Class 9  English Chapter -1 The Fun They Had  Explanation in Hindi  With Book Image Beehive Book 

 

Chapter The Fun They Had

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1.

MARGIE even wrote about it that night in her diary. On the page headed 17 May 2157, she wrote, “Today Tommy found a real book!”

Margie is the main character of the story. She is a girl of 11 years of age. She writes a diary on the night of 17 May 2157. (Right now, we are living in 2018. As told earlier, the story is set in the future and it is set in the year 2157, so almost one and a half century that is 140 years from now). At that time, Margie writes an entry in her diary and she writes that ‘Tommy found a real book’ and she is feeling so strange because in her times, real books do not exist. They only have e-books, the virtual books. So, books in the format of print on paper are extinct and so, Margie is astonished to see a real book.

It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather

 

मार्गी ने उस रात इसके बारे में अपनी डायरी में भी लिखा था। 17 मई 2157 को शीर्षक वाले पेज पर उसने लिखा, "आज टॉमी को एक असली किताब मिली!"

मार्गी कहानी का मुख्य पात्र है। वह 11 साल की लड़की है। वह 17 मई 2157 की रात को एक डायरी लिखती हैं। (अभी हम 2018 में जी रहे हैं। जैसा कि पहले बताया गया है कि कहानी भविष्य में सेट है और यह वर्ष 2157 में सेट है, तो लगभग डेढ़ शताब्दी कि अब से 140 वर्ष है)। उस समय, मार्गी अपनी डायरी में एक प्रविष्टि लिखती है और वह लिखती है कि 'टॉमी को एक असली किताब मिली' और वह बहुत अजीब महसूस कर रही है क्योंकि उसके समय में असली किताबें मौजूद नहीं हैं। उनके पास केवल ई-किताबें, आभासी किताबें हैं। इसलिए, कागज पर प्रिंट के प्रारूप में किताबें विलुप्त हो गई हैं और इसलिए, एक वास्तविक पुस्तक को देखकर मार्गी चकित रह जाती है।

बहुत पुरानी किताब थी। मार्गी के दादा ने एक बार कहा था कि जब वह छोटा लड़का था तो उसके दादा

 

 

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told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper.

They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to — on a screen, you know.

crinkly: with many folds or lines, something that is crushed.

Margie is talking about the book that Tommy had found. She says that the pages of the book had turned yellow, and they had been crushed as it was very old. The children found it very funny to read the words which stood still. (Now what does it mean by that words that stood still? As the words were printed on the pages, they did not move). On the other hand, the books that Margie and Tommy read were online (e-books). So, in the e-books how it happens, the text keeps on moving as your screen moves but it was different in the books printed on paper.

 

And then when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had had when they read it the first time.

उन्हें बताया कि एक समय था जब सभी कहानियां कागज पर छपती थीं।

उन्होंने पन्ने पलटे, जो पीले और झुर्रीदार थे, और यह उन शब्दों को पढ़ने के लिए बहुत मज़ेदार था जो उस तरह से चलने के बजाय स्थिर खड़े थे - एक स्क्रीन पर, आप जानते हैं।

क्रिंकली: कई सिलवटों या रेखाओं के साथ, कुछ ऐसा जो कुचला हुआ हो।

मार्गी उस किताब के बारे में बात कर रही है जो टॉमी को मिली थी। वह कहती है कि किताब के पन्ने पीले पड़ गए थे और बहुत पुराने होने के कारण उन्हें कुचल दिया गया था। बच्चों को रुके हुए शब्दों को पढ़ने में बहुत मज़ा आता था। (अब उन शब्दों का क्या मतलब है जो स्थिर रहे? जैसे-जैसे शब्द पन्नों पर छपे थे, वे हिलते नहीं थे)। दूसरी ओर, मार्गी और टॉमी ने जो किताबें पढ़ीं, वे ऑनलाइन थीं (ई-किताबें)। तो, ई-किताबों में यह कैसे होता है, जैसे-जैसे आपकी स्क्रीन चलती है, पाठ चलता रहता है लेकिन कागज पर छपी किताबों में यह अलग था।

 

और फिर जब वे पहले पन्ने की ओर मुड़े, तो उस पर वही शब्द थे जो उस पर थे जब उन्होंने इसे पहली बार पढ़ा था।

 

 

2.

“Gee,” said Tommy, “what a waste. When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have had a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it away.”

