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Look at the picture Can you tell me who are they?

Look at the picture Can you tell me who are they?

There was a nun like them who got noble prize for her love for

There was a nun like them who got noble prize for her love for humanity. Can anyone tell her name?

Yes. She is Mother Teresa

Yes. She is Mother Teresa

So today our lesson is: The Beginning Unit 07 | Lesson 04

So today our lesson is: The Beginning Unit 07 | Lesson 04

Let me show some keywords and their meanings:

Let me show some keywords and their meanings:

Descent - ����� /����� Urge - ���� derivation from an ancestor. to try earnestly

Descent - ����� /����� Urge - ���� derivation from an ancestor. to try earnestly to persuade someone to do something. Missionary - ������ person sent to promote Christianity.

Convent - ��� Devote - �������/����� � Slum - ����� A building or group

Convent - ��� Devote - �������/����� � Slum - ����� A building or group of building in which nuns live or worship. to give an amount of time, attention etc. to something. an area of a city that is very poor.

With her family members Skopje, Macedonia. It was late summer, 26 August 1910. A

With her family members Skopje, Macedonia. It was late summer, 26 August 1910. A little girl was born to a rich Catholic merchants' family of Albanian descent in a small town called Skopje, Macedonia. She was the youngest of the three siblings and was named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu.

Who could imagine at the time that this little girl would one day become

Who could imagine at the time that this little girl would one day become Mother Teresa : Childhood Photo the mother of humanity, loving and serving the poorest of the poor. Yes, we are talking about none Serving the poorest of the poor. other than Mother Teresa.

Mother Teresa The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose members are commonly known

Mother Teresa The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose members are commonly known as the Loreto Sisters At the age of 12, she heard a voice from within that urged her to spread the love of Christ. She decided that she would be a missionary. At the age of 18 she left her parental home. She then joined an Irish community of nuns called the Sisters of Loreto, which had missions in India.

Mother Teresa as a nun. St. Mary's High School in Kolkata After a few

Mother Teresa as a nun. St. Mary's High School in Kolkata After a few months of training at the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dublin, Mother Teresa came to India. On May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948, Mother Teresa taught geography and theology at St. Mary's High School in Kolkata (then Calcutta).

Caring for the poorest of the poor. However, the widespread poverty in Kolkata had

Caring for the poorest of the poor. However, the widespread poverty in Kolkata had a deep impact on Mother Teresa and in 1948 she received permission from her superiors to leave the convent and devote herself to caring for the poorest of the poor in the slums of Kolkata.

Evaluation # Choose the correct answers from the following alternatives. 1 What does ‘servant

Evaluation # Choose the correct answers from the following alternatives. 1 What does ‘servant of humanity’ mean in the text? a) becoming a slave. b) to work in other people’s house. c) to be oppressed by others. d) to serve the needy. 2 Why did Mother Teresa want to be a missionary? a) because she heard a the voice of her neighbours discussing it. b) heard a voice in her dream. c) heard a voice within herself. d) heard the voice of her parents talking about it. 3 Mother Teresa set out to join the missionary of the Sisters of Loreto in the year a) 1927. b) 1928. c) 1929 d) 1930. 4 Mother Teresa took her first vows at the age of a) 18. b) 19. c) 20. d) 21.

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