‘Forests precede mankind; deserts follow’. Explain this statement.
Naturally, forests precede mankind. Forests were in existence much before the coming of man on this planet. It is also true that if forests disappear, deserts will follow. Felling of trees and clearing of forests is converting our grassland and croplands into wastelands and deserts.
Locate the lines in the text that support the title ‘The Ailing Planet’.
What does the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?
How are the earth’s principal biological systems being depleted?
Why does the author aver that the growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society?
Laws are never respectcd nor enforced in India.
‘Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and an ailing environment?”
“We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers; we have borrowed it from our children. ”
The phrase ‘inter alia’ meaning ‘among other things’ is one of the many Latin expressions commonly used in English.
Find out what these Latin phrases mean.
1. prima facie
2. ad hoc
3. in camera
4. ad infinitum
5. mutatis mutandis
6. caveat
7. tabula rasa
1. Locate the following phrases in the text and study their connotation.
1. gripped the imagination of
2. dawned upon
3. ushered in
4. passed into current coin
5. passport of the future
II. The words ‘grip’, ‘dawn’, ‘usher’, ‘coin’, ‘passport’, have a literal as well as figurative meaning. Write pairs of sentences using each word in the literal as well as the figurative sense.
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