Tommy disliked the printed 8 said that it was a waste because he felt that whenever you complete reading a book, you have to throw it away. You cannot have some different story written on the same book. On the contrary, he felt that the Computer screen was very good, because the same screen had shown him many books and still he could read many more on it.He would not have to throw that screen away when once he had read a particular story.

“Same with mine,” said Margie. She was eleven and hadn’t seen as many telebooks as Tommy had.He was thirteen.

Margie agreed with Tommy opinion. Margie was 11 years of age and she has not read as many books as Tommy had because Tommy was older to Margie, he was thirteen years of age.

She said, “Where did you find it?”

Margie asked Tommy that where had he found the printed book.

“In my house.” He pointed without looking because he was busy reading. “In the attic”.

attic: a space just below the roof, used as a storeroom

Tommy replied to Margie that he found the printer book in the storeroom of his house. He was so busy reading the book that he did not remove his glance from the book.

“What’s it about?”

Margie asked that what the book was about.

“School”

 

"जी," टॉमी ने कहा, "क्या बेकार है। जब आप पुस्तक के माध्यम से होते हैं, तो आप इसे फेंक देते हैं, मुझे लगता है। हमारे टेलीविजन स्क्रीन पर उस पर एक लाख किताबें होनी चाहिए और यह बहुत अधिक के लिए अच्छा है। मैं इसे फेंक नहीं दूंगा।"

टॉमी ने छपी 8 को नापसंद करते हुए कहा कि यह बेकार है क्योंकि उन्हें लगता था कि जब भी आप किसी किताब को पूरा पढ़ेंगे तो उसे फेंक देना होगा। आप एक ही किताब पर कुछ अलग कहानी नहीं लिख सकते। इसके विपरीत, उन्हें लगा कि कंप्यूटर स्क्रीन बहुत अच्छी है, क्योंकि उसी स्क्रीन ने उन्हें कई किताबें दिखाई थीं और फिर भी वे उस पर और भी बहुत कुछ पढ़ सकते थे। उन्हें उस स्क्रीन को फेंकना नहीं पड़ेगा जब उन्होंने एक बार एक विशेष कहानी पढ़ ली हो। .

"मेरे साथ भी," मार्गी ने कहा। वह ग्यारह साल की थी और उसने टॉमी के पास जितनी टेलीबुक नहीं देखी थी। वह तेरह साल का था।

मार्गी टॉमी की राय से सहमत थे। मार्गी 11 वर्ष की थी और उसने टॉमी की जितनी किताबें नहीं पढ़ी हैं, क्योंकि टॉमी मार्गी से बड़ा था, वह तेरह वर्ष का था।

उसने कहा, "तुम्हें यह कहाँ मिला?"

मार्गी ने टॉमी से पूछा कि उसे छपी हुई किताब कहाँ से मिली।

"मेरे घर में।" उसने बिना देखे इशारा किया क्योंकि वह पढ़ने में व्यस्त था। "अटारी में"।

अटारी: छत के ठीक नीचे की जगह, जिसे स्टोररूम के रूप में इस्तेमाल किया जाता है

टॉमी ने मार्गी को जवाब दिया कि उसे अपने घर के स्टोररूम में प्रिंटर बुक मिली है। वह किताब पढ़ने में इतना व्यस्त था कि उसने किताब से अपनी नज़र नहीं हटाई।

"यह किस विषय में है?"

मार्गी ने पूछा कि किताब किस बारे में है।

"विद्यालय"

 

 

3.

Margie was scornful.

“School?  What’s there to write about school? I hate school.”

scornful: contemptuous; showing you think something is worthless, show your dislike for something

Margie hated the word ‘school’ and so, she said that what was there to write about it that an entire book had been written about school.

Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever.

The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the County Inspector.

 

मार्गी तिरस्कारपूर्ण थी।

"विद्यालय? स्कूल के बारे में क्या लिखना है? मुझे स्कूल से नफरत है।"

तिरस्कारपूर्ण: तिरस्कारपूर्ण; दिखाओ कि आपको लगता है कि कुछ बेकार है, कुछ के लिए अपनी नापसंदगी दिखाएं

मार्गी को 'स्कूल' शब्द से नफरत थी और इसलिए, उसने कहा कि इसमें लिखने के लिए क्या था कि स्कूल के बारे में एक पूरी किताब लिखी गई थी।

मार्गी को हमेशा स्कूल से नफरत थी, लेकिन अब वह इससे पहले से कहीं ज्यादा नफरत करती थी।

यांत्रिक शिक्षिका भूगोल में परीक्षण के बाद उसकी परीक्षा दे रही थी और वह तब तक बदतर से बदतर होती जा रही थी जब तक कि उसकी माँ ने दुखी होकर अपना सिर हिलाकर काउंटी निरीक्षक के लिए नहीं भेजा था।

 

4.

