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Class 5 English Lesson 9 "Health is Wealth"


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

Jonak is a ten-year-old boy.

āϜোāύাāĻ• āĻĻāĻš āĻŦāϛ⧰ীāϝ়া āϞ'ā§°া।

His uncle is a famous doctor of his city.

āϤাā§° āĻ–ুā§°াāĻ• āϤাā§° āϚāĻšā§°ā§° āĻāϜāύ āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āĻĄাāĻ•্āϤ⧰।

Since yesterday, Jonak has been suffering from a fever.

āϝোā§ąাāĻ•াāϞিā§° āĻĒā§°া āϜোāύাāĻ• āϜ্āĻŦā§°āϤ āĻ­ুāĻ—ি āφāĻ›ে।

He also feels very weak.

āϏি āĻŦā§° āĻĻুā§°্āĻŦāϞ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে।

So his uncle is examining him.

āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āϤাā§° āĻ–ুā§°াāĻ•ে āϤাāĻ• āĻĒā§°ীāĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰ি āφāĻ›ে।

His uncle knows that Jonak does not like to eat the healthy food that his mother offers him.

āϤাā§° āĻ–ুā§°াāĻ•ে āϜাāύে āϝে āϜোāύাāĻ•ে āĻŽাāϕ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়া āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāϕ⧰ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āĻ–াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ­াāϞ āύাāĻĒাāϝ়।

He likes to eat chocolates, chips, noodles, cold drinks etc.

āϏি āϚāĻ•āϞেāϟ, āϚিāĻĒāĻ›, āύুāĻĄāϞāĻ›, āϚেঁāϚা āĻĒাāύীāϝ় āφāĻĻি āĻ–াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়।

So his uncle decides to tell him something about health and hygiene while examining him.

āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āĻ–ুā§°াāĻ•ে āϤাāĻ• āĻĒā§°ীāĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰ি āĻĨāĻ•াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤে āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āφ⧰ু āĻĒā§°িāϚ্āĻ›āύ্āύāϤাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•োā§ąাā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ'āϞে।

Uncle: Jonak, you frequently fall sick.

āĻ–ুā§°াāĻ•: āϜোāύাāĻ•, āϤুāĻŽি āϏāϘāύাāχ āĻŦেāĻŽাā§°āϤ āĻĒā§°া।

You should always eat good food to remain healthy because health is wealth.

āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ āϤুāĻŽি āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻ­াāϞ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āĻ–াāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāϝ়েāχ āĻĒā§°āĻŽ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ।

Jonak: Uncle, can you please tell me what type of food should I eat to remain healthy?

āϜোāύাāĻ•: āĻ–ুā§°া, āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽāχ āĻ•েāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āĻ–াāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে āĻ…āύুāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āϕ⧰ি āĻ•'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦāύে?

Uncle: Yes Jonak, I would love to tell you about it.

āĻ–ুā§°াāĻ•: āĻšāϝ় āϜোāύাāĻ•, āĻŽāχ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āĻāχ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāχ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāĻŽ।

In breakfast you can eat bread, butter, banana, egg and a glass of milk.

ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąাā§° āφāĻšাā§°āϤ āϤুāĻŽি ā§°ুāϟি, āĻŽাāĻ–āύ, āĻ•āϞ, āĻ•āĻŖী āφ⧰ু āĻāĻ—িāϞাāϚ āĻ—াāĻ–ীā§° āĻ–াāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°া।

In meals you should eat rice, dal, meat, fish and lots of cooked vegetables.

āφāĻšাā§°āϤ āϤুāĻŽি āĻ­াāϤ, āĻĻাāχāϞ, āĻŽাংāϏ, āĻŽাāĻ› āφ⧰ু āĻĒ্ā§°āϚুā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻŽাāĻŖে ā§°āύ্āϧা āĻļাāĻ•-āĻĒাāϚāϞি āĻ–াāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে।

Again drink two to three litres of water daily and eat as much fruit as you can.

