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Mother Teresa

 

 

There are 7 sentences which are the summery of each paragraph. match the summeries and the paragraphs.

A  Mother Teresa feels for the outcasts

B  A great teacher left school for the adversity she saw

C  An outdoor school has received help from church

D The early life of the catholic heroin  

E  A desired promotion within span of 6 years 

F  How the world was grateful before and after mother’s death

G  How the world was inspired by Mother Teresa

 

Question No. /

Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in what is now Macedonia. She was given the name Agnes by her Catholic parents, and was the youngest of three children. Early in her life, about age 12, Teresa felt a strong call to help the poor. She knew her vocation was missionary work.

At the age of 18 she left for Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto. This community of nuns had missions in India. After a few months of training in Dublin, she was sent to India. On May 24, 1931, she took her first vows as a nun. She chose the name Sister Mary Teresa. She took her final vows in May, 1937. It was then that she was given the religious title of Mother Teresa.

From 1931 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta. The suffering and poverty she saw in Calcutta greatly affected her. In 1948 she received permission from her superiors to leave the high school.

Mother Teresa devoted herself to working among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. She was known as the saint of the gutters. With no money, she started an open-air school for slum children. Soon she was joined by volunteer helpers. Financial help started coming from church organizations. This made it possible for her work to grow.

In 1950 Mother Teresa started the Missionaries of Charity to care for the sick and poor. She said the Mission was to care for “the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, and the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, and uncared for throughout society.”

Mother Teresa opened the “Home for the Dying,” a free hospice for the very poor. Her work grew and grew. By the 1960’s there were hospices, orphanages, and leper houses all over India. Her work soon spread throughout the world. By 1990 there were 25 centers in other countries.

She received the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work for the poorest of the poor. She refused the ceremonial banquet given to award winners. She instead asked that the $6,000 banquet fund be given to the poor in Calcutta. When Mother Teresa received her prize, she was asked, “What can we do to promote world peace?” Her answer was, “Go home and love your family.” Mother Teresa died in September 1997 at the age of 87. In 1999, Time magazine included her in their “100 Heroes and Icons of the 20th Century.”

 

Word

Meaning

Example

vocation (noun)

the feeling that the purpose of your life is to do a particular type of work, especially because it allows you to help other people

Jan has a vocation for teaching

 missionary (noun)

someone who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity and persuade them to become Christians

 

vow (noun)

 a religious promise that you will do something for God, the church etc

a monk who had taken a vow of poverty

 superior (adjective)

better, more powerful, more effective etc than a similar person or thing, especially one that you are competing against

Fletcher’s superior technique brought him victory.

 devoted (adjective)

giving someone or something a lot of love and attention 

Isabella was devoted to her brother.

 slum (noun)

a house or an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where very poor people live

a slum area slum housing

 cripple (noun)

someone who is unable to walk properly because their legs are damaged or injured, now considered offensive 

 

 hospice (noun)

a special hospital for people who are dying

 

 banquet (noun)

a formal dinner for many people on an important occasion 

 

 

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تمامی موضوعات آیلتس اسپیکینگ پارت یک، دو و سه همراه با جواب

 

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اینجا کلیک کنید

ماژیک فسفری

با استفاده از ماژیک فسفری می توانید کلمات و بخش های مهم را برای خود علامت گذاری نمایید و هنگام پاسخ به آزمون از آنها استفاده کنید. برای از بین بردن بخش های رنگی دوباره روی آن کلیک نمایید.

دفترچه یادداشت

هر تعدادی که دوست دارید دفترچه یادداشت ایجاد کنید و نکات مهم را در آن بنویسید.
برای استفاده از دفترچه یادداشت بر روی قسمتی از درس یا آزمون که می خواهید در آنجا نکته ی مهمی را قرار دهید کلیک نمایید.سپس در آن قسمت یک دفترچه یادداشت جدید ایجاد میشود و با کلیک بر روی آن می توانید بازش کنید و نکته های مهم را بنویسید.