4.4 Reading/Listening 2: पीटर का शहर

Rajiv Ranjan

4.4 Reading/Listening 2: पीटर का शहर

पीटर का शहर “Peter’s Hometown”

Colorful city buildings against the blue sky — Dar es Salaam city at dawn

Vocabulary

stretch of road in flat, empty land — “Road” by sjorford is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

two highways next to each other — “Moottoritie – Highway” by dotsi is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

A bus station where several buses are parked — “100-01 The Ribble side of Preston Bus Station” by Sou’wester is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

सड़क n.f. Road

राजमार्ग n.m. Highway

बस अड्डा n.m. Bus station

People waiting at train station — “Balham Station IMG_1297” by StefanSzczelkun is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Airport with several airplanes — “Planes on the apron at Heathrow Terminal 3” by David Jones is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

river — “River Seridó” by grungepunk2010 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

रेलवे स्टेशन n.m. Railway station

हवाईअड्डा n.m. Airport

नदी n.f. River

Pond with trees and grass around it — “A Summer Pond” by enneafive is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“Lake Michigan” by VV Nincic is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

beautiful mountain range with forests in the foreground — “mountain” by barnyz is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

तालाब n.m. Pond

झील n.f. Lake

पहाड़ n.m. Mountain

Cinema amongst a road lined with palm trees — “Cinema Hall Sector 22 Chandigarh” by personne.de.chandigarh is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

“State Bank of India SBI” by joegoauk73 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Michigan State University - Spartan Stadium — “Michigan State University – Spartan Stadium” by Tony Faiola is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

सिनेमा घर n.m. Cinema hall

बैंक n.m. Bank

मैदान n.m. Sports field

“Vegetable Market – IMG 0332 ep” by Eric.Parker is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

Three shops in Indian street — “Shopping, Madurai, India” by Fabionik is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Vegetarian Restaurant — “Amanda at Ananda Vegetarian restaurant LIttle India SIngapore” by amanderson2 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

बाज़ार n.m. Market

दुकान n.f. Shop

भोजनालय n.m. Restaurant

White hotel building that reads Hotel Miramar — “Hotel Miramar 2” by Son of Groucho is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

McGraw-Hill Building, Chicago — “Chicago Il ~ McGraw-Hill Building ~ Conrad Chicago Hotel Now #1” by Onasill ~ Bill – 73M is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

woman in hospital bed — “Beck in Hospital.” by Rebecca and Bernhard is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

होटल n.m. Hotel

भवन n.m./इमारत n.f. Building

अस्पताल n.m. Hospital

Office with several employees — “New office” by Phillie Casablanca is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

An old postoffice in which a man is sitting on a big letter box and a dog is sleeping on the floor — “An old postoffice in Goa…” by 2 million+ views. Humbled and thanks! is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

A police station building with two police cars parked outside — “Indian Police (2)” by rustejunk is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

कार्यालय n.m. Office

डाकघर n.m. Post office

पुलिस थाना n.m. Police station

A lion at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago — “Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago” by Mike Boudreaux01 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Library shelves with books — “Library Shelves” by James F Clay is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

Building of the Art Museum in Chicago — “Art Museum in Chicago” by apete is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

चिड़ियाघर n.m. Zoo

पुस्तकालय n.m. Library

संग्रहालय n.m. Museum

Bridge over a river — “Bridge Street Bridge (Portland, Michigan)” by cmh2315fl is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

Shopping Mall in India — “Forum Value Mall” by criatvt is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

A school building — “Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington in 93-year-old high school building” by dok1 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

पुल n.m. Bridge

मॉल n.m. Shopping mall

स्कूल/ विद्यालय n.m. School

“Welcome to Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan” by Ken Lund is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

College building — “College” by Jeheme is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

“Shell Gas Station” by JeepersMedia is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

विश्वविद्यालय n.m. University

कॉलेज/महाविद्यालय n.m. College

पेट्रोल पम्प n.m. Gas station

Test Yourself

Reading/Listening

Context: Hritik is talking to Peter about his home town “Iowa City.”

Pre-Reading Activities

Please read the following word, then write their meaning in English. After that please respond to the prompts.

	Hindi	English	Do you have this in your town/city	How many
1	विद्यालय	School	जी हाँ	5
2	महाविद्यालय
3	विश्वविद्यालय
4	अस्पताल
5	डाकघर
6	पुलिस थाना
7	संग्रहालय
8	नदी
9	झील
10	तालाब
11	पहाड़
12	पुस्तकालय

Reading

Hindi

English

पीटर:

ऋतिक भाई, आप कहाँ से हैं ?

