English (Compulsory) For Class IX - Unit 8 - People And Places - Words / Meanings and Summary

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Gazi's Diary

Words / Meanings and Summary

Words / Meanings

S.NO.	Words	Meanings
1.	Access	Approach OR Be within reach for use.
2.	Capture	Catch, Seize OR Get control over something.
3.	Carefree	Free from anxiety or responsibility
4.	Commute	Travel some distance
5.	Commuting	Travelling from one place to another.
6.	Compromise	Settle a dispute by mutual concession
7.	Compromised	Adversely affected.
8.	Credit	Money available for a client to borrow OR Sell something for which the buyer pays later.
9.	Cusec	A unit of flow
10.	Desperately	Gravely, Critically OR Very much.
11.	Devastation	Great destruction or damage
12.	Devices	Gadgets, Appliances OR Things used for a particular purpose
13.	Distanced	Went far ahead of OR Taken away.
14.	Facilities	Things provided for a particular purpose
15.	Flesh and blood	Used to emphasize that a person in physical
16.	Folk	Relating to the traditional art or culture
17.	Force	The strength or power of something.
18.	Gossips	Little talks OR Stories about other people's lives.
19.	Havoc	Widespread destruction OR Great damage or destruction
20.	Irrigation	The supply of water to land OR Supplying water for the growth of crops.
21.	Locality	Vicinity, Site
22.	Luxurious	Extremely comfortable
23.	Pollution	Contamination
24.	Quilt	A warm bed covering made of padding
25.	Release	Set free OR Let go
26.	Replaced	Took the place of OR Taken the place of.
27.	Retain	Keep OR Hold back.
28.	Self-sufficient	Needing no outside help in satisfying one's basic needs OR Have enough to meet one's needs.
29.	Siblings	Brothers or sisters
30.	Structures	Make up , Arrangement of parts OR Things made of several parts.
31.	Surplus	Excess, Extra OR More than the amount needed.
32.	Tamed	Domesticated, Subdued OR Made easy to control.
33.	Unmarried	Not married
34.	Wood	Material made from the trunk and branches of a tree.

Summary

In this lesson, the pages of the diary of a man named Ghazi are given. Ghazi now lives in Karachi where all the comforts of life are available but he misses the simple life of his village, the simple living and simple people. He remembers his three-room house where he used to live with his parents, siblings, aunts, uncle and his family. People sat on the floor and slept. They used to travel on foot which kept them healthy.
He remembers the village shops whose shopkeepers knew all the villagers and used to give goods on credit. Men shared news, gossips, spent their free time and had fun in the village Otaq. The village well was the center of all their activities. Ghazi complains that today's man has become so addicted to television, Facebook and YouTube that he has forgotten the people of flesh-and-blood.
On the second page of the diary, Ghazi talks about the devastation caused by the rains and the Guddu Barrage.
Rivers have been used for trade and irrigation since ancient times. That is why the most towns in ancient times were built near rivers. Man learned to control rivers by building barrages. Barrages store flood water and provide us with water all year round. Guddu Barrage is one of the largest barrages in Pakistan. It was built on the Indus River. Its length is 1355 km. 1.2 million cusecs of flood water can pass through it. It has three main canals, two on the right bank and one on the left bank. Most of the area of this barrage is in Sukkur and Jacobabad districts of Sindh but some part is also in Kalat division of Baluchistan. It has also been the most difficult to complete.
Finally, to avoid rain disasters and to supply water all year round, Ghazi advises the government to build more barrages.