 He was a round little man with a red face and a whole box of tools with dials and wires.

The County Inspector came to check the mechanical teacher. He was a round little man and he had a red face. He was carrying a big box full of tools with dials and wires.

He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then took the teacher apart.

So, this man opened the machine. He was there to repair the computer.

Margie had hoped he wouldn’t know how to put it together again, but he knew how allright, and, after an hour or so, there it was again,large and black and ugly, with a big screen on which all the lessons were shown and the questions were asked.

Once he had opened the computer, Margie wished that he would be unable to close it back because she did not like the computer, she did not like to study from this teacher.But the man was an expert and within an hour he had repaired the computer and had closed it and made it ready to teach Margie once again.

Margie gives a description of the computer. She feels that it is very huge, it is black in colour and she dislikes its appearance. It has a big screen and all the lessons appear on the screen and many questions are asked on the same screen which are difficult for Margie.

That wasn’t so bad. The part Margie hated

 

वह लाल चेहरे वाला एक गोल छोटा आदमी था और डायल और तारों के साथ औजारों का एक पूरा बक्सा था।

यांत्रिक शिक्षक की जांच करने पहुंचे काउंटी निरीक्षक। वह गोल छोटा आदमी था और उसका चेहरा लाल था। वह डायल और तारों के साथ औजारों से भरा एक बड़ा बॉक्स ले जा रहा था।

वह मार्गी को देखकर मुस्कुराया और उसे एक सेब दिया, फिर शिक्षक को अलग कर दिया।

तो, इस आदमी ने मशीन खोली। वह वहां कंप्यूटर ठीक करने आया था।

मार्गी को उम्मीद थी कि वह नहीं जानता कि इसे फिर से कैसे जोड़ा जाए, लेकिन वह जानता था कि कैसे ठीक है, और, एक या एक घंटे के बाद, यह फिर से, बड़ा और काला और बदसूरत था, एक बड़ी स्क्रीन के साथ जिस पर सभी पाठ थे दिखाया और सवाल पूछे गए।

एक बार जब उसने कंप्यूटर खोल लिया, तो मार्गी की इच्छा थी कि वह इसे वापस बंद नहीं कर पाएगा क्योंकि उसे कंप्यूटर पसंद नहीं था, वह इस शिक्षक से पढ़ना पसंद नहीं करती थी। लेकिन वह आदमी एक विशेषज्ञ था और एक घंटे के भीतर उसने मरम्मत कर ली थी। कंप्यूटर को बंद कर दिया था और एक बार फिर मार्गी को पढ़ाने के लिए तैयार कर लिया था।

मार्गी कंप्यूटर का विवरण देता है। उसे लगता है कि यह बहुत बड़ा है, यह काले रंग का है और उसे इसका रूप पसंद नहीं है। इसकी एक बड़ी स्क्रीन है और सभी पाठ स्क्रीन पर दिखाई देते हैं और एक ही स्क्रीन पर कई प्रश्न पूछे जाते हैं जो मार्गी के लिए कठिन होते हैं।

यह इतना बुरा नहीं था। मार्गी को जिस हिस्से से नफरत थी

 

 

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most was the slot where she had to put homework and test papers.

slot: a given space, time or position

Margie hated this mechanical teacher the most because she had to submit her homework and test papers to it.

She always had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was six years old, and the mechanical teacher calculate the marks in no time.

 

सबसे ज्यादा वह स्लॉट था जहां उसे होमवर्क और टेस्ट पेपर डालने होते थे।

स्लॉट: दिया गया स्थान, समय या स्थिति

मार्गी इस यांत्रिक शिक्षक से सबसे अधिक नफरत करती थी क्योंकि उसे अपना गृहकार्य और परीक्षा के प्रश्नपत्र इसमें जमा करने होते थे।

उसे हमेशा उन्हें एक पंच कोड में लिखना पड़ता था, जब वह छह साल की थी, और यांत्रिक शिक्षक ने कुछ ही समय में अंकों की गणना की।

 

5.

