Given below are some words that are spelled differently in British and American English. Fill in the blanks accordingly.

British	American
1. colour	___________
2. __________	labour
3. ___________	traveler
4. counselor	___________
5. centre	___________
6. ___________	theater
7. __________	organize
8. realise	___________
9. ___________	defense
10. offence	________

In her message to students of her college, Kalpana Chawla said, “May you have the vision to find the path from dreams to success … Wishing you a great journey.”

Form pairs. Use “May you …” and “I wish you / Wishing you” to wish your partner good luck and success in

(i) a sports event,

(ii) a quiz or a completion, and

(iii) a test or examination.

Be sure to thank your partner when she/he wishes you in turn. You may also look up a telephone directory, or go to a post office, and get a list in English and Hindi of standard phrases that can be sent in greeting telegrams anywhere in India. Discuss which of these you might use, and when. Compare the English and Hindi phrases for expressing good wishes. Do you know such phrases in any other language?

Do you have a ‘dream’, or something you very much wish to do? Write a paragraph saying what you want or wish to do. Then say (in another paragraph) how you think you can make your dream come true.

The poet says, “Beauty is heard in…”

Can you hear beauty? Add a sound that you think is beautiful to the sounds the poet thinks are beautiful.

The poet, Keats, said:

Heard melodies are sweet.

But those unheard are sweeter.

What do you think this means? Have you ever ‘heard’ a song in your head, long after the song was sung or played?

Read the first and second stanzas of the poem again. Note the following phrases.

corn growing, people working or dancing, wind sighing.

rain falling, a singer chanting

These could be written as

● corn that is growing

● people who are working and dancing

Can you rewrite the other phrases like this? Why do you think the poet uses the shorter phrases?