LISTENING SOURCE
Evelyn Glennie’s Journey
Transcript · NCERT p. 100
Evelyn Glennie’s loss of hearing had been gradual. By the time she was 11 her performance in school had deteriorated and her headmistress urged her parents to take her to a specialist. It was then discovered that her hearing was severely impaired as a result of gradual nerve damage. “Everything suddenly looked black,” says Evelyn. But Evelyn was not going to give up. She was determined to lead a normal life and pursue her interest in music.
One day she noticed a girl playing a xylophone and decided that she wanted to play it too. Most of the teachers discouraged her but percussionist Ron Forbes spotted her potential. He began by tuning two large drums to different notes. “Don’t listen through your ears,” he would say, “try to sense it some other way.” Says Evelyn, “Suddenly I realised I could feel the higher drum from the waist up and the lower one from the waist down.” Forbes repeated the exercise, and soon Evelyn discovered that she could sense certain notes in different parts of her body. “I had learnt to open my mind and body to sounds and vibrations.” She explains, “It pours in through every part of my body. It tingles in the skin, my cheekbones and even in my hair.”
The rest was sheer determination and hard work. She never looked back from that point onwards. And she got right to the top, the world’s most sought-after multi percussionist with a mastery of some thousand instruments.
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You will listen to the passage about Evelyn Glennie’s journey in overcoming her hearing loss through music and turning a physical disability into a success story. After listening, match the words given in Column 1 with their meanings given in Column 2.
Question 28
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Column 1
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Column 2
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1. percussionist
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(i) a person who plays drums and similar instruments
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2. impaired
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(ii) the ability to keep going despite difficulties
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3. vibrations
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(iii) slow and steady over time
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4. determination
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(iv) physical sensations caused by sound
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5. gradual
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(v) damaged or weakened
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How to answer:
Match each word using the way it is used in the listening passage.
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1. percussionist
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(i)
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a person who plays drums and similar instruments
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2. impaired
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(v)
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damaged or weakened
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3. vibrations
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(iv)
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physical sensations caused by sound
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4. determination
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(ii)
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the ability to keep going despite difficulties
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5. gradual
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(iii)
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slow and steady over time
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Yeh vocabulary matching hai jahan word ko uske meaning se jodna tha: percussionist = drums bajane wala insaan, impaired = damaged ya weakened, vibrations = sound se hone wali physical sensations, determination = difficulties ke bawajood try karte rehna, gradual = slow aur steady over time.
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Listen to the passage once again and state whether the statements given below are true or false.
Question 29
1. Evelyn Glennie became deaf suddenly.
How to answer:
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The statement is False.
Reason:
Her loss of hearing had been gradual.
Statement galat hai - Evelyn ki hearing loss achanak nahi hui thi, balki gradually hui thi.
Question 30
2. Her headmistress ignored the signs of her hearing loss.
How to answer:
Check the statement directly against the listening passage.
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The statement is False.
Reason:
Her headmistress urged her parents to take her to a specialist.
Statement galat hai - headmistress ne signs ignore nahi kiye, balki parents ko specialist ke paas le jaane ke liye kaha tha.
Question 31
3. Ron Forbes was a percussionist who helped Evelyn.
How to answer:
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The statement is True.
Reason:
He spotted her potential and taught her to sense sound in another way.
Statement sahi hai - Ron Forbes ek percussionist the jinhone Evelyn ka potential pehchana aur usse sound ko alag tarike se sense karna sikhaya.
Question 32
4. Evelyn used her skin and bones to sense music.
How to answer:
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The statement is True.
Reason:
She says sound tingled in her skin, cheekbones and other parts of her body.
Statement sahi hai - Evelyn apni skin aur bones se sound feel karti thi, jaise cheekbones aur body ke doosre parts mein vibrations mehsoos hoti thi.
Question 33
5. She gave up on music after her diagnosis.
How to answer:
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The statement is False.
Reason:
She remained determined, pursued music and eventually became a highly successful percussionist.
Statement galat hai - diagnosis ke baad bhi usne music chhoda nahi, balki determination se aage badhi aur ek successful percussionist ban gayi.
III
Answer the following questions in one or two words.
Question 34
1. How did Evelyn turn her disability into strength?
How to answer:
Keep the response within one or two words. The source does not prescribe one fixed answer.
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determination
Why this fits:
The passage links her success with determination and hard work.
Answer hai determination - passage mein uski success ko determination aur hard work se juda gaya hai, jisse pata chalta hai ki usne apni disability ko strength mein badla.
Question 35
2. What role did Ron Forbes play in her life?
How to answer:
Keep the response within one or two words. The source does not prescribe one fixed answer.
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mentor
Why this fits:
He recognised her potential and guided her.
Ron Forbes ek mentor tha — usne Evelyn ki potential pehchani aur use guide kiya taaki wo aage badh sake.
Question 36
3. What lessons can we learn from Evelyn’s story about how to treat others who have different abilities or challenges?
How to answer:
Keep the response within one or two words. The source does not prescribe one fixed answer.
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support
Why this fits:
Support and belief in a person’s potential can help them develop their abilities.
Lesson yeh hai ki support aur belief dikhana zaroori hai — agar kisi ki abilities mein trust karo toh wo apna potential develop kar paata hai, chahe unke abilities different kyun na ho.
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