 The Inspector had smiled after he was finished and patted Margie’s head. He said to her mother,“It’s not the little girl’s fault, Mrs Jones. I think the geography sector was geared a little too quick.

geared (to): adjusted to a particular standard or level

So, the County inspector said that Margie was getting bad marks in Geography because the Machine was not working properly. It was geared to a higher level.

Those things happen sometimes. I’ve slowed it up to an average ten-year level.

He said that sometimes machines malfunctioned and that is what had happened. He had slowed it down and set is to the pace of a learner of ten-years of age.

Actually, the overall pattern of her progress is quite satisfactory.” And he patted Margie’s head again.

He said that Margie was learning at a good pace. He again patted Margie’s head in order to cheer her up.

Margie was disappointed. She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether.

Margie was sad because she did not want to learn, she did want to study from this machine.  And she wanted that the inspector should take it away.

They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely.

blanked out: it has been erased

Margie is reminded of the time when Tommy’s Mechanical teacher had been taken away for repair for almost one month and he was enjoying his time as he didn’t have any teacher. It had been taken away because the History sectorthe portion of the machine that taught the History subject had been wiped out. So, the mechanical teacher did not have any memory of it and had to be taken away for repair.

So she said to Tommy, “Why would anyone write about school?”

 

 

काम पूरा करने के बाद इंस्पेक्टर मुस्कुराया और मार्गी के सिर को थपथपाया। उसने अपनी माँ से कहा, "मिसेज जोन्स, यह छोटी लड़की की गलती नहीं है। मुझे लगता है कि भूगोल क्षेत्र थोड़ा बहुत जल्दी तैयार किया गया था।

गियर (को): एक विशेष मानक या स्तर के लिए समायोजित

तो, काउंटी निरीक्षक ने कहा कि मार्गी को भूगोल में खराब अंक मिल रहे थे क्योंकि मशीन ठीक से काम नहीं कर रही थी। इसे उच्च स्तर पर तैयार किया गया था।

वे चीजें कभी-कभी होती हैं। मैंने इसे औसत दस साल के स्तर तक धीमा कर दिया है।

उन्होंने कहा कि कई बार मशीनें खराब हो जाती हैं और ऐसा ही हुआ है. उन्होंने इसे धीमा कर दिया था और दस साल की उम्र के एक शिक्षार्थी की गति को सेट कर दिया था।

दरअसल, उसकी प्रगति का समग्र पैटर्न काफी संतोषजनक है।” और उसने फिर से मार्गी के सिर को थपथपाया।

उन्होंने कहा कि मार्गी अच्छी गति से सीख रही थी। उसने फिर से मार्गी को खुश करने के लिए उसके सिर को थपथपाया।

मार्गी निराश थी। वह उम्मीद कर रही थी कि वे शिक्षक को पूरी तरह से दूर ले जाएंगे।

मार्गी दुखी थी क्योंकि वह सीखना नहीं चाहती थी, वह इस मशीन से पढ़ना चाहती थी। और वह चाहती थी कि इंस्पेक्टर उसे ले जाए।

वे एक बार टॉमी के शिक्षक को लगभग एक महीने के लिए दूर ले गए थे क्योंकि इतिहास का क्षेत्र पूरी तरह से खाली हो गया था।

खाली कर दिया गया: इसे मिटा दिया गया है

मार्गी को उस समय की याद आती है जब टॉमी के यांत्रिक शिक्षक को लगभग एक महीने के लिए मरम्मत के लिए ले जाया गया था और वह अपने समय का आनंद ले रहा था क्योंकि उसके पास कोई शिक्षक नहीं था। इसे हटा लिया गया था क्योंकि इतिहास का क्षेत्र, इतिहास विषय को पढ़ाने वाली मशीन का हिस्सा मिटा दिया गया था। इसलिए, यांत्रिक शिक्षक को इसकी कोई याद नहीं थी और मरम्मत के लिए ले जाना पड़ा।

तो उसने टॉमी से कहा, "कोई स्कूल के बारे में क्यों लिखेगा?"

 

6.

Tommy looked at her with very superior eyes.“Because it’s not our kind of school, stupid. This is the old kind of school that they had hundreds and hundreds of years ago.

Tommy was looking at Margie with superior eyes because he knew something that Margie was not aware of. He said that Margie was silly because she did not know that many years ago, the school was not the kind they had.

“He added loftily, pronouncing the word carefully, “Centuries ago.”

loftily: in a superior way

Tommy wanted to stress on the time period and said that centuries ago, the school were not like the once they had.

