Unseen Passage
For a student, walking is preferable to all other exercises. The advantage of this mode of exercise is that it is simple. The apparatus is all at hand. You need not wait for the impotation of machinery. It is in the open air that the lungs can at once receive the pure air of heaven and the eyes gaze upon hill and dale, upon trees and flowers, upon the objects animate and inanimate. The very objects of sight and sound cheer the mind and raise the spirit. Another advantage of walking is that you can have a friend to walk with and unbend the mind by pleasant conversation. Once try the method of walking with a friend regularly for a few weeks and you will be surprised at the marvellous results. On those afternoons when study is not required, be sure to take a long walk and lay up health for days to come.
Word-meanings :
- mode - विधि
- apparatus - साज़ - सामान
- importation - आयात
- dale - घाटी
- inanimate - निर्जीव
- marvellous - आश्चर्यजनक
- lay up - (स्वास्थ्य) बनाए रखना
Questions :
- Which exercise is preferable for a student ?
- What is the advantage of walking ?
- How are the lungs of a walker benefited ?
- What will yield the marvellous results ?
- Which word in the passage has the same meaning as 'lifeless' ?
Answers :
- Walking
- It is the simplest form of exercise. It needs no apparatus or machinery.
- The lungs of a walker receive the pure air of heaven.
- Walking with a friend regularly.
- inanimate = lifeless