LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 8 Mother Teresa. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born in Skopje, in Yugoslavia, in 1910. Her family were all Albanian, but she said, "The people of the world are my people," She first went to Ireland as a young nun when she was eighteen and learned English. After that she went to India, first to Bengal and then to Calcutta. She called herself "Teresa" after Saint Therese. She lived in a convent and taught young Indian girls. One day in 1946 on a train to Darjeeling, a voice inside her said, "You must leave the convent and help the poorest people in India." She bought a cheap sari (an Indian dress) from a market. Her Archbishop blessed it and then she started her work in Calcutta. Soon many others joined her. They called themselves the Missionaries of Charity. Like Mother Teresa, they wore Indian saris. All her life she has been helping everyone who is ill, dirty, poor, or dying. She loved them all. In 1979 she won the Nobel Peace Prize. She says, "To feel no one wants you; to feel no one loves you... that's the worst sickness in life."
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 8 Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false. Agnes family were all Albanian.
First she went to Africa, then to India.
Agnes lived in a convent.
One day on a train a man said to her:” You should help people in India”
Nobody joined her in her work
She wore sari
Her Archbishop didn’t bless her
Agnes won the Nobel Peace Prize
She felt no one loves her
She loved all people.
Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhui was born in…
Yugoslavia
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
She said: “people of the world…
…are the same”.
…are my people”.
…need help”.
First she went to…
India
Albania
Ireland
When she was … she learned English.
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
She called herself Teresa after…
Saint Teresa
Saint Theresa
Saint Therese
“you must help the poorest people in…”
India
Bengal
Calcutta
She bought …
a cheap skirt
a cheap dress
a cheap sari
She was called…
a Missionary of Love
a Missionary of Charity
a Missionary of Help
She helped everyone, because she…
loved them
cherished them
knew them
“…. That’s the worst sickness in life”
To feel no one could help you…