Margie was hurt. “Well, I don’t know what kind of school they had all that time ago.” She read the book over his shoulder for a while, then said,“Anyway, they had a teacher.”

 

 

टॉमी ने उसे बहुत बेहतर आँखों से देखा।“क्योंकि यह हमारी तरह का स्कूल नहीं है, बेवकूफ। यह पुराने प्रकार का स्कूल है जो सैकड़ों और सैकड़ों साल पहले उनके पास था।

टॉमी बेहतर निगाहों से मार्गी को देख रहा था क्योंकि वह कुछ ऐसा जानता था जिसके बारे में मार्गी को पता नहीं था। उन्होंने कहा कि मार्गी मूर्ख थी क्योंकि वह नहीं जानती थी कि कई साल पहले, स्कूल उस तरह का नहीं था जैसा उनके पास था।

"उन्होंने जोर से जोड़ा, इस शब्द का सावधानीपूर्वक उच्चारण करते हुए," सदियों पहले।

ऊँचे से: एक बेहतर तरीके से

टॉमी समय अवधि पर जोर देना चाहते थे और कहा कि सदियों पहले, स्कूल पहले जैसे नहीं थे।

मार्गी को चोट लगी। "ठीक है, मुझे नहीं पता कि इतने समय पहले उनके पास किस तरह का स्कूल था।" उसने कुछ देर उसके कंधे पर किताब पढ़ी, फिर कहा, "वैसे भी, उनके पास एक शिक्षक था।"

 

 

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“Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.”

“A man? How could a man be a teacher?”

 

Margie could not believe that a man was a teacher because she had always seen a machine doing that.

“Well, he just told the boys and girls things and gave them homework and asked them questions.”

 

"निश्चित रूप से उनके पास एक शिक्षक था, लेकिन यह एक नियमित शिक्षक नहीं था। यह एक आदमी था।"

"एक आदमी? एक आदमी शिक्षक कैसे हो सकता है?"

 

मार्गी को विश्वास नहीं हो रहा था कि एक आदमी शिक्षक है क्योंकि उसने हमेशा एक मशीन को ऐसा करते देखा था।

"ठीक है, उसने सिर्फ लड़कों और लड़कियों को बातें बताईं और उन्हें होमवर्क दिया और उनसे सवाल पूछे।"

 

7.

“A man isn’t smart enough.”

Margie said that a man teacher is not as smart (intelligent) as the machine teacher.

“Sure he is. My father knows as much as my teacher.”

Tommy asks Margie not to underestimate the human teacher. He said that he is as knowledgeable as the machine. He compares the machine to his father and says that his father knows as much as hismachine teacher.

“He knows almost as much, I betcha.”

betcha(informal): (I) bet you (in fast speech): I’m sure

Tommy could bet on it that the human teacher knew as much as a mechanical teacher did.

Margie wasn’t prepared to dispute that. She said,“I wouldn’t want a strange man in my house to teach me.”

dispute: disagree with when you are opposing something,

Margie did not want to discuss this further and added that she did not want a strange man, the human teacher to come to her house to teach her.

Tommy screamed with laughter. “You don’t know much, Margie. The teachers didn’t live in the house. They had a special building and all the kids went there.”

Tommy found it very funny when Margie said that she did not want a strange man to come to her house to teach her. He said that teachers didn’t come to the students’ house to teach them.They had a special building;a school and the students went to the school to study.

“And all the kids learned the same thing?”

 

“Sure, if they were the same age.”

 

"एक आदमी पर्याप्त स्मार्ट नहीं है।"

मार्गी ने कहा कि एक आदमी शिक्षक मशीन शिक्षक की तरह स्मार्ट (बुद्धिमान) नहीं है।

"ज़रूर वह है। मेरे पिता मेरे शिक्षक जितना जानते हैं।"

टॉमी ने मार्गी से मानव शिक्षक को कम न आंकने के लिए कहा। उन्होंने कहा कि वह मशीन की तरह ही जानकार हैं। वह मशीन की तुलना अपने पिता से करता है और कहता है कि उसके पिता उसके मशीन शिक्षक जितना जानते हैं।

"वह लगभग उतना ही जानता है, मैं शर्त लगाता हूं।"

betcha(अनौपचारिक): (I) बेट यू (तेज़ भाषण में): मुझे यकीन है

टॉमी इस पर शर्त लगा सकता था कि मानव शिक्षक उतना ही जानता है जितना कि एक यांत्रिक शिक्षक।