Brother Hritik, where are you from?

ऋतिक:

मैं पटना, हिन्दुस्तान से हूँ | आप कहाँ से हैं ?

I am from Patna, India. Where are you from?

पीटर:

मैं आयोवा के एक छोटे शहर आयोवा सिटी से हूँ | पटना, बिहार की राजधानी है, न ?

I am from a small town Iowa City, Iowa. Patna is the capital of Bihar, isn’t it?

ऋतिक:

जी हाँ, मैं बिहारी हूँ | आयोवा सिटी की जनसंख्या कितनी है ?

Yes, I am a Bihari. What is the population of Iowa City?

पीटर:

आयोवा सिटी में लगभग पचहतर हज़ार लोग रहते हैं | और पटना में ?

Approx 75 thousand people live in Iowa City. And in Patna?

ऋतिक

पटना में लगभग, पच्चीस लाख लोग रहते हैं | शायद, आयोवा सिटी बहुत छोटा शहर है |

Approx, 2.5 million people live in Patna. Perhaps, Iowa City is a very small town.

पीटर:

हाँ, आयोवा सिटी बहुत छोटा, मगर बहुत प्यारा शहर है |

Yes, Iowa City is very small, but very lovely town.

ऋतिक:

क्या वहाँ कोई हवाई अड्डा है ?

Is there any airport there?

पीटर:

नहीं, मगर पास के शहर सीडर रैपिड्स में एक हवाई अड्डा है | आयोवा सिटी में रेलवे स्टेशन भी नहीं है | हाँ, एक बस स्टेशन है |

No, but there is an airport in near by town. Even railway station is not there in Iowa City. There is just one bus station.

ऋतिक:

आयोवा सिटी में, कितने विद्यालय, महाविद्यालय, और विश्वविद्यालय हैं|

How many schools, colleges, and universities are there in Iowa CIty?

पीटर:

मेरे शहर में, दो विद्यालय, एक महाविद्यालय, और एक विश्वविद्यालय है |

In my town, there are two schools, one college, and one university.

ऋतिक:

क्या आपके शहर में पुस्तकालय, संग्रहालय, सिनेमा घर, और चिड़ियाघर है ?

Is there any library, museum, cinema hall and zoo in your town?

पीटर:

जी हाँ, मेरे शहर में, दो पुस्तकालय, एक संग्रहालय, एक सिनेमाघर भी है | मगर चिड़ियाघर नहीं है |

Yes, in my town, there are two libraries, one museum, one cinema hall. But, there is no zoo.

ऋतिक:

अच्छा, क्या आयोवा सिटी में, कोई नदी, झील, तालाब और पहाड़ हैं |

Okay, Is there any river, lake, pond and mountain in Iowa City?

पीटर:

मेरे शहर में, एक नदी, और कुछ तालाब हैं| वहाँ पहाड़ नहीं है | आयोवा एक कृषि प्रधान राज्य है और वहाँ बहुत समतल ज़मीन और खेत हैं |

In my town, there is a river and a few ponds. There is no mountain there. Iowa is an agriculture based state and there is a lot of even and farm land.

ऋतिक:

क्या आपके शहर में, डाकघर, और पुलिस थाना आदि हैं ?

In your town, is there a post office, and a police station, etc?

पीटर:

जी हाँ, मेरे शहर में एक डाक घर, और एक पुलिस थाना भी है | पटना में क्या-क्या है ?

Yes, In my town, there is one post office, and one police station too. What are there in Patna?

ऋतिक:

पटना के बारे में, हम बाद में बात करें | अब क्लास का समय है |

Let’s talk about Patna later. Now, it is time for class.

पीटर:

ठीक है, कोई बात नहीं |

Okay, No problem.

Listening

पीटर का शहर

Activities

Please write 10-15 sentences describing your own home town.
Based on above conversation, please write 10 sentences in Hindi describing Iowa City.
Imagine that you are Peter. You are planning to ask Hritik at least 10 questions about Patna in Hindi. Please make a list of your questions.

	पटना के बारे में सवाल “Questions about Patna”
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10

(d) After gathering the information either from any friend from Patna/India or internet, please write 10-15 sentences about Patna. After writing, please audio-record yourself here.

धन्यवाद !

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पीटर का शहर “Peter’s Hometown”

Vocabulary

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Pre-Reading Activities

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