JSC Seen📖Class VIII

JSC Unit: 7; Lesson-1(B); Pearls! Pearls! Pearls!

Thousands of years ago, the first pearl was probably discovered while human beings were searching for food at the seashore.

āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¤ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§‡āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

Throughout history, the pearl with its shine has been one of the most highly valued gems.

āĻ‡āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸ āĻœā§ā§œā§‡ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŽāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒā§‡ āĻ—āĻŖā§āĻ¯ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

Pearls have been mentioned many times in religious texts and mythologies from the earliest times. The ancient Egyptians valued pearls so much that they were buried with them.

āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšā§€āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§ŒāĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāĻ°ā§€ā§ŸāĻ—āĻŖ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ¤ āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŦāĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§‹āĨ¤

It is said that the famous queen of Egypt, Cleopatra would dissolve a pearl in a glass and drink it as a sign of love and respect for the entire nation.

āĻ•āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡, āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ“āĻĒā§‡āĻŸā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ—āĻ˛āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ—ā§āĻ° āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ“ āĻļā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻ¨āĻ°ā§‚āĻĒā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§‡āĨ¤

The Greeks thought of pearls as a sign of wealth and social position. The beauty of pearls was associated with love and marriage.

āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§€āĻ°āĻž āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§€āĻ•āĻ°ā§‚āĻĒā§‡ āĻ—āĻŖā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§ŒāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŽ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

In ancient Rome, pearls were considered the greatest sign of wealth and social status.

āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻ°ā§‹āĻŽāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻšāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻ“ āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ  āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻ¨āĻ°ā§‚āĻĒā§‡āĨ¤

At that time the young women of noble families loved to wear beautiful pearl necklaces. The brave knights used to wear them in the battles for good luck.

āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻŦāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻ¸ā§€ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ‡āĻŸāĻ—āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§ŒāĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

01. Mythology (n)

02.  Dissolved (pp/adj)

03.  Unparalleled (adj)

04.  Association (n)

05.  Delicate (adj)

06.  Probably (adv)

07.  Discovered (v)

08.  Throughout (adv)

09.  Gem (n)

10.  Mentioned (adj)

11.  Religious (adj)

12.  Buried (v)

13.  Sign (n)

14.  Entire (adj)

15.  Thought (v)

16.  Wealth (n)

17.  Associated (v)

18.  Noble (adj)

19.  Battle (n)

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