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Class 4 English - Lesson 7: Bitopan's New Friend


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Did You Know? (āĻ•িāĻŦা āϜাāύাāύে?)

Did you know that science is literally everywhere? Even the screen you are reading this on, the electricity powering your home, and the vehicle you travel in are all incredible inventions made possible by Science!

Chapter Summary / Overview (āĻŽূāϞ āĻ­াā§ą)

"Bitopan's New Friend" is an imaginative and educational story about a boy named Bitopan who dislikes science and thinks it is completely useless. Upset because his science teacher scolded him for not paying attention, Bitopan falls asleep at his study table. In his dream, his science book magically jumps out from the shelf and begins talking to him. The book sadly asks why Bitopan ignores it, despite the fact that it helps him live a comfortable life.

When Bitopan expresses his confusion, the science book explains that everything from toothpaste, soaps, fans, mobiles, televisions, to medicines are all gifts of science. Realizing how deeply connected science is to our daily survival, Bitopan feels sorry. He accepts the science book as his dear new friend and promises to pay attention in class. Finally, he wakes up from his dream when his mother calls him, completely changing his perspective toward the subject.

1. Lesson Text & Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ)

It is evening time.

āĻāϝ়া āϏāύ্āϧিāϝ়া āϏāĻŽāϝ়।

Bitopan is at his study.

āĻŦিāϤোāĻĒāύ āϤাā§° āĻĒāĻĸ়া āĻŽেāϜāϤ āφāĻ›ে।

He is a good student. He studies regularly and gets good marks.

āϏি āĻāϜāύ āĻ­াāϞ āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°। āϏি āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়াāĻ•ৈ āĻĒāĻĸ়া-āĻļুāύা āϕ⧰ে āφ⧰ু āĻ­াāϞ āύāĻŽ্āĻŦā§° āĻĒাāϝ়।

But today he does not want to study. He is very upset.

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āφāϜি āϤাā§° āĻĒāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽāύ āϝোā§ąা āύাāχ। āϏি āĻŦā§° āĻšāϤাāĻļ āĻšৈ āφāĻ›ে।

His science teacher was angry with him in the class because he did not pay attention when he was teaching.

āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āϤাā§° āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•ে āϤাā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ–ং āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒāĻĸ়াāχ āĻĨāĻ•াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϏি āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ— āĻĻিāϝ়া āύাāĻ›িāϞ।

But what to do? Bitopan does not like science.

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻŦ? āĻŦিāϤোāĻĒāύে āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ­াāϞ āύাāĻĒাāϝ়।

He finds it boring and useless.

āϏি āχāϝ়াāĻ• āφāĻŽāύিāĻĻাāϝ়āĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ…āϞাāĻ—āϤিāϝ়াāϞ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ­াāĻŦে।

What will happen if he knows about light, force, photosynthesis and so on?

āĻĒোāĻšā§°, āĻŦāϞ, āϏাāϞোāĻ•āϏংāĻļ্āϞেāώāĻŖ āφāĻĻিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϜাāύিāϞে āϤাā§° āĻ•ি āϞাāĻ­ āĻš'āĻŦ?

Bitopan feels very tired. He closes his eyes.

āĻŦিāϤোāĻĒāύ⧰ āĻŦā§° āĻ­াāĻ—ā§° āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›ে। āϏি āϤাā§° āϚāĻ•ু āĻĻুāϟা āĻŦāύ্āϧ āϕ⧰িāϞে।

After a while, suddenly he sees his science book jump from the shelf and stand in front of him.

āĻ•িāĻ›ু āϏāĻŽāϝ়ā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ, āĻšāĻ াāϤে āϏি āĻĻেāĻ–িāϞে āϝে āϤাā§° āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒāĻ–āύ āϚেāϞāĻĢā§° āĻĒā§°া āϜাঁāĻĒ āĻŽাā§°ি āϤাā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻ–āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈāĻ›ে।

It looks very sad.

āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻŦā§° āĻĻুāĻ–ী āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›িāϞ।

'Why don't you like me Bitopan? I always try to help you to get a comfortable life.

'āϤুāĻŽি āĻŽোāĻ• āĻ•িāϝ় āĻ­াāϞ āύাāĻĒোā§ąা āĻŦিāϤোāĻĒāύ? āĻŽāχ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āĻāĻ• āφ⧰াāĻŽāĻĻাāϝ়āĻ• āϜীā§ąāύ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰োঁ।

But you don't care," the science book says.

