4th Standard English Term-III
Let Us Sing
I. Never Give Up
The fisher who draws his net soon,
Won't have any fish to earn.
The child who shuts up his ears soon
Won't have the chance to learn
One who tackles the huddles to fend
May win the world at the end.
Don't feel down when you are slow
Keep moving and let your life glow
Let us persevere at work or play,
And never give up all day.
II. Let Us Speak
A boy and a girl are talking about their holidays.
Yeah, it is a holiday. What are you going to do?
Hey, there is no school from tomorrow.
What will you play?
I will first finish my homework, then I will play with my friends all day. I am sure we will race with our cycles and play kabaddi. What are you going to do?
First, we will go to our village.
Wow. How will you go?
We will go by train.
Next, we will visit our temple there and come back. I am waiting to meet all my relatives there.
What else will you do?
I will come back and do it in the morning.
What about your homework?
Sure I will. See you after the holidays!
Okay. Make sure you have time to finish it.
See you!
III. The Magi Pencil
Chris was a little boy who enjoyed going to school and doing all sorts of things except at and writing. Using brushes and pencils was not easy for him. So, his artwork was never a happy ending, and he would give up quickly.
But one day Chris found a pencil of such lovely colours that he could not resist and he tried to draw a circle. As always, it did not go well, he was about to throw the pencil away. Just then, his drawing began to speak to him.
"Hey! Are you going to leave me like this? At least draw me a pair of eyes," said the drawing. Chris was shocked, but he managed to draw two little spots inside the circle.
"Much better, now I can see myself," said the circle, looking around at itself. "Ahh! What have you done to me?"
"I don't draw very well," said Chris, trying to make excuses.
"OK. No. problem.", said the drawing. "I am sure that if you try again, you'll do better. Go on, rub me out!" So, Chris erased the circle and drew another one. Like the first one, it was not a perfect round.
"Hey! You forgot my eyes again!"
"Oh, yeah."
"Hmm, I think I have to teach you how to draw until you can do me well," said the circle with its quick, squeaky little voice.
Chris, who was still shocked, thought that this was a good idea. He immediately found himself drawing and erasing circles. The circle would not stop saying "Rub this out but carefully; it hurts," or "Draw me some hair, quickly, I look like a lollipop!" and other funny remarks.
After spending the whole afternoon, Chris could now draw the little figure much better than most of him classmates. He was enjoying it so much that he did not want to stop drawing with this crazy new teacher of his. Before going to bed that night, Chris gave his new teacher a hearty thanks for teaching him to draw.
"But I didn't do anything!" answered the little drawing.
"Don't you see that you've been practising a lot, and enjoying it all the while? I bet that's the first time you've done that!"
Chris stopped to think. The truth was that he had drawn so badly because he had never practised more than ten minutes at a time. He had always done it angrily. So, what the little drawing had said was correct.
"You are correct, but, thank you," he said. He carefully kept the pencil in his school bag before going to sleep.
The next morning Chris jumped out of bed and went running to find his pencil, but it was not there. He searched everywhere, but there was no sign of it. The sheet of paper on which he had drawn the little figure, although still full of rubbing out marks, was completely blank. Chris was worried and he did not know whether he had spent the previous afternoon talking with the little man or he was dreaming all of it.
So, to settle the matter, he took a pencil and paper and tried to draw a little man.
- Say whether he can draw well now or not. If yes, why?
It turned out not bad at all, except for a couple of rough lines. He imagined his little teacher telling him to rub and fix them. Chris gladly rubbed out those bits and redrew them. He realised tht the crazy little teacher had been right: it made no difference whether you had the magic pencil or not. To learn to do things, you only needed to keep trying and to enjoy while doing so.
From that day on, whenever Chris tried to draw, paint or do anything else, he always had fun imagining his drawing telling him "Come on, my friend, do me a bit better than that! I can't go out looking like this!"
IV. Listening Passages
Unit - 1
Emmet : Morning apartment!
Emmet : Good morning doorway!
Emmet : Morning ceiling!
Emmet : Good morning floor!
Emmet : Ready to start the day?
Emmet : Ah here it is! Instructions to fit in and have everybody like you and always be happy.
Emmet : Step 1 : Breathe. Okay got that one down.
Step 2 : Greet the day, smile and say "Good morning city."
Step 3 : Exercise. Jumping jacks hit them one, two, three. I am so pumped up.
Step 4 : Shower.
Step 5 : Shave you face.
Step 6 : Brush your teeth with the rough little food comb.
Step 7 : Comb your hair.
Step 8 : Wear your clothes and that's it. Check.
Step 9 : Eat a complete breakfast with all the special people in your life. Hey plant, what do you want to do this morning? Watch TV? Me too!
Unit - 2
Sometimes harmony can be disrupted by the simplest things like the breaking of your lead.
Introducing DelGuard, a cleverly designed unbreakable mechanical pencil from the visionaries at Zebra pen.
DelGuard features a patented double spring mechanism that absorbs the pressure no matter how you hold it or how hard you press.
With strength comes confidence and peace of mind.
Find zen in your pen, Zebra pen.
Unit - 3
Marty : Thank you for tuning into maple leafs. Worldwide weather report we'll be checking on the weather all over the world with Tim Tiger. First Canada, how's the weather?
Tim Tiger : It's snowy! It's snowy in Canada.
Marty : Thank you Tim. Next, Mexico. Tim how's the weather?
Tim Tiger : It's sunny. It's sunny in Mexico.
Marty : Thank you Tim. Next, England. Tim how's the weather?
Tim Tiger : It's foggy. It's foggy in England.
Marty : Thank you Tim. Next, France. Tim how's the weather?
Tim Tiger : It's rainy. It's rainy in France.
Marty : Thank you, Tim. Next, Russia. Tim how's the weather?
Tim Tiger : It's cold. It's cold in Russia.
Marty : Thank you, Tim. Next, Australia. Tim how's the weather?
Tim Tiger : Hold on. I'm coming. It's hot. It's hot in Australia.
Marty : Are you okay Tim?
Time Tiger : I'm good Marty. What's next?
Marty : Next is Japan.
Tim Tiger : Japan? Alright!
Marty : Next is Japan. Tim, how's the weather in Japan? Tim?
Tim Tiger : I'm coming
Marty : Tim!
Tim Tiger : Now, I'm on my way. Oh I'm almost there. It's cloudy. It's cloudy in Japan.
Marty : Thank you, Tim. Next is Mars.
Tim Tiger : Mars?
Marty : Yes Mars.
Tim Tiger : No Marty. I quit. Well thank you for tuning in to maple leafs worldwide weather! See you next time.
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