The missionary
Activities
A. Listen to the Audio and fill in the gaps.
To prepare herself to work with the ,Mother Teresa took an intensive medical with the American Medical Missionary Sisters in , India. Her first course of action in Kolkata was to children from the slums and start to teach them. Financial support and volunteers came to give a hand to Mother Teresa in her work for . In 1950 her group, now called the Missionaries of Charity, received status as a religious community. Members took the vows of poverty, chastity (purity), and , but they added a fourth vow to give free to the most poor.
The Missionaries of Charity received publicity, and Mother Teresa used it to her work. In 1957 they began to work with lepers (those suffering from leprosy, which is a terrible infectious disease). Gradually from one school they to nine elementary schools in Kolkata. They also opened a home for and abandoned children. Soon they were in more than Indian cities. Mother Teresa also visited other such as Sri Lanka, Australia, Tanzania, Venezuela and Italy to begin new foundations.
Mother Teresa's group to expand throughout the 1970s. They opened new in places such as Amman, Jordan, London, ; and New York. By 1979 Mother Teresa's groups had more than different operations in over twenty-five countries around the world, with dozens more ventures to follow.
B. Read the completed text and say if the following statements are true or false. If false, give the correct information.
C. Read the text in A again and complete the chart given below.
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D. Read the text in A again and answer the following questions.
Now write the answers in your exercise book.
E. Do you know anyone in your locality who helps the needy and does so to make others happy? Write a short composition about him/her.
A Benevolent Person
Munshi Ebadullah is well known in our locality for his philanthropic activities. For the poor and helpless, he is a savior.
Munshi Ebadullah completed his education from the University of Dhaka. But instead of staying in Dhaka he came back to his village and engaged himself in agriculture. Within few years he gathered vast wealth. But he did not lead a luxurious life. He still helps the poor by giving them Jakat, money in their daughter’s wedding, education, and during natural calamity etc. he has established a shelter for the helpless old who have none to feed them, take care of them and console them. he brings them to this shelter and gives them an environment where they can die peacefully. he also helps the orphans. He collects them from different places and keeps in his shelter. If he sees anyone dying uncared and without medicine, he at once goes to him and gives money for treatment.
Man like him is really the pride of our country.