16 сентября 2018
Card 17 Reading
CARD №17 READING Text 15 page 21
MOTHER TERESA
I. Find in the text English equivalents:
1. простая монахиня | |
2. все в мире знают её | |
3. на территории современной Македонии | |
4. ей нравилось помогать этим людям | |
5. даже будучи ребёнком | |
6. со временем стала настоятельницей | |
7. лежали на грязных улицах | |
8. два года спустя | |
9. без крыши, стен и стульев | |
10. чтобы присоединиться к Матери Терезе | |
11. она основала/построила дома | |
12. с течением времени/через годы |
II. Translate into Russian:
1. was born | |
2. to support the family | |
3. visiting the sick | |
4. sleeping in doorways | |
5. Sick and dying people | |
6. left the convent | |
7. at the very beginning | |
8. wellknown all around India | |
9. from around the world | |
10. children without families | |
11. her message to the world | |
12. with great love |
III. Match the words of the two columns to make up the word combinations used in the text and translate them into Russian:
1. to do | a) on a train |
2. joined | b) wearing rags |
3. was riding | c) in the slums |
4. looked out | d) around the world |
5. children | e) charity work |
6. sent her | f) of money |
7. lived | g) a group of nuns |
8. spread | h) reward |
9. donations | i) of the window |
10. her greatest | j) a message |
IV. Give the equivalents from the text that mean the same:
HELP BOX
charity —to support — a rag—a slum — a missionary — a message — a nun—a principal – a convent —to enjoy |
- someone who is a memberof a group of religious women that live together in a convent
- to say that you agree with an idea, group, or person, and usually to help them because you want them to succeed
- money or gifts given to help people who are poor, sick etc.
- someone who is in charge of a school
- to get pleasure from something
- a small piece of old cloth, for example one used for cleaning things
- a building or set of buildings where nuns live
- a spoken or written piece of information that you send to another person or leave for them
- someone who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity and persuade them to become Christians
- a house or an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where very poor people live
V. Say if sentences are TRUE or FALSE:
- Mother Teresa is famous around the world.
- Teresa was her real name.
- She had 3 siblings.
- Her family wasn’t rich.
- 20 years later she became the principal of Mary’s School in Pakistan.
- She was sure that she had got the blessing of God to go to work with the poor.
- The Missionaries of Charity was an organization of nuns who helped poor, dirty, and sick people.
- By 1890 the Missionaries of Charity were working in 600 centers around the world.
VI. Answer the questions according to the text:
- Who was Mother Teresa?
- Did she want to be famous?
- When and where was she born?
- Who in the family taught her to help people in need?
- How did she become a nun?
- How did she decide to go to work with the poor?
- What did she leave the convent for?
- What did her school look like at the very beginning?
- What is the Missionaries of Charity?
- How did people around the world try to help Mother Teresa when they found out about her activity?
- Over the years the Missionaries of Charity became a numerous organization, didn’t it?
- Was she rewarded anyhow for her charity work?
- What was her message to the world?
VII. What do you think about such people as Mother Teresa?
One Comment
Спасибо! Пройдём в рамках темы » Волонтерские организации». Пусть не организация, но об этой женщине знать нужно. А ещё и часть билета разберем.