Answer the following questions.
1. What was the author's opinion about Mr Gessler as a
bootmaker?
2. Why did the author visit the shop so infrequently?
3. What was the effect on Mr Gessler of the author's remark
about a certain pair of boots?
4. What was Mr Gessler's complaint against "big firms"?
5. Why did the author order so many pairs of boots? Did he
really need them?
Answers
Explanation:
Answer the following questions.
Question 1:
What was the author’s opinion about Mr Gessler as a bootmaker?
Solution:
The author was very impressed with Mr Gessler. He liked the boots made only on order and those boots perfectly fitted the customers. Their boots had the best materials and lasted long. He found the work mysterious and wonderful.
Question 2:
Why did the author visit the shop so infrequently?
Solution:
The author visited the shop so infrequently because the boots made by Gessler brothers lasted too long.
Question 3:
What was the effect on Mr Gessler of the author’s remark about a certain pair of boots?
Solution:
Mr (Sessler at first found the remark unbelievable. He argued that the author might have got them wet. He was shocked. He told the author that he will either repair them or adjust the money in his bills.
Question 4:
What was Mr Gessler’s complaint against ‘big farms’?
Solution:
Mr Gessler complained that the big firms didn’t value the money of the customers. They were capturing the markets from advertisements and not from the quality of their work. He was mostly out of work because of those firms and day by day the volume was getting reduced.
Question 5:
Why did the author order so many pairs of boots? Did he really need them?
Solution:
The author felt bad for Mr Gessler who was really talented and made great boots. He ordered so many pairs to help the bootmaker. No, he didn’t really need them.
Working with Language
Question 1:
Study the following phrases and their
meanings. Use them appropriately to complete
the sentences that follow.
look after : take care of
look down : disapprove or regard as
on inferior
look in : make a short visit
(on someone)
look into : investigate
look out : be careful
look up : improve
look up to : admire
After a very long spell of heat, the weather is ………….. at last.
We have no right to …………. people who do small jobs.
Nitin has always ……………. his uncle, who is a self-made man.
The police are …………… the matter thoroughly.
If you want to go out, I will ………….. the children for you.
I promise to ………….. on your brother when I visit Lucknow next.
……………. when you are crossing the main road.
Solution:
anxious shriek shore fish
portion ashes sure nation
shoe pushing polish moustache
Solution:
Initial Medial Final
Sheep Fashion Trash
Shriek Anxious Marsh
Shore Portion Fish
Sure Ashes Polish
Shoe Nation Pushing
Moustache
Question 4:
In each of the following words ‘ch’ represents the same consonant sound as in ‘chair’. The words on the left have this sound initially. Those on the right have it finally. Speak each word clearly.
choose bench
child march
cheese peach
chair wretch
charming research
Underline the letters representing this sound in each of the following words.
feature
archery
picture
reaching
nature
matches
riches
batch
church
Solution:
Feature
Archery
Picture
Reaching
Nature
Matches
Riches
Batch
Church
Speaking
Question 1:
Do you think Mr Gessler was a failure as a bootmaker or as a competitive businessman?
Solution:
Mr Gessler was successful as a bootmaker because his customers were immensely satisfied with the boot he made.
This perfectly fit them and lasted long. Yes, he was a failure as a competitive businessman.
He didn’t have money like the big firms so couldn’t invest on advertisements. He lost his business to them. He took time in delivering the boots because he made them alone. He lost his customers because of the delay in delivery.
He worked hard, striving for long hours. Whatever, he earned went on paying the rent for his shop and for buying leathers. He spent days of great penury.
Question 2:
What is the significance of the title? To who or to what does it refer?
Solution:
The title refers to the great quality boots Mr Gessler made. It is an ideal title for the lesson. It refers to the business practices followed these days where no one cares about quality.
For Mr Gessler, quality was of optimum significance. He worked for long hours, didn’t allow anyone else to touch his boots. He lost on business, was spending days in poverty still the man didn’t compromise on quality.
Question 3:
Notice the way Mr Gessler speaks English. His
English is influenced by his mother tongue. He speaks English with an accent.
When Mr Gessler speaks, p, t, k, sound like b,d,g. Can you say these words as Mr Gessler would say them?
It comes and never stops. Does it bother me? Not at all. Ask my brother, please.
Solution:
Mr Gessler used to speak English with a German accent. His English sounded funny and a bit difficult to understand.
Mr Gessler would have spoken these lines as. Id comes and never sdobs. Does Id bodder me? Nod ad all. Ask my brodher blease.
Question 4:
an influence of his mother tongue which proved that his wasn’t an Englishman.
Question 2:
Where did Mr Gessler live?
Solution:
Mr Gessler lived in London in his shoe shop.
Answer:
ans1 The author was very impressed with Mr Gessler. He liked the boots made only on order and those boots perfectly fitted the customers. Their boots had the best materials and lasted long. He found the work mysterious and wonderful.
ans2 The author visited the shop so infrequently because the boots made by Gessler brothers lasted too long.
ans3 Mr (Sessler at first found the remark unbelievable. He argued that the author might have got them wet. He was shocked. He told the author that he will either repair them or adjust the money in his bills.
ans4 Mr Gessler complained that the big firms didn’t value the money of the customers. They were capturing the markets from advertisements and not from the quality of their work. He was mostly out of work because of those firms and day by day the volume was getting reduced.
ans5 The author felt bad for Mr Gessler who was really talented and made great boots. He ordered so many pairs to help the bootmaker. No, he didn’t really need them.
Explanation:
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