CBSE(NCERT) GRADE 10 ENGLISH 2024 COMPARTMENT SET4

(1) If they go unaddressed, life’s annoyances can affect your well-being. Scientific studies have found that people who rate high on tests for anger are at an increased risk for high blood pressure and heart disease. To process anger in a healthy way, Todd Kashdan, a psychology professor at George Mason University in Virginia, recommends you attempt to understand why you feel upset. Without pinpointing why you’re angry, he says, “You can’t get a foothold to figure out what your body is mobilizing to do.” (2) When harnessed properly, anger can be a motivator. Frustration can drive us to choose a novel path while problem-solving or to become focused and committed — taking up a new cause, for example. Frustration may also be useful in negotiations. But watch, how you express it : raising your voice during a debate may be helpful, but the same tactic could potentially undermine collaborative work. (3) Vexation has limits. Kashdan recommends thinking of anger as a speedometer, where 10 kilometres per hour is irritation and 100 kilometres per hour is blind rage. Speed limits are a measure of effectiveness : momentary annoyance during a negotiation might be useful, but rage seldom is. If you use anger as a tool too often, people will learn to avoid you. While others may offer small amounts of time and effort to keep your temper from erupting, you’ll miss out on their best contributions. (4) If you get into a disagreement with someone, pause for a moment and try to understand that person’s point of view, then look for a mutually beneficial solution. Once you become angry, your thinking gets too narrow. To bring anger down a notch, psychologists recommend practising deep breathing. Focus on inhaling and exhaling, and picture your breath travelling to your diaphragm. Create a playlist of music to help relax when you feel agitated. Different genres work for different people. (5) Keep disagreements from turning into fights by improving your communication skills. Avoid cutting others off or using accusatory adverbs like ‘always’ and ‘never’. “Unhealthy anger, the inability to cool down when upset, can be a symptom of mental health disorders such as depression,” says Darin Dougherty of the Harvard Medical School. Speak to your doctor if this feels familiar : medication and cognitive behavioural therapy help. (6) After anger runs its course, let go. Experts offer three steps for decompressing after you’ve been hurt : make sense of the wrongdoing with a loved one or a therapist; avoid dwelling after you’ve processed the issue; and, finally move on — find humour in the situation or leave the environment if it has become toxic.

rse, let go. Experts offer three steps for decompressing after you’ve been hurt : make sense of the wrongdoing with a loved one or a therapist; avoid dwelling after you’ve processed the issue; and, finally move on — find humour in the situation or leave the environment if it has become toxic.

(1) Monsoon is the most delightful season : dark clouds adding drama to the skies, air fragrant with the unmatched scent of wet earth getting drenched in the rains. (2) This one is for nostalgia. Though recently a neighbouring small town called Mawsynram has overtaken it, Cherrapunji is forever etched in our memories as the wettest place on earth. It may be officially the second wettest place, but that’s still a lot of rain to revel in ! The best part about Sohra, as it is locally called, is that unlike other hill stations in the northeast, the roads are in good condition and driving in the rain is not a hazard. There are several waterfalls and viewpoints, including the milky white Nohkalikai Falls, which at 340 metres, is among the tallest waterfalls in the country. (3) Kochi in Kerala is the city that welcomes the monsoon into the country and is at its greenest this time of the year. A nice breeze makes the walk around the old Fort Kochi area more enjoyable. Slow boat rides on the backwaters become more magical when rain starts to fall on the placid waters. (4) Gopalpur-on-Sea in Odisha, boasts of miles and miles of picturesque and unexplored beaches. One may sit on the golden sand and watch the casuarinas sway in the cool monsoon breeze. Places in India with Highest Annual Rainfall (calculated in approximation) S. No. Place State Rainfall in mm in inches 1 Mawsynram Meghalaya 11,871 467·4 2 Cherrapunji Meghalaya 11,777 463·7 3 Agumbe Karnataka 7,083 278·5 4 Mahe Puducherry 6,990 275·2 5 Tuticorin Tamil Nadu 6,492 255 6 Amboli Maharashtra 6,250 246 7 Mahabaleshwar Maharashtra 6,117 240·9

It is from these comrades in the struggle that I learned the true meaning of courage. Time and again, I have seen men and women risk and give their lives for an idea. I have seen men stand up to attacks and torture without breaking, showing a strength and resilience that defies the imagination. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. (Nelson Mandela – Long Walk to Freedom)

It is from these comrades in the struggle that I learned the true meaning of courage. Time and again, I have seen men and women risk and give their lives for an idea. I have seen men stand up to attacks and torture without breaking, showing a strength and resilience that defies the imagination. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. (Nelson Mandela – Long Walk to Freedom)

Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest. ‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding : Yes, paper does have more patience and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’ unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference. (From the Diary of Anne Frank)

But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. (Fire and Ice)

Belinda paled, and she cried Help ! Help ! But Mustard fled with a terrified yelp, Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household, And little mouse Blink strategically mouseholed. (The Tale of Custard the Dragon)