मार्गी उस पर विवाद करने के लिए तैयार नहीं थी। उसने कहा, "मैं नहीं चाहूंगी कि मेरे घर में कोई अजनबी मुझे पढ़ाए।"

विवाद: जब आप किसी बात का विरोध कर रहे हों तो असहमत होना,

मार्गी इस पर आगे चर्चा नहीं करना चाहती थी और उसने कहा कि वह नहीं चाहती कि कोई अजनबी आदमी, मानव शिक्षक उसे पढ़ाने के लिए उसके घर आए।

टॉमी हँसी से चिल्लाया। "आप ज्यादा नहीं जानते, मार्गी। शिक्षक घर में नहीं रहते थे। उनके पास एक विशेष इमारत थी और सभी बच्चे वहाँ गए थे।”

टॉमी को यह बहुत मज़ेदार लगा जब मार्गी ने कहा कि वह नहीं चाहती कि कोई अजनबी उसके घर आकर उसे पढ़ाए। उन्होंने कहा कि शिक्षक छात्रों को पढ़ाने के लिए उनके घर नहीं आते थे। उनका एक विशेष भवन था, एक स्कूल था और छात्र पढ़ने के लिए स्कूल जाते थे।

"और सभी बच्चों ने एक ही चीज़ सीखी?"

 

"ज़रूर, अगर वे एक ही उम्र के होते।"

 

 

8.

Tommy said that all the children of the same age studied the same thing.

“But my mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently.”

Margie refers to a machine teacher. She says that her mother told her that the machine had to be tuned to the level of each boy or a girl who was studying form it. So, each child had to be taught separately depending on their level.

“Just the same they didn’t do it that way then. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to read the book.”

Tommy replied that in the past they did not do it that way. He got irritated at Margie and said that she need not read the book.

“I didn’t say I didn’t like it,” Margie said quickly.

Margie is interested in the book. She is curious to know what kind of schools were there.

She wanted to read about those funny schools.

Margie was inquisitive. She wanted to know what kind of schools therein were the past as she felt that they were fun.

They weren’t even half-finished when Margie’s Mother called, “Margie! School!”

Margie had read just half of the book when her mother called her as it was time for her to attend her virtual school.

Margie looked up. “Not yet, Mamma”

Margie’s school was in the next room, next to her bedroom. She said to her mother that not yet, she did not want to go to school.

“Now!” said Mrs Jones. “And it’s probably time for Tommy, too.”

Margie’s mother said to Tommy that it was time for him to go to school too.

Margie said to Tommy, “Can I read the book some more with you after school?”

Margie was so interested in reading the book that she asked Tommy if she could read the book with him after school.

 

टॉमी ने कहा कि एक ही उम्र के सभी बच्चे एक ही चीज पढ़ते हैं।

"लेकिन मेरी माँ कहती है कि एक शिक्षक को प्रत्येक लड़के और लड़की के दिमाग में फिट होने के लिए समायोजित किया जाना चाहिए और प्रत्येक बच्चे को अलग तरह से पढ़ाया जाना चाहिए।"

मार्गी एक मशीन शिक्षक को संदर्भित करता है। वह कहती है कि उसकी माँ ने उसे बताया कि मशीन को पढ़ने वाले प्रत्येक लड़के या लड़की के स्तर पर ट्यून किया जाना चाहिए। इसलिए, प्रत्येक बच्चे को उनके स्तर के आधार पर अलग से पढ़ाया जाना था।

"ठीक वैसे ही उन्होंने तब ऐसा नहीं किया था। अगर आपको यह पसंद नहीं है, तो आपको किताब पढ़ने की जरूरत नहीं है।"

टॉमी ने जवाब दिया कि अतीत में उन्होंने ऐसा नहीं किया था। वह मार्गी पर चिढ़ गया और कहा कि उसे किताब पढ़ने की जरूरत नहीं है।

"मैंने यह नहीं कहा कि मुझे यह पसंद नहीं आया," मार्गी ने जल्दी से कहा।

मार्गी को किताब में दिलचस्पी है। वह यह जानने के लिए उत्सुक है कि वहां किस तरह के स्कूल थे।

वह उन मज़ेदार स्कूलों के बारे में पढ़ना चाहती थी।

मार्गी जिज्ञासु थी। वह जानना चाहती थी कि अतीत में किस तरह के स्कूल थे क्योंकि उसे लगा कि वे मज़ेदार हैं।

जब मार्गी की माँ ने पुकारा, "मार्गी! विद्यालय!"