āϞāĻ—āϤে āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻĻুāχ-āϤিāύি āϞিāϟাā§° āĻĒাāύী āĻ–াāĻŦা āφ⧰ু āϝিāĻŽাāύ āĻĒাā§°া āϏিāĻŽাāύ āĻĢāϞ-āĻŽূāϞ āĻ–াāĻŦা।

Always try to avoid junk food because it is unhealthy.

āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āϜাংāĻ• āĻĢুāĻĄ (āĻŦāϜাā§°ā§° āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāϕ⧰ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ) āĻĒā§°িāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰িāĻŦা āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āχ āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāϕ⧰।

Jonak: Uncle, you know that I do not like to eat fruit and vegetables.

āϜোāύাāĻ•: āĻ–ুā§°া, āφāĻĒুāύি āϜাāύে āϝে āĻŽāχ āĻĢāϞ-āĻŽূāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻļাāĻ•-āĻĒাāϚāϞি āĻ–াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ­াāϞ āύাāĻĒাāĻ“ঁ।

Instead I love junk food.

āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤে āĻŽāχ āϜাংāĻ• āĻĢুāĻĄāĻšে āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāĻ“ঁ।

But from now onwards I would surely try to eat everything that you ask me to eat.

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻāϤিāϝ়াā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŽāχ āφāĻĒুāύি āĻŽোāĻ• āĻ–াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•োā§ąা āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻ–াāĻŦāϞৈ āύিāĻļ্āϚāϝ় āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰িāĻŽ।

Uncle: I feel very happy to hear it from you Jonak.

āĻ–ুā§°াāĻ•: āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽুāĻ–āϤ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻļুāύি āĻŽāχ āĻŦā§° āϏুāĻ–ী āĻšৈāĻ›ো āϜোāύাāĻ•।

I will also suggest you to keep yourself and your surroundings neat and clean.

āĻŽāχ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āύিāϜāĻ•ে āφ⧰ু āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϚাā§°িāĻ“āĻĢাāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļ āϚাāĻĢ-āϚিāĻ•ুāĻŖāĻ•ৈ ā§°াāĻ–িāĻŦāϞৈāĻ“ āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāĻŽ।

Jonak: Uncle, please tell me how I can maintain cleanliness.

āϜোāύাāĻ•: āĻ–ুā§°া, āĻŽāχ āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻĒā§°িāϚ্āĻ›āύ্āύāϤা āĻŦāϜাāχ ā§°াāĻ–িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ো āĻ…āύুāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āϕ⧰ি āĻ•āĻ“āĻ•।

Uncle: It is very much important for every person to be neat and clean.

āĻ–ুā§°াāĻ•: āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϜāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒā§°িāώ্āĻ•াā§°-āĻĒā§°িāϚ্āĻ›āύ্āύ āĻšোā§ąাāϟো āĻ…āϤি āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ।

You should take a bath every day, brush your teeth twice daily, wash your hands before eating anything, trim your nails regularly, comb your hair properly and always wear clean clothes and polished shoes.

āϤুāĻŽি āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻ—া āϧুāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে, āĻĻিāύāϟোāϤ āĻĻুāĻŦাā§° āĻĻাঁāϤ āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻ› āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে, āϝিāĻ•োāύো āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻ–োā§ąাā§° āφāĻ—āϤে āĻšাāϤ āϧুāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে, āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়াāĻ•ৈ āύāĻ– āĻ•াāϟিāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে, āĻ­াāϞāĻĻā§°ে āϚুāϞি āĻĢāĻŖিāϝ়াāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে āφ⧰ু āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻĒā§°িāώ্āĻ•াā§° āĻ•াāĻĒোā§° āφ⧰ু āĻĒāϞিāϚ āϕ⧰া āϜোāϤা āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে।

Always throw the garbage into a dustbin only.

āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻ†ā§ąā§°্āϜāύা āĻĄাāώ্āϟāĻŦিāύāϤ (āϜাāĻŦā§° āĻĒেāϞোā§ąা āĻĒাāϤ্ā§°) āĻšে āĻĒেāϞাāĻŦা।

Do not spit here and there.

āϝ’āϤে-āϤ’āϤে āĻĨু āύেāĻĒেāϞাāĻŦা।

Never forget to keep your house clean and tidy.

āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϘ⧰āϟো āĻĒā§°িāώ্āĻ•াā§° āφ⧰ু āĻĒā§°িāĻĒাāϟিāĻ•ৈ ā§°াāĻ–িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āύাāĻĒাāĻšā§°িāĻŦা।

Jonak: Thank you uncle for your suggestions.

āϜোāύাāĻ•: āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻ–ুā§°া।

I will always try to follow these.

āĻŽāχ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻāχāĻŦোā§° āĻŽাāύি āϚāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰িāĻŽ।

I see my mother cleaning the house.

āĻŽāχ āĻŽোā§° āĻŽাāĻ• āϘ⧰ āϚাāĻĢা āϕ⧰া āĻĻেāĻ–োঁ।

She always keeps everything in proper places, sweeps and mops the floor, dusts the furniture and removes the cobwebs.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻ াāχāϤ ā§°াāĻ–ে, āĻŽāϜিāϝ়া āĻাāĻĄ়ু āĻŽাā§°ে āφ⧰ু āĻŽāϚে, āφāϚāĻŦাāĻŦā§° āϧূāϞি āĻ—ুāϚাāϝ় āφ⧰ু āĻŽāϕ⧰াā§° āϜাāϞ āφঁāϤ⧰াāϝ়।

Uncle: You are welcome, my child.

āĻ–ুā§°াāĻ•: āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ—āϤāĻŽ, āĻŽোā§° āϏোāĻŖ।

2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)

fever: āϜ্āĻŦā§°
health: āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ
hygiene: āĻĒā§°িāϚ্āĻ›āύ্āύāϤা / āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāĻŦিāϧি
frequently: āϏāϘāύাāχ
suggest: āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়া
surroundings: āϚাā§°িāĻ“āĻĢাāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļ
neat and clean: āϚাāĻĢ-āϚিāĻ•ুāĻŖ / āĻĒā§°িāώ্āĻ•াā§°
polished: āĻĒāϞিāϚ āϕ⧰া / āϜিāϞিāĻ•ি āĻĨāĻ•া
dustbin: āϜাāĻŦā§° āĻĒেāϞোā§ąা āĻĒাāϤ্ā§°
spit: āĻĨু āĻĒেāϞোā§ąা
sick: āĻŦেāĻŽাā§°ী / āĻ…āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ
wealth: āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ
prefer: āĻĒāĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āϕ⧰া
surely: āύিāĻļ্āϚāϝ়
maintain: āĻŦāϜাāχ ā§°āĻ–া
tidy: āĻĒā§°িāĻĒাāϟি
trim: āĻ•াāϟিāĻŦāϞৈ (āύāĻ– āĻŦা āϚুāϞি āϏāĻŽাāύ āϕ⧰া)
junk food: āĻŦāϜাā§°ā§° āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāϕ⧰ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ
sweep: āĻাāĻĄ়ু āĻŽā§°া
mop: āĻŽāϜিāϝ়া āĻŽāϚা
cobwebs: āĻŽāϕ⧰াā§° āϜাāϞ
weak: āĻĻুā§°্āĻŦāϞ
cleanliness: āĻĒā§°িāϚ্āĻ›āύ্āύāϤা
throw: āĻĒেāϞোā§ąা
garbage: āĻ†ā§ąā§°্āϜāύা / āϜাāĻŦā§°
unhealthy: āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāϕ⧰
meals: āφāĻšাā§°
instead: āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤে

3. Comprehension Solutions

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

a) How old is Jonak?
Ans: Jonak is a ten-year-old boy.

b) What is his uncle?
Ans: His uncle is a famous doctor in his city.

c) How much water should we drink daily?
Ans: We should drink two to three litres of water daily.

d) Is the junk food healthy?
Ans: No, junk food is unhealthy.

e) How many times should we brush our teeth daily?
Ans: We should brush our teeth twice daily.

