

e)                 book, food, pool, tool

f)                 fan, jam, past, van

g)                sell, cell, sale, said

h)                howl, bowl, fowl, growl

i)                  learn, verb, turn, torn

j)                  poor, sure, door, dog

Comprehension

A.    Write ‘T’ for true statements, ‘F’ for false ones or ‘NG’ if the information is not given in the text.

a)     Harvey Maxwell was a stock broker. T

b)    He was not happy with his clerk, Pitcher. F

c)     Miss Leslie had been married to Maxell for a year. NG

d)    Maxwell had hired a machine to work in his office. NG

e)     He had instructed Pitcher to get a new stenographer. T

f)     Miss Leslie was amazed by Maxwell’s proposal. T

g)    She thought that he had probably gone mad. NG

h)    She realized that he had been absent-minded due to his business. T

B.    Answer the following questions.

a.   How did Maxwell enter his office?

·       Maxwell entered his office briskly with his young lady stenographer.

c.     What changes did Pitcher notice in the young lady?

·      Pitcher noticed a change in the young woman because she stayed in the outside office rather than immediately entering the next room where her desk was located.

d.     What was Pitcher’s reply to the young lady concerning a new stenographer?

·       Pitcher informed the young woman that he had already informed the agency the previous day to send over a few examples in response to her inquiry for a new stenographer.

e.     What proposal did Maxwell make with Miss Leslie?

·       Maxwell made the proposal of marriage to Miss Leslie.

f.      How did she react to his proposal?

    In the beginning, the stenographer acted very queerly toward his proposal. At first, she seemed overcome with amazement. Then tears flowed from her wondering eyes, and she smiled cheerfully through them, and one of her arms slid tenderly about his neck.

Writing 

Now, summarize the following part of “The Romance of a Busy Broker”. 

She looked up at him with a smile. A soft pink crept over her cheek, and her eyes were kind and frank. Maxwell leaned one elbow on her desk. He still clutched fluttering papers with both hands and the pen was above his ear. "Miss Leslie," he began hurriedly, "I have but a moment to spare. I want to say something in that moment. Will you be my wife? I haven't had time to make love to you in the ordinary way, but I really do love you. Talk quick, please--those fellows are clubbing the stuffing out of Union Pacific." "Oh, what are you talking about?" exclaimed the young lady. She rose to her feet and gazed upon him, round-eyed. "Don't you understand?" said Maxwell, restively. "I want you to marry me. I love you, Miss Leslie. I wanted to tell you, and I snatched a minute when things had slackened up a bit. They're calling me for the phone now. Tell 'em to wait a minute, Pitcher. Won't you, Miss Leslie?" The stenographer acted very queerly. At first, she seemed overcome with amazement; then tears flowed from her wondering eyes; and then she smiled sunnily through them, and one of her arms slid tenderly about the broker's neck. "I know now," she said, softly. "It's this old business that has driven everything else out of your head for the time. I was frightened at first. Don't you remember, Harvey? We were married last evening at 8 o'clock in the Little Church around the Corner."

Main idea:     -A busy broker proposed his own wife for marriage.

Key points:

-She was amazed to hear this.

-Tears flowed from her wondering eyes.

-Reminds him of their marriage

Summary: A busy broker who was already married made the marriage proposal to his own wife. When his wife heard this, she was shocked and started crying. She, on the other hand, kept her cool and realized that her husband was acting this way because he was forgetful, and the hectic old business had driven everything else out of his mind at the time. She then reminded him about their marriage since she realized he had been distracted by the business.

Grammar

Relative Clauses

    A.    Study the following sentences and underline the relative clauses.

            a.     I snatched a minute when things had slackened a minute.

            b.     Instead of going straight into the adjoining room, where her desk was, she lingered slightly                    irresolute in the outer office.

            c.     She was beautiful in a way that was decidedly stenographic.

    B.    Fill in the blanks with suitable relative pronouns: who, which, that, whom, whose, where,             why, how, what or when.

a.     There is a lady whose wallet has been stolen.

b.     Do you know the man who sold these glasses?

c.     The knife which you cut the bread with is very sharp.

d.     Why do you blame him for everything that goes wrong?

e.     A cemetery is a place where dead bodies are buried.

f.      This school is for those children whose mother tongue is not Nepali.

g.     I don’t know the name of the person whom I spoke over the telephone.

h.     I came to Kathmandu on the day when the devastating earthquake took place.

i.      In the application form she wrote why she needed a good payment.

j.      The pilot explained how he made force landing on the road.

    C.    Join the following pairs of sentences using who, which, that, whose, whom, where, when or           what.

a.     The building was destroyed in the fire. It has now been rebuilt.

The building that has now been rebuilt was destroyed in the fire.

b.  A new cricket stadium is being made in Chitwan. It can accommodate one hundred thousand people.

A new cricket stadium that can accommodate one hundred thousand people is being made in Chitwan.

c.     Shanghai is the most populated city in the world. I lived there for five years.

Shanghai, where I lived for five years, is the most populated city in the world.

d.     This is the man. I gave some money to him this morning.

This is the man whom I gave some money this morning.

e.     Do know the man? His son was awarded at school yesterday.

Do you know the man whose son was awarded at school yesterday.

f.      His stepmother was not very kind to him. He had been staying with her.

His stepmother, with whom he had been staying, was not very kind.

g.     He can never forget Nakkhu Jail. He spent 14 years there.

He can never forget Nakkhu Jail where he spent 14 years there.

h.     He showed me his new tab. He had paid a hundred thousand rupees for it.

He showed me his new tab, which he had paid a hundred thousand rupees for.

i.      Nelson Mandela joined the ANC in the 1930s. He was a student then.

Nelson Mandela joined the ANC in the 1930s when he was a student.

j.      She forgot to buy the things. Her mother had told her to buy them.

She forgot to buy the things which her mother had told her to buy.