मार्गी ने केवल आधी किताब पढ़ी थी जब उसकी माँ ने उसे बुलाया क्योंकि यह उसके वर्चुअल स्कूल में भाग लेने का समय था।

मार्गी ने ऊपर देखा। "अभी नहीं मम्मा"

मार्गी का स्कूल उसके बेडरूम के बगल वाले कमरे में था। उसने अपनी माँ से कहा कि अभी नहीं, वह स्कूल नहीं जाना चाहती।

"अभी!" श्रीमती जोन्स ने कहा। "और शायद यह टॉमी के लिए भी समय है।"

मार्गी की माँ ने टॉमी से कहा कि उसके लिए भी स्कूल जाने का समय हो गया है।

मार्गी ने टॉमी से कहा, "क्या मैं स्कूल के बाद आपके साथ किताब कुछ और पढ़ सकता हूँ?"

मार्गी को किताब पढ़ने में इतनी दिलचस्पी थी कि उसने टॉमी से पूछा कि क्या वह स्कूल के बाद उसके साथ किताब पढ़ सकती है।

 

 

9.

“May be,” he said nonchalantly.

nonchalantly: not showing much interest or enthusiasm; carelessly

Tommy tried to ignore her and said that maybe she could read it.

He walked away whistling, the dusty old book tucked beneath his arm.

Tommy was feeling very great because Margie was interested in reading the book. He placed the book under his arm and he went off to his home.

 

Margie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on and waiting for her.

Margie reached her school. It was a room, next to her bedroom. It was a virtual classroom.There was a machine teacher for Margie. It was on and it was waiting for her to begin teaching her.

It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday

 

"हो सकता है," उन्होंने बेफिक्र होकर कहा।

बेपरवाह: ज्यादा दिलचस्पी या उत्साह नहीं दिखाना; लापरवाही

टॉमी ने उसे नज़रअंदाज़ करने की कोशिश की और कहा कि शायद वह इसे पढ़ सकती है।

वह सीटी बजाते हुए चला गया, धूल भरी पुरानी किताब उसकी बांह के नीचे दब गई।

टॉमी बहुत अच्छा महसूस कर रहा था क्योंकि मार्गी को किताब पढ़ने में दिलचस्पी थी। उसने किताब को अपनी बांह के नीचे रखा और वह अपने घर चला गया।

 

मार्गी स्कूल के कमरे में चली गई। यह उसके शयनकक्ष के ठीक बगल में था, और यांत्रिक शिक्षक उसकी प्रतीक्षा कर रहा था।

मार्गी अपने स्कूल पहुंची। उसके बेडरूम के बगल में एक कमरा था। यह एक आभासी कक्षा थी। मार्गी के लिए एक मशीन शिक्षक था। यह चालू था और वह उसे पढ़ाना शुरू करने की प्रतीक्षा कर रही थी।

यह शनिवार और रविवार को छोड़कर हर दिन एक ही समय पर हमेशा चालू रहता था

 

 

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 because her mother said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours.

Margie studied all the days except Saturdays and Sundays,at the same time from this mechanical teacher. Margie’s mother was very particular. She had told Margie that she would learn better if she would study every day at the same time.

The screen was lit up, and it said: “Today’s arithmetic lesson is on the addition of proper fractions. Please insert yesterday’s homework in the proper slot.

 

क्योंकि उसकी मां ने कहा कि छोटी लड़कियां बेहतर सीखती हैं अगर वे नियमित घंटों में सीखती हैं।

मार्गी ने शनिवार और रविवार को छोड़कर पूरे दिन इस यांत्रिक शिक्षक से एक ही समय पर अध्ययन किया। मार्गी की मां बहुत खास थीं। उसने मार्गी से कहा था कि अगर वह हर दिन एक ही समय पर पढ़ाई करेगी तो वह बेहतर सीखेगी।

स्क्रीन जगमगा उठी, और उसने कहा: “आज का अंकगणितीय पाठ उचित भिन्नों को जोड़ने पर है। कृपया कल के गृहकार्य को उचित स्लॉट में डालें।

 

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Margie sat in front of the machine similar to a computer and the machine was turned on. It said that the lesson of the day was in Arithmetic and the topic was addition of proper fractions. Further,it instructed her to insert the homework of the previous day in the slot for inserting the homework.

Margie did so with a sigh.