2. Fill in the blanks.
  • a) Jonak loves junk food.
  • b) You should always keep yourself and your surroundings neat and clean.
  • c) You should take a bath every day.
  • d) Trim your nails regularly.
  • e) Comb your hair properly.
3. Long Questions & Answers

Q 3. What does Jonak's uncle know about him?
Ans: Jonak's uncle knows that Jonak does not like to eat the healthy food that his mother offers him, and instead, he likes to eat chocolates, chips, noodles, and cold drinks.

Q 4. What does Jonak's uncle ask him to eat for the breakfast?
Ans: Jonak's uncle asks him to eat bread, butter, banana, egg, and a glass of milk for breakfast.

4. Activities Solutions & Grammar

Matching (Match the lines from Box A with Box B)
  • I never → quarrel with my sister.
  • My sister → practises dance every day.
  • I always → go to school by bus.
  • Sometimes I → visit my relatives.
  • My brother frequently → buys novels because he enjoys reading it.
  • My mother often → prepares chicken curry because I like it.
  • My father regularly → visits the doctor because he is suffering from diabetes.
Activity 1: Present Perfect Tense

a) The boys ___ (return) from Mumbai just now.

Answer: The boys have returned from Mumbai just now.

b) ___ you ever ___ (see) the Tajmahal?

Answer: Have you ever seen the Tajmahal?

c) He ___ just ___ (finish) his homework.

Answer: He has just finished his homework.

d) I ___ not yet ___ (do) the work.

Answer: I have not yet done the work.

e) They ___ already (post) the letter.

Answer: They have already posted the letter.

f) He ___ (come) here just now.

Answer: He has come here just now.

g) My grandfather ___ just ___ (tell) me an interesting story.

Answer: My grandfather has just told me an interesting story.

h) We ___ never ___ (visit) the zoo.

Answer: We have never visited the zoo.

Writing Activity: Diary Entry

Question: You are Hiya / Hridoy. You went to Sivasagar with your family on 18 July, 2016 during your summer vacation. You saw many historical monuments like Rangghar, Karengghar, Talatalghar, Joysagar tank etc. there. You also went to meet your uncle's family there. Write the day's experience in your diary.

Answer:
Date: 18 July, 2016
Day: Monday
Time: 9:30 p.m.

Dear Diary,
Today was a wonderful day! I went on a trip to Sivasagar with my family during my summer vacation. We visited many amazing historical monuments like Rangghar, Karengghar, Talatalghar, and the beautiful Joysagar tank. It was fascinating to see the history of Assam. Later, we also went to meet my uncle's family who live there. We spent great time together and had fun. I am very tired now but incredibly happy with today's experience.

Hridoy

5. Build Up Your Vocabulary (Partitive Expression)

Complete the following by choosing appropriate words:

a scrap of paper - āĻāϟুāĻ•ুā§°া āĻ•াāĻ—āϜ
a pinch of salt - āĻāϚিāĻ•ুāϟ āύিāĻŽāĻ–
a glass of milk - āĻāĻ—িāϞাāϚ āĻ—াāĻ–ীā§°
a drop of blood - āĻāϟোāĻĒাāϞ āϤেāϜ
a speck of dust - āϧূāϞিāĻ•āĻŖা
a morsel of food - āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻš āφāĻšাā§°
a piece of fruit - āĻāϟা āĻĢāϞ / āĻāϟুāĻ•ুā§°া āĻĢāϞ
a clove of garlic - āύāĻšā§°ুā§° āĻĢুāϟা
a blade of grass - āĻāĻĄাāϞ āϘাঁāĻš
a lock of hair - āϚুāϞিā§° āĻ•েঁāĻ•ুā§°া
a jar of honey - āĻŽৌā§° āĻŦৈāϝ়াāĻŽ
a scoop of ice-cream - āĻāϚাāĻŽুāϚ āφāχāϚāĻ•্ā§°ীāĻŽ
a shower of rain - āĻāϜাāĻ• āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ
a grain of sand - āĻŦাāϞিā§° āĻ•āĻŖা
a ray of light - āĻĒোāĻšā§°ā§° ā§°āĻļ্āĻŽি
a cup of tea - āĻāĻ•াāĻĒ āϚাāĻš
a ball of wool - āϊāĻŖā§° āϞাāĻĄু
a moment of time - āĻāĻ• āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤ

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