PREPARED BY BHAGYARAJ.V.B
This is a speech by Dr.A.P.J AbdulKalam,the former President of India, to a group of school students @ Hydrabad.He talks about being successful and unique in life.
SUMMARY
Dr.A.P.J. Abdulkalam is talking on the topic' I am born with wings 'if we desire strongly and work,we can make anything happen.No youth today needs to afraid of future.The youth has always contributed much to make the world a better one.The ignited mind of the youth is the most powerful resource on the earth.
Dr.Kalm describes an incident.
The year before, he went to a village to inaugurate the program Sasthrayaan(Science Propagation).Sasthrayaan aimed at preparing about 2000 students from different schools to become engineers,doctors,scientists,managers and civil servants.This action would also empower two thousand families of the village.Five thousand students and their family members were the audience.Dr.Kalam talked to them on the topic' Science Epowers Nation'
After the talk, a teenager asked a shivering question.He came from far away hamlet(village) and nervous.The boy said he wanted to become marine engineer.But he had not gained any confidence even after years of education.He wanted to know what he should do for his dream.
It was most difficult question Dr.Kalam had since he received.He valued the question because it reflected the fear of many youth.
(The boy's question reveals that education fails in giving students the confidence that ' I can do it ')
Dr.Kalam's answer to the boy was the beautiful poem ' I will fly '.The poem was about having belief in our own qualities and the desire to fly high.
GLOSSARY
*Unique--അതുല്ല്യമായ
*Assert--തറപ്പിച്ചുപറയുക
*Ignited--എരിയുന്ന
*Inaugurate--ഉദ്ഘാടനം ചെയ്യുക
*Empowers--ശാക്തീകരിക്കുക
*At Random--അവിടെ ഇവിടെ നിന്നൊക്കെ
*Nervous--പേടിയുള്ള
*Elegant--മെച്ചപ്പെട്ട
*Marine--സമുദ്ര സംബന്ധമായ
*Dignitaries--പ്രധാനപ്പെട്ട ആൾക്കാർ
*Dais--സ്റ്റെയ്ജ്
*Ancient--പ്രാചീനമായ,പഴയ
*Potential--കഴിവുകൾ
*Crawling-ഇഴയുക
*Decade--പത്തു കൊല്ലം
*Destined--മുൻപേ തീരുമാനിച്ച വിധി
1,The career guidence club of your school organizes a seminar on ' Road to Success'.You are asked to deliver the inaugural speech.Prepare the Script of the Speech.
ANS:
INAUGURAL SPEECH
Respected teachers and My dear Students,
Aristotle said,"There is no royal road to learning.'' I change it there is no royal road to success.To succeed we need the right attitude,planning,and hard work.Look at the lives of great men.They knew at an early age itself what they wanted out of life. They had high ideals.They knew their potential.They formed their lives in new ways.Thus,they contributed much to the society.we need to know our potential and find the opportunities to develop and use it.This is what career guidence aims at.I inaugurate this seminar with the hope that it will help us set an aim and succeed in life .
Thank you
2,Your school has decided to conduct a debate in connection with the celebrations of women's Day on the topic ' The social system of India does not instill confidence in women'.
You are selected to speak for the motion.Draft the script for your arguments as you would like to present there.
ANS:
The social system of India does not help women to have confidence.In many parts of India basic human rights are denied to women .Crimes against them like sexual abuse,killing the girl child ,acid attack,dowry deaths,forced labour and prostitution are on the rise.Women have to face these horrors silently.In most of the rural India they are denied land rights,education,employment,healthcare and justice.Laws in favour of women are often neglected.They suffer from harmful practices in culture and religion.They have only the status of second citizens.
3,Prepare an Interview with Dr.Kalam
Qn :What is requirement of the youth of today ?
Dr.Kalam:There are 60 millions of youth in India.They have to progress in life by setting a definite goal.You must have a definite determination to achieve your goal.
Qn:Which position do you cherish most - as scientist at ISRO ,as a teacher or as the president of India?
Dr.KALAM:Amidst the various positions I held as a scientist,as president of India and as a teacher,what I cherish most is my role as a teacher.
Qn:What would be your advice to those youth who make rash decisions?
Dr.Kalam: One can lead a life in the manner one likes.However,the youth have to decide upon a goal before the age of twenty.They must continuously acquire knowledge and work hard with preseverance.
Qn:You inspire many,but who's it that you are inspired by ?
Dr.Kalam:my inspiration is my science teacher, Shri Sivasubramania Iyer,who taught me when I was in 8th standard at the age thirteen.
TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1,Why does Dr. Kalam say that 'No youth needs to fear about the future ?'
ANS:Dr.Kalam says that ' No youth needs to fear about the future' because the ignited mind of the youth is the most powerful resource on the earth,under the earth and above the earth.
2,What was the mission of Sasthrayaan ?
ANS: The mission of Sashthrayaan was the prepartion of about 2000 students from different schools to be engineers,doctors,scientists,qualified managers and civil servants.This would ,in turn,empower 2000 families of the village.
3,Dr.Kalm's talk was on the topic ' Science Empowers the Nation'.How does science empower the nation?
ANS:Science Empowers the nation by making continuous progress in the fields of agriculture,medicine,nutrition,mining ,industries of various kinds,architecture,space exploration,defense,transportation ,communication and all such related matters that bring progress to the nation.
4,Why couldn't the boy gather confidence ?
ANS:The boy could not gather confidence because he did not get it through his education all those years.one of the primary things education should do is to instill confidence in the students.The failure of the boy to gain confidence can be seen as the failure of the educational system and the teachers.
5,If you were there ,would you dare to ask Dr.Kalam a question ?
ANS:Yes,I would I would ask him to tell me ways to abolish poverty from our nation.
6,What was the boy's concern?
ANS:The boy wanted to be a marine engineer.He wanted to travel in a ship.he wanted to be the captain of the ship.He wanted to build the engine of the ship.He wanted to know if he would be able to do all this and how to achieve his mission and what he should do to achieve it.
7,What did the audience look at Dr.Kalam when the boy completed the question?
ANS:The audience looked at Dr.Kalam when the boy completed the question because it was a very tough question to answer.The boy was from a remote hamlet and he himself admitted that he was nervous.He wanted to be a marine engineer,the captain of the ship and he wanted to build the engine of the ship.The audience was curious to know reply Kalam was going to give this young boy.
8,Why did Kalam value the boy's question?
ANS:Kalam valued the boy's question because it was the most difficult question among the many questions he had received from million of students he had met.The boy was echoing the fear of many.
9,How can you unique ?
ANS:You can be unique by being yourself.The world around you wants to be like others.At home,your parents will tell you to be like the children of the neighbours.At school,the teacher will tell you to be like the first five rankers of the class.All the people tell you to be somebody else.But kalam tell you to be 'YOU'.You should not be a copy cat.
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