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The Boss Who Cares

The Boss Who Cares. 5 th G, English Second Language Second Semester. Introduction. Thumba is a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram city, capital of Kerala. The famous rocket launching station is located here There are about 70 scientists at Thumba Space Center.

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The Boss Who Cares

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  1. The Boss Who Cares 5th G, English Second Language Second Semester

  2. Introduction • Thumba is a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram city, capital of Kerala. The famous rocket launching station is located here • There are about 70 scientists at Thumba Space Center. • They all involve in developing rockets which was a adventurous task and consumed lot of time and was stressful • They worked from morning till night and sometime until midnight • They were happy working under their boss and enjoyed their work, and did not think of quitting

  3. The Story • One of the scientists wanted to take his children to exhibition in the city • Takes permission from his Boss to leave the office at half past five in the evening • Boss grants him the permission • The scientists was engrossed in his work and did not check the time • He completes his work and checks the time was already half past eight in the evening • He wound up for the day and left for home • He was feeling guilty and disappointed that he could not take his children to exhibition as promised • The scientist reached home to find his children not there • His wife was sitting in the hall and reading magazine

  4. The scientist was worried that his wife will pounce on him for not keeping the promise • But surprisingly, she offered him a cup of coffee or to have dinner • He asks his wife about the children • His wife replies that Boss has taken the children to the exhibition • Boss observed that the scientist was busy with his work at five in the evening and he would not leave • Hence he decided to take the children to the exhibition himself as they would be looking forward to it • Can you guess who this Boss was? • Yes it is none other than Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam!

  5. Warm – up Activity • Task A : .Try to know what work is done in the Indian Space Research Organization ( ISRO) and Defence Research and Development Organization ( DRDO) • Task B : How many words can you make from the work : SATELLITE Sat Salt Choose the opposite of the following words • Never x • Remember x • Disappoint x • Pacify x • Calm x ( please someone, provoke, forget, always, disturbed)

  6. Activity Fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms of the works given in brackets • Dr. Abdul Kalam ………………………. (dream) of a developed nation. • Under Dr. Kalam’s leadership India’s missile programme………………………………… (flourish) • Dreams must be ……………………………… (fullfil) through hard work • If each person …………………………………..(plant) a sapling, there will be more greenery. • Space Research ………………………… (be( a complex subject

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