Lesson - 4 DO ANIMALS SHARE IDEAS? We know that human beings can share feelings and ideas with each other. We talk and express our thoughts. Do animals talk? Animals cannot use words and sentences the way human beings do, still they show their feelings and share information. Many animals have a strong sense of smell. They use it to send messages. They leave a scent so that enemies can be frightened. They also use their sense of smell to find partners. Some animals can smell their partner from kilometers away. Animals also use sounds to give information. They use special sound to share their emotions including fear. Some of them also serve as warning to others. Another way of sending messages is through body posture. Animals can raise their hair or bare their teeth. This is to frighten both enemies and prey. They also come close to each other to show friendship. None of this is as complex as the humanlanguage. The human language can produce infinite sentences. It can constructand communicate new ideas. GLOSSARY AND NOTES express (eae), ae eT state clearly information (@uiver), oat amessage received and understood message (ta), ser spoken or written communication partner (a&R), sigten either of two people doing something as pair including ——_(¢taf¥n), wifufee wet gy have or containas part ofa whole warning, (aiff), 48 Y-eraarh information of a possible danger or warning, posture (heen), erase, yer aparticular position of the body raise Qs), gd weet lift or move upwards or into an upright position bare (@R), Rear toshow complex (tere), afer consisting of many different and connected parts, hard to understand. infinite (emhite) site limitless, very great in amount communicate (afte), arm een ——_transmitinformation B. COMPREHENTION, B11 Thinkand Tell B.1.1 Answerthe following: 1, What do we express? 2. What do animals do with their sense of smell? 3. Tellany three ways the animals send messages. B2 ThinkandWrite B.2.1 True or False 1. Based on the story write true or false next to each sentence given below: (a) Animals show their feelings and share information. —. oi mm rc(6) Noanimal can smell their partner froma distance. (©) Body posture is one of the ways by which animals send messages. (d) The way animals show their feelings and share information is more complex than human language. B.2.2 Tick the answers to each of the questions given below: 1. What do animals not use to send message? (a) words (b) sounds (©) smells (d) body movements 2. Ifananimal raises its hair what do we know? (a) It'sangry (b) It'ssad (0) It'shappy (d) It'safraid 3. What do animals do to show friendship? (a) They raise their hair (b) They bare their teeth (6) They come close to each other B.2.3 Answer the following questions: 1. How do animals use their sense of smell to send messages? 2. Why is human language complex compared to the way animals communicate? Cc. WORD POWER C1 Think of words related to 'communicate'. Now complete the web chart with these words. Words eaC2 D2 Find the odd one out in each list. Explain why it is out of place. 1. feeling, idea, thought, table, emotion 2. teeth, mouth, mobile, nose, ear 3. dance, sing, talk, book, laugh 4, smell, hear, friend, see, taste GRAMMAR Prepositions Read the following sentences: They also use their sense 'of' smell to find partners. ‘Of in this sentence isa preposition. Some commonly used prepositions are given below : at, on, in, for, before, after at, in, on, between, among into, across These words are normally placed before a noun/noun phrase. Tick (the correct prepositions : 1. Ritais going to/for school. Ibought this pen of/for Rs. 10. My mother isnotat/inhome. ‘The frog jumped in/into the pond. India became independent on/in 15th August, 1947. The school bus will come on/at7.30 am. A fat man was sitting among/between my friend and mein the train. en Nog ——. om —El E.2 8. The police man ran after/ before the thief. Fillin the blanks with suitable prepositions: 1. Rounak is throwing the ball . . the playground to hissister. 2. Rounakjumped .. the water. 3. Rounakwent the tunnel. 4. Rounakis sitting. his parents. 5, Rounakhasan umbrella -hishead. 6. Rounak walked . . the river to come out of the jungle. Think and Write What do you do to show that you are angry, happy, sad or afraid? What kind of messages do you send with your hands or other parts of your body? Describe some of important similarities and differences between the ways people talk to each other and the ways in which animals send messages to each other. TRANSLATION Translate the paragraph beginning with 'Many Animals . others! into Hindi.