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half of our working time. The cinema is certain to consume
the whole. All are likely to be crazy about the films once
they see one. Where to get the money for them all? Single
bread earners like me are sure to have very hard times.
Besides, people might turn disinterested in their local
cultures and ‘melas’. The new generations may forget our
age long traditions and culture. Does anybody want to buy
my land and house? -----I will migrate somewhere else.

Jagannath Bohara, Katal: The cinema is likely to bring
both good and bad changes in the society. Our children
may not give much time to their studies. Young people
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will probably adopt the bad culture of selfishness, wiliness
and violence as found in the movies. But at the same time
they will get to know lots of new and good things. The
local authorities might not be able to systematize how
often one can go to the cinema. Anyway you can’t prevent
something that is taken as the sign of development.

5. Enrich Your Vocabulary

Read the texts above, and choose the best alternative.

a. The word ‘spoil’ as used in the sentence means -------------.
i. spend much time

ii. form bad effect on character/behaviour
iii. improve

b. To generate jobs also means to----------------jobs.
i. give ii. create iii. simplify

c. Something that causes troubles is described as a--------------------.
i. violence ii. disinterested iii. nuisance

d. A proposal is ---------------plan.
i. new ii. proposed iii. progressive

e. Wiliness is the cleverness at------------.
i. getting the correct answer

ii. getting what one wants

iii. cheating others
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