Class 6 English For Today Lesson 9 Health is wealth

 

Health is Wealth-স্বাস্থ্যই সম্পদ

প্রশ্ন A. Choose a health (স্বাথ্য) problem (সমস্যা) from the box and write next to the appropriate (উপযুক্ত) picture. There are names (নাম) of more problems in the box than are necessary (প্রয়োজনীয়).

a fever-জ্বর a backache-পিঠব্যথা a cough-কাশি a headache-মাথাব্যথা a toothache-দাঁত ব্যথা a skin injury-চামড়ায় ক্ষত a stomachache-পেটের পীড়া a cold-সর্দি a burn-পোড়া

Answer: (উত্তর নিচের চিত্রে দেয়া হলোঃ)

প্রশ্ন A1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.

(a) Have you had any of these or any other health problems recently? Which ones? or what?

(b) How many times had you been sick in the past year?

(c) What do you do when you have a headache or a cold or a toothache?

Answer:

(a) Yes, I had fever.

(b) Two times.

(c) When I have a headache or a cold or a toothache I see a doctor.

প্রশ্ন B. Look at some health problems (সমস্যা). Choose several pieces of good advice (ভাল উপদেশাংশ) for each problem. There are more pieces (টুররা বা অংশ) of advice than problems.

Problems:

1. a cough_______.

2. a backache_______.

3. a fever_______.

4. a toothache______.

5.  a headache______.

6. a burn_______.

7. the flu_______.

Advice:

a. take some vitamin C.

b. put some ointment on it.

c. drink lots of liquid.

d. take enough rest.

e. pput a heating pad on it.

f. put it under cold water.

g. take some paracetamol.

h. gurgle with warm and water.

i. see a dentist.

j. see a doctor.

Answer:

1. a cough gurgle à take some vitamin c.

2. a backache à put a heating pad (গরম প্যাড) on it.

3. a fever à(i) take some paracetamol (ii) take enough rest (iii) drink lots of liquid (iv) see a doctor.

4. a toothache à see a dentist.

5. a headache à (i) take enough rest (ii) take some paracetamol (ii) see a doctor.

6. a burn à(i) put some ointment on it (ii) put it under cold water.

7.  the flu à(i) drink lots of liquid (ii) take enough rest (iii) see a doctor.

প্রশ্ন C. Work in groups (যৌথভাবে কাজ কর). Talk about the problems in section B and give advice (উপদেশ দাও). Try to give more than one piece of advice (একাধিক পরামর্শ) for each problem.

Answer:

A: What should you do for a backache?

B: You should put a slight warm water pad on it.

C: It’s a good idea to take paracetamol.

A: What can I do for fever?

B: You should drink lots of liquid.

C: You can take rest.

A: What should I do for a toothache?

B: You can take some paracetamol.

C: See a dentist.

A: What should I do for a headache?

B: You should go to bed and rest.

C: You can put some ointment on forehead.

A: What should I do for a burn?

B: You can put it under cold water.

C: You can put some ointment on it.

A: What shoud we do for flu?

B: We should drink lots of liquid.

C:  We should see a doctor.

 

প্রশ্ন D. Work with a partner (সঙ্গী) in groups. Make a short conversation (ছোট কথপোকথন) about each problem and its remedy (প্রতিকার) in the box below.

Problem	Remedy
an insect bite-পোকার কামড় a stomachache-পেটের পীড়া a burn-পোড়া a skin injury-চামড়ায় ক্ষত	antiseptic-জীবানুনাশক an antacid-এন্টাসিড burnol ointment-পোড়ার মলম antiseptic-জীবানুনাশক

Answer:

A: Have you ever had an insect bite?

B: Oh, yes! I had one just last night.

A: What did you do?

B: I put some antiseptic on it.

A: Have you ever had a stomachache?

B: Oh, yes! it happened just two days ago.

A: What did you do?

B: I took an antacid.

A: Have you ever had a burn?

B: Oh, yes! I had it last year.

A: What did you do?

B: I put on it some burnol ointment.

A: Have you ever had a skin injury?

B: Oh, yes! It happened two years ago.

A: What did you do?

B: I put some antiseptic on it.

প্রশ্ন E1. Answer the following questions.

1. What do you mean by hygiene?

2. What are essential for good health?

3. What do we mean by balanced diet?

4. What are the rules of personal hygiene?

Answer:

1. The rules and practices (নিয়ম ও চর্চা) of keeping good health are called hygiene (স্বাস্থ্যবিধি).

2. Proper food and nutrition (পুষ্টি), physical exercise, rest and sleep, cleanliness, and proper medicare (স্বাস্থ্যসেবা) etc. are essential for good health.

3. Balance diet is the food having correct proportion of carbohydrates (শর্করা), fat (চর্বি), protein (আমিষ), vitamins, minerals (খনিজ) and water in it.

4.  Washing hands before eating, taking bath regularly and wearing clean clothes, brushing teeth and hair and cleaning eyes, ears and nails etc are the rules of personal hygiene.

প্রশ্ন F. Listen to the conversation on a CD (সিডিতে কথোপকথনটি শোন) or as your teacher reads it and fill in the blanks in following (নিচের) sentences.

Sohan: Hi, Simon! You look so fit (পরিপাটি)! Do you exercise regularly?

Simon: Yes, I do. I’m quite (a)________ about fitness.

Sohan: So, how (b) _______ do you exercise?

Sinam: Well, I do jogging (দৌড়াই) everyday in the (c)______. Then I play table tennis (টেবিল টেনিস) in the afternoon.

Sohan: I like table tennis, too.

Sinam: Oh, will you come to play (d) ______then?

Sohan: Sure, But (e)______ _________ do you play?

Sinam: Pretty well, I guess.

Sohan: All right. But I’m not very good.

Simon: No problem, Sohan. I won’t play (f) ________.

Answer:

(a) serious

(b) often

(c) morning

(d) sometime

(e) how well

(f) hard

প্রশ্ন F1. Listen to the conversation again and then practice saying it in pairs.

Answer:

Try yourself.

প্রশ্ন F2. Read what Simon says about his physical (শারীরিক) exercise (ব্যয়াম) programme.

I am Simon. I love exercise. I usually exercise every day. I get up early (সকালে ওঠা) in the morning and do jogging for half an hour (আধ ঘন্টা). Almost regularly (প্রায় নিয়মিত), I play table tennis in the afternoon (বিকালে). Sometimes, I play football. Once a week, I do yoga (যোগব্যয়াম).

প্রশ্ন F3. Now write (লেখ) about what you usually do (সাধারনত কর) or would like to do to keep yourself fit (সুঠাম).

Answer:

I am Kader. I usually exercise every day. I get up early in the morning and do jogging for 25 minutes. Sometimes I play football. I play cricket in the afternoon.

প্রশ্ন G. Write a short paragraph (সংক্ষিপ্ত অনুচ্ছেদ) on the rules of good health.

Answer:
Health is wealth. To keep sound health, we must abide by some rules called the rules of good health. Balanced diet, physical exercise, rest and sleep, cleanliness and proper medicare are a must for good health. For that, we should also follow the personal health practice.