1. Collection of Poems, Short Stories and Drama page 11.
Leisure
Collection of Poems, Short Stories and Drama page 11.

2. The Joshua Bell Experiment.
Are we too busy?
The Joshua Bell Experiment.

3. In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition. No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100. This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito(not revealing who he is) in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste, and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

5. Vocabulary – we will build sentences after this.
Bough – main branch of a tree.
Broad – wide
Streams full of stars – a large constellation of stars that looks like huge rivers.
Glance – take a brief and hurried look.
Enrich – to improve the quality

6. Reading the poem

7. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like stars in the night. No time to turn at Beauty’s glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance. No time to wait till her mouth can, Enrich that smile her eyes began.
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs, And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

8. A poor life this if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.

9. Structure of the poem It is made up with seven rhymed couplets.
A couplet is made out of two lines.

10. Tone The poem is about life in the fast-paced world.
‘We’ are just too worried or troubled to actually stop to appreciate the world as it is.
So, the poet thinks that it is sad and a pity to let all these beautiful things around us to slip away.
The tone here is reflective and regretful.

11. Meaning of Couplet 1
The persona suggested the idea of simply stop to stand and stare.
He questioned how life it is when standing and staring is not allowed.

12. Meaning of Couplet 2
He list some of the things that people today do not have time for.
He compares the people nowadays with the sheep and cows.
Sheep and cows appear in their natural world when they can stand and stare as long as they wish.

13. Meaning of Couplet 3
Man, even when surrounded with the beauty of nature, will not have the time to appreciate it.

14. Meaning of Couplet 4
This stanza reinforce the fact that man does not have time to simply stand and stare.
Man is not even able to appreciate nature in broad daylight.

15. Meaning of Couplet 5-6 The persona personified beauty.
He is telling about the human quality of beauty.
This is like saying that man does not take the time to appreciate a beautiful woman as she dances, smile with her eyes and then her lips.

16. Meaning of Couplet 7
This stanza makes a judgment that it is a pity that man do not appreciate the beauty around them.
They are too bogged down with responsibilities and worries.

17. Theme People are too busy to appreciate nature.
Today’s life is bogged down with work and worries.

18. Message Nature is to be appreciated and enjoyed.
We must take time off from work and appreciate the beauty of nature.

19. Lets listen

20. Your work Workbook page 14 – 19 Exercise 1 -5.
We will discuss exercise 1.
Then, you must do exercise 2 -4.
You will complete exercise 5 which we will discuss later.

21. Answer Exercise 1 C E B D F A

22. Answer Exercise 2
Glare
Bows
Class
Sight
Prance
Ban

23. Answer Exercise 3 True False – today’s life is full of care.
False – man today does not appreciate nature.

24. Answer Exercise 4 Like Nuts Busy Worrying Stars Sunshine/sunrays
Breathtaking
Beauty

25. Answer Exercise 5 – we discuss.
We should take time off to appreciate nature.
Man is busy with work day in and day out.
The mother is troubled because she has to worry about her baby.
Amin tried to relax by spending time in nature.
Students nowadays seldom study at home.
Those who do not study are not going to obtain success.

26. The Best of Nature