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤুāĻŽি āĻ­্ā§°ূāĻ•্āώেāĻĒেāχ āύāϕ⧰া," āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒāĻ–āύে āĻ•'āϞে।

Bitopan feels very nervous. He doesn't know what to say.

āĻŦিāϤোāĻĒāύ āĻŦā§° āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāϞে। āϏি āĻ•ি āĻ•'āĻŦ āĻāĻ•ো āĻ­াāĻŦি āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāχ।

He stammers and says "Actually I...I, don't understand you and don't find any relevance of you in our life.

āϏি āĻĨোāϤা-āĻŽোāϜা āĻ–াāχ āĻ•'āϞে "āφāϚāϞāϤে āĻŽāχ...āĻŽāχ, āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āĻŦুāϜি āύাāĻĒাāĻ“ঁ āφ⧰ু āφāĻŽাā§° āϜীā§ąāύāϤ āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻ•োāύো āĻĒ্ā§°াāϏংāĻ—িāĻ•āϤা āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āύাāĻĒাāĻ“ঁ।

You are of no use to me."

āϤুāĻŽি āĻŽোā§° āĻ•োāύো āĻ•াāĻŽā§° āύāĻšāϝ়।"

This time the science book says confidently, "You are saying this because you don't know anything about me.

āĻāχāĻŦাā§° āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒāĻ–āύে āφāϤ্āĻŽāĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏেā§°ে āĻ•'āϞে, "āϤুāĻŽি āĻāχ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•ৈāĻ›া āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϤুāĻŽি āĻŽোā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻ•ো āύাāϜাāύা।

Do you know, you need me since you wake up in the morning till you go to bed at night?"

āϤুāĻŽি āϜাāύাāύে, ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা āϏাā§° āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°া ā§°াāϤি āĻļুāĻŦāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাāϞৈāĻ•ে āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āĻŽোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύ?"

Bitopan looks puzzled.

āĻŦিāϤোāĻĒāύে āĻŦিāĻ­্ā§°াāύ্āϤ āĻšৈ āϚাāϞে।

The science book says again, "See, you brush your teeth in the morning with a toothbrush and toothpaste, take bath with a soap, use fans, lights, mobiles, watch television, travel by a car, aeroplane- all these are possible only because of the knowledge of science.

āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒāĻ–āύে āφāĻ•ৌ āĻ•'āϞে, "āϚোā§ąা, āϤুāĻŽি ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা āϟুāĻĨāĻŦ্ā§°াāĻ› āφ⧰ু āϟুāĻĨāĻĒেāώ্āϟেā§°ে āĻĻাঁāϤ āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻ› āϕ⧰া, āϚাāĻŦোāύেā§°ে āĻ—া āϧোā§ąা, āĻĢেāύ, āϞাāχāϟ, āĻŽ'āĻŦাāχāϞ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া, āĻĻূā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ āϚোā§ąা, āĻ—াāĻĄ়ী, āω⧰াāϜাāĻšাāϜেā§°ে āĻ­্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āϕ⧰া- āĻāχ āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ⧰ āϜ্āĻžাāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦেāχ āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§ą āĻšৈāĻ›ে।

You will find me everywhere in your life.

āϤুāĻŽি āĻŽোāĻ• āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻ াāχāϤে āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻŦা।

I am behind the invention of almost everything."

āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āĻ†ā§ąিāώ্āĻ•াā§°ā§° āφঁā§°āϤ āĻŽāϝ়েāχ āφāĻ›োঁ।"

Alas! Bitopan has never thought of it before.

āĻšাāϝ়! āĻŦিāϤোāĻĒāύে āφāĻ—āϤে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻāχ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ­āĻŦা āύাāĻ›িāϞ।

He realises how important science is for our daily life.

āϏি āĻŦুāϜি āĻĒাāϞে āφāĻŽাā§° āĻĻৈāύāύ্āĻĻিāύ āϜীā§ąāύāϤ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ।

We can't ever imagine a life without it.

āφāĻŽি āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĻি āĻāϟা āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°োঁ।

Last month when he had a fever, his mother gave him some medicines and he immediately felt relieved.

āϝোā§ąা āĻŽাāĻšāϤ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤাā§° āϜ্āĻŦā§° āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ, āϤাā§° āĻŽাāĻ•ে āϤাāĻ• āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻ”āώāϧ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϏি āϞāĻ—ে āϞāĻ—ে āφ⧰াāĻŽ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ।

These medicines are also the result of science.

āĻāχ āĻ”āώāϧāĻŦোā§°ো āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ⧰েāχ āĻĢāϞ।

Now he realises that his science book is really a dear friend.

