NAME OF THE COMPUTER FACULTY : KAVITA

SCHOOL :
GOVT. HIGH SCHOOL,
GURUWALI, AMRITSAR

PHASE :
2ND

TOPIC :
FORGETTING

FROM :
SUPPLEMENTARY ENGLISH READER
FOR 12TH CLASS
 SUMMARY
IN THIS LESSSON AUTHOR ROBERT LYND TRIED TO
DISCUSS ABOUT THE FORGETFULNESS OR ABSENT
MINDEDNESS OF A COMMON PEOPLE. HE TRIED TO
STATE SOME SITUATIONS WHICH USUALLY HAPPENED
TO EVERY PERSON’S LIFE. LIKE, ONCE A LIST OF
ARTICLES LOST BY RAILWAY TRAVELLERS AND THEN
ON SALE OF A GREAT LONDON STATION HAS BEEN
PUBLISHED. THEN PEOPLE FORGET TO TAKE
MEDICINES THEIR DOCTOR PRESCRIBED FOR THEM.
MOST COMMONEST FORM OF FORGETFULLNESS
OCCURS IN THE MATTER OF POSTING LETTERS. THE
AUTHOR ALSO STATE THAT IF THE LIST OF ARTICLES
OF ALL PROPERTIES LOST IN THE TRAINS DURING THE
YEARS SUGGEST THAT IT IS THE YOUNG RATHER
THAN THE ADULT WHO FORGET THINGS.
IT SAYS THAT SPORTSMEN
HAVE WORSE MEMORY THAN
ORDINARY SERIOUS MINDED
FELLOWS. THAN IT IS
CONSIDERED THAT GREAT
WRITERS AND GREAT
COMPOSERS OF MUSIC HAVE
BEEN MEN WITH EXCEPTIONAL
POWER OF MEMORY. THE
POETS HAVE HAD BETTER
MEMEORIES THAN THE STOCK
BROKERS, AS INDEED MEMORY
IS HALF THE SUBSTANCE OF
THEIR ART ON THE OTHER HAND
STATESMEN SEEN TO HAVE
EXTRA ORDINARILY BAD
MEMORIES.
THERE WAS A SITUATION WHEN A FATHER WHO,
HAVING OFFERED TO TAKE BABIES OUT IN
PERAMBULATOR OUTSIDE AND LEAVING THE
PERAMBULATOR OUTSIDE THE SALOON BAR. A
LITTLE LATER HIS WIFE HAD TO DO SOME
SHOCKING, WHICH TOOK HER PAST THAT SHOP,
WHERE TO HER HORROR SHE DISCOVERED HER
SLEEPING BABY. INDIGNANT AT HER HUSBAND’S
BEHAVIOUR SHE DECIDED TO TEACH HIM A LESSON.
SHE WHEELED AWAY THE PERAMBULATOR,
PICTURING TO HERSELF HIS TERROR, THAT THE
BABY HAS BEEN STOLEN. BUT WHEN HER HUSBAND
CAME BACK, SMILING CHEERFULLY AND ASKED FOR
LUNCHED AND HAVING FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT THE
BABY AND THE FACT HE HAD TAKEN IT OUT WITH
HIM.
CERTAIN PSYCHOLOGISTS TELL US THAT WE
FORGET THINGS BECAUSE WE WISH TO FORGET
THEM AND IT MIGHT BE THOUGHT MUST BE DUE
TO LACK OF INTEREST IN OTHER PEOPLE’S. IT
ALSO MIGHT BE HAPPENED AS PEOPLE ARE
DAY DREAMERS.
 IMPORTANT WORDS MEANINGS
2. ASTONISH : TO SURPRISE
3. SCARCELY : HARDLY
4. ADMITTED : TO ACCEPT AS TRUE
5. METHODICALMAN : SYSTEMATIC PERSON
6. FORGETFULNESS: NEGLECT
7. DELIQUENT : FAILING IN DUTY
8. FREQUENTLY : OCCURING OFTEN
9. JUSITIFICATION: THE ACT OF JUSTIFYING
10.GRIMMEST JAWED : HORRIBLE
11.INDIGUANT : ANGRY