1.2 On Saying ‘Please’
On Saying
"Please" is really worth reading to bring a change in our social
behaviour. Here, one can enjoy the writer's meticulous selection of vocabulary and complex structures. It sets a
challenge in front of the readers to
find contextual references of the words and phrases.
About the writer:
Alfred George Gardiner
was an English journalist, editor and author. His essays, written under the
alias "Alpha of the Plough", are highly regarded. He started his
literary career as a journalist. At age of 37, he was appointed editor of the
Daily News. He made regular contributions to the Daily News, The Manchester
Evening News etc. His essays are uniformly elegant, graceful and humorous. ‘The
Pillars of Society’, ‘Pebbles on the Shore’, ‘Many Furrows and Leaves in the
Wind’ are some of his best known writings. His uniqueness lies in his ability
to teach the basic truths of life in an easy and amusing manner. He rai the
question of morality in everyday life.
Activity Sheet:
Q. Read the extract and complete the activities given below.(12)
The young lift-man in a City office who threw a passenger out of his lift the other morning and was fined for the offence was undoubtedly in the wrong. It was a question of 'Please'. The complainant entering the lift; said,'Top'. The lift-man demanded 'Top-please' and this concession being refused he not only declined to comply with the instruction, but hurled the passenger out of the lift. This, of course was carrying a comment on manner too far. Discourtesy is not a legal offence, and it does not excuse assault and battery. If a burglar breaks into my house and I knock him down, the law will acquit me, and if I am physically assaulted, it will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence. It does this because the burglar and my assailant have broken quite definite commands of the law, but no legal system could attempt to legislate against bad manners, or could sanction the use of violence against something which it does not itself recognize as a legally punishable offence. And whatever our sympathy with the lift-man, we must admit that the law is reasonable. It would never do if we were at liberty to box people's ears because we did not like their behaviour, or the tone of their voices, or the scowl on their faces. Our fists would never be idle, and the gutters of the City would run with blood all day.
A1.True or False (2)
Rewrite and state whether
the following sentences are true or false.
i)The writer favours the
step taken by the lift-man.
ii) Discourtesy is hardly a legal offence.
iii) According to the writer, the law is not irreasonable.
iv)The passanger said
Top-please to the lift-man.
A2. Describe (2)
Describe the incident in the
lift in about 50 words.
A3. Locate (2)
Locate the lines which prove
the following statement.
“The law acquits any reasonable retaliation
in self defence.”
A4. Personal Response (2)
Write any four polite expressions you use in your day-to-day
life.
A5. Do as directed (2)
i) We did not like their behaviour.
(Make it affirmative)
ii) I knock him down.
(Change
the Voice)
A6. Vocabulary (2)
Fill in
the blanks with appropriate words given in the bracket and rewrite the
sentences.
(reasonable,
attempt, concession, sympathy)
i) He had taken a very ----------- to get
success.
ii) It was a -------------- measure to support
the decision.
iii) A man without -----------in heart is like
a stone.
iv) The students’ applied
for the ------------ in the fees.
Activity Set By: Prof.
R.D.Dhumal, Jr. College, Jaysingpur, Dist. Kolhapur
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Prof. Dipak Burhade
R.V.Patankar Sarvodaya
Jr. College, Rajur
Dist. Ahemadnagar
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Member of Board of studies,
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Nashik
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