āĻāϤিāϝ়া āϏি āĻŦুāϜি āĻĒাāϞে āϝে āϤাā§° āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒāĻ–āύ āϏঁāϚাāĻ•ৈāϝ়ে āĻāϜāύ āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻŦāύ্āϧু।

He decides to love it and read it attentively.

āϏি āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āφ⧰ু āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ—েā§°ে āĻĒāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ'āϞে।

He is sure that if he pays attention in the class he will definitely love his new friend more and more.

āϏি āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āϝে āϝāĻĻি āϏি āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ— āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϤেāύ্āϤে āϏি āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤāĻ­াā§ąে āϤাā§° āύāϤুāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāĻŦ।

"Hey Bitopan! Why are you sleeping at the study table?

"āĻšেāχ āĻŦিāϤোāĻĒāύ! āϤুāĻŽি āĻĒāĻĸ়া āĻŽেāϜāϤ āĻ•িāϝ় āĻļুāχ āφāĻ›া?

Take a break. Go and wash you face. I will give you something to eat."

āĻ…āϞāĻĒ āϜিā§°āĻŖি āϞোā§ąা। āϝোā§ąা āφ⧰ু āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ–āύ āϧুāχ āϞোā§ąা। āĻŽāχ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ–াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻĻিāĻŽ।"

Bitopan looks at his mother with bewildered eyes!

āĻŦিāϤোāĻĒāύে āϤাā§° āĻŽাāĻ•āϞৈ āφāϚ⧰িāϤ āϚāĻ•ুā§°ে āϚাāϞে!

2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)

photosynthesis: the process by which green plants use sunlight to produce nutrients from carbon dioxide and water (āϏাāϞোāĻ•āϏংāĻļ্āϞেāώāĻŖ)
stammers: makes involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking (āĻĨোāϤা-āĻŽোāϜা āĻ–োā§ąা)
relevance: connection (āĻĒ্ā§°াāϏংāĻ—িāĻ•āϤা)
puzzled: unable to understand (āĻŦিāĻ­্ā§°াāύ্āϤ / āĻŦুāϜিāĻŦ āύোā§ąā§°া)
bewildered: deeply confused (āφāϚ⧰িāϤ / āĻšāϤāĻ­āĻŽ্āĻŦ)

3. Comprehension Solutions

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

a) What is Bitopan doing?
Ans: Bitopan is at his study.

b) Why is his science teacher angry with him ?
Ans: His science teacher was angry with him in the class because he did not pay attention when he was teaching.

c) What jumps from the shelf and stands in front of him?
Ans: His science book jumps from the shelf and stands in front of him.

d) What is behind the invention of almost everything?
Ans: Science is behind the invention of almost everything.

e) Name some things of our everyday life which are possible because of science.
Ans: Things like brushing teeth with toothbrush and toothpaste, taking a bath with soap, using fans, lights, mobiles, watching television, and traveling by car or aeroplane are possible because of science.

2. Fill in the blanks with words from the text.

Ans: a) Bitopan studies regularly and gets good marks.

Ans: b) Bitopan does not like science.

Ans: c) You will find me everywhere in your life.

Ans: d) These medicines are also the result of science.

4. Activities Solutions & Grammar

Grammar Tip

The Simple Past Tense is used to describe an action that happened and finished in the past. Regular verbs usually end in -ed or -d (e.g., jump -> jumped), while irregular verbs change their form completely (e.g., see -> saw, go -> went).

Activity 1: Rewrite using verbs in simple past tense form.

Q: a) I ___ (complete) my project last Monday.

Answer: I completed my project last Monday.

Q: b) We ___ (visit) the zoo last week.

Answer: We visited the zoo last week.

Q: c) Rini ___ (dance) in the school function last month.

Answer: Rini danced in the school function last month.

Q: d) I ___ (finish) my homework before 9 pm.

Answer: I finished my homework before 9 pm.

Q: e) The child ___ (jump) in delight.

Answer: The child jumped in delight.

Q: f) The monkey ___ (climb) the mango tree.

Answer: The monkey climbed the mango tree.

Q: g) My friend ___ (help) me yesterday.

Answer: My friend helped me yesterday.

Activity 2: Choose the correct simple past tense form.

Q: a) The boy (maked/made) a kite.

Answer: The boy made a kite.

Q: b) I (seed/saw) a lion in the zoo.

Answer: I saw a lion in the zoo.

Q: c) They (goed/went) to the fair yesterday.

Answer: They went to the fair yesterday.

Q: d) Rana (rided/rode) his bicycle carefully.

Answer: Rana rode his bicycle carefully.