Margie’s life is also very mechanical just like a machine. There is no fun in her classroom. It is very dull and boring just like a machine.

She was thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy.

Margie is thinking of the story told to her by her grandfather.  Her Grandfather told her that his grandfather used to go to school when he was a little boy. As Margie is bored with this machine, she is reminded of that life.

 

 

All the kids from the whole neighborhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the schoolroom,going home together at the end of the day.

(This is the life that you all are living at present, but for the future kids it will be just a memory of the past. For them it will be history because their life will be very different. They will study from machines.)

When Margie comes to know that in the past, children used to go to school, they sat together, laughed and shouted in the school, she gets curious about it and wants to go to school. (The writer wants us to realize the importance of schools in our life. Children sometimes get bored and fed up of going to school, but if you don’t have a school you won’t get to meet friends. Your life will be very dull and boring).

They learned the same things, so they could help one another with the homework and talk about it.

Margie feels that school is so much fun, children get together, they study in a fun way, they get the same homework, and they can discuss it, take help and talk about it also. So, all the students become friends and study in a fun way.

And the teachers were people…

She found it very strange that the teachers were not machines, but they were human beings.

The mechanical teacher was flashing on the screen: “When we add fractions ½ and ¼…”

As Margie had inserted her homework, the machine started with the lesson. There was no pause, no time for fun, no time for chatting, and no time for interacting with friends.

Margie was thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days. She was thinking about the fun they had.

 

 

मार्गी कंप्यूटर की तरह मशीन के सामने बैठ गया और मशीन चालू हो गई। इसने कहा कि दिन का पाठ अंकगणित में था और विषय उचित भिन्नों को जोड़ना था। इसके अलावा, इसने उसे होमवर्क डालने के लिए स्लॉट में पिछले दिन का होमवर्क डालने का निर्देश दिया।

मार्गी ने आह भरते हुए ऐसा किया।

मार्गी का जीवन भी मशीन की तरह बहुत यांत्रिक है। उसकी कक्षा में कोई मज़ा नहीं है। यह मशीन की तरह बहुत ही नीरस और उबाऊ है।

वह उन पुराने स्कूलों के बारे में सोच रही थी, जब उनके दादा के दादा एक छोटे लड़के थे।

मार्गी अपने दादा द्वारा बताई गई कहानी के बारे में सोच रही है। उसके दादाजी ने उसे बताया कि उसके दादाजी बचपन में स्कूल जाते थे। जैसे ही मार्गी इस मशीन से ऊब चुकी होती है, उसे वह जीवन याद आ जाता है।

 

 

पूरे मोहल्ले के सभी बच्चे स्कूल के प्रांगण में हँसते-चिल्लाते, स्कूल के कमरे में एक साथ बैठे, दिन के अंत में एक साथ घर जाते।

(यह वह जीवन है जिसे आप सभी वर्तमान में जी रहे हैं, लेकिन भविष्य के बच्चों के लिए यह सिर्फ अतीत की याद होगी। उनके लिए यह इतिहास होगा क्योंकि उनका जीवन बहुत अलग होगा। वे मशीनों से पढ़ेंगे।)

जब मार्गी को पता चलता है कि अतीत में बच्चे स्कूल जाते थे, वे एक साथ बैठते थे, हँसते थे और स्कूल में चिल्लाते थे, वह इसके बारे में उत्सुक हो जाती है और स्कूल जाना चाहती है। (लेखक चाहते हैं कि हम अपने जीवन में स्कूलों के महत्व को समझें। बच्चे कभी-कभी ऊब जाते हैं और स्कूल जाने से ऊब जाते हैं, लेकिन अगर आपके पास स्कूल नहीं है तो आप दोस्तों से नहीं मिल पाएंगे। आपका जीवन बहुत अच्छा होगा सुस्त और उबाऊ)।

उन्होंने वही बातें सीखीं, ताकि वे गृहकार्य में एक-दूसरे की मदद कर सकें और इसके बारे में बात कर सकें।

मार्गी को लगता है कि स्कूल में बहुत मज़ा आता है, बच्चे एक साथ मिलते हैं, वे मज़ेदार तरीके से पढ़ते हैं, उन्हें वही होमवर्क मिलता है, और वे इस पर चर्चा कर सकते हैं, मदद ले सकते हैं और इसके बारे में भी बात कर सकते हैं। तो, सभी छात्र दोस्त बन जाते हैं और मज़ेदार तरीके से पढ़ाई करते हैं।

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By  Shreyansh Singh