Q: e) The bird (flyed/flew) away a moment ago.

Answer: The bird flew away a moment ago.

Q: f) Biki (comed/came) to our house yesterday.

Answer: Biki came to our house yesterday.

Q: g) They (buyed/bought) a new car last month.

Answer: They bought a new car last month.

Q: h) The child (drinked/drank) a glass of milk in the morning today.

Answer: The child drank a glass of milk in the morning today.

Q: i) My father (gived/gave) me a storybook.

Answer: My father gave me a storybook.

Q: j) We (readed/read) the notice yesterday.

Answer: We read the notice yesterday.

Activity 3: Turn sentences into negative and interrogative forms.

a) Question: He loved his pet dog.

Negative: He did not love his pet dog.

Interrogative: Did he love his pet dog?

b) Question: It rained heavily.

Negative: It did not rain heavily.

Interrogative: Did it rain heavily?

c) Question: His father walked to market yesterday.

Negative: His father did not walk to market yesterday.

Interrogative: Did his father walk to market yesterday?

d) Question: The rabbits ate carrots.

Negative: The rabbits did not eat carrots.

Interrogative: Did the rabbits eat carrots?

e) Question: The girls laughed at the joke.

Negative: The girls did not laugh at the joke.

Interrogative: Did the girls laugh at the joke?

f) Question: The singer sang a beautiful song.

Negative: The singer did not sing a beautiful song.

Interrogative: Did the singer sing a beautiful song?

g) Question: Grandma cooked delicious food for us.

Negative: Grandma did not cook delicious food for us.

Interrogative: Did Grandma cook delicious food for us?

h) Question: My friend wrote a letter to me.

Negative: My friend did not write a letter to me.

Interrogative: Did my friend write a letter to me?

Writing Activity: Museum Visit

Q: Imagine you visited the museum. Write a few sentences about the things you saw there.

Answer:
1. I saw many interesting things in the museum.
2. I saw beautiful old masks hanging on the wall.
3. There were many ancient utensils kept on the shelf.
4. I saw a beautiful statue and an old yellow dress.
5. There was a big canon, a sword, and a shield belonging to a king.

5. Build Up Your Vocabulary

Antonyms (Words opposite in meaning / āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)

happy - sad (āϏুāĻ–ী - āĻĻুāĻ–ী)
difficult - easy (āĻ•āĻ িāύ - āϏāĻšāϜ)
give - take (āĻĻিāϝ়া - āϞোā§ąা)
buy - sell (āĻ•িāύা - āĻŦেāϚা)
long - short (āĻĻীāϘāϞ - āϚুāϟি)
old - young (āĻŦুāĻĸ়া - āĻĄেāĻ•া)
big - small (āĻĄাāϙ⧰ - āϏ⧰ু)
bad - good (āĻŦেāϝ়া - āĻ­াāϞ)
guest - host (āφāϞāĻšী - āĻ—ৃāĻšāϏ্āĻĨ)
clean - dirty (āĻĒā§°িāώ্āĻ•াā§° - āϞেāϤেā§°া)
true - false (āϏঁāϚা - āĻŽিāĻ›া)
soft - hard (āĻ•োāĻŽāϞ - āϟাāύ)
fat - thin (āĻļāĻ•āϤ - āĻ•্āώীāĻŖ)
sweet - bitter (āĻŽিāĻ া - āϤিāϤা)
dry - wet (āĻļুāĻ•াāύ - āϤিāϤা)
strong - weak (āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী - āĻĻুā§°্āĻŦāϞ)
day - night (āĻĻিāύ - ā§°াāϤি)
outside - inside (āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ - āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ)

7. FAQs & Conclusion

Q. Why did Bitopan not like science?

Ans: Bitopan did not like science because he found it boring and useless, and he couldn't understand its relevance in our daily life.

Q. How did the science book help Bitopan understand the importance of science?

Ans: The science book jumped out in his dream and explained that everyday things like toothbrushes, soap, fans, mobiles, and even the medicines that cured his fever are all made possible because of science.

Q. What did Bitopan decide at the end of his dream?

Ans: At the end of his dream, Bitopan realized that his science book was a dear friend. He decided to love science and promised to read it attentively.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, "Bitopan's New Friend" is a wonderful story that teaches us not to ignore or dislike our school subjects. The story perfectly illustrates how Science is deeply connected to every single activity we do in our modern lives—from brushing our teeth to curing diseases. We hope these detailed Assam Jatiya Bidyalay Class 4 notes guide you to understand the lesson properly and help you get good marks. Don't forget to practice the grammar exercises provided here on PoraGhar Axom!

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