Lesson 5: The missionary

A Listen to the CD/teacher and fill in the gaps.

To prepare herself to work with the [dash], Mother Teresa took an intensive medical [dash] with the American Medical Missionary Sisters in [dash] , India. Her first course of action in Kolkata was to [dash] children from the slums and start to teach them. Financial support and volunteers came [dash] to give a hand to Mother Teresa in her work for [dash]. In 1950 her group, now called the Missionaries of Charity, received [dash] status as a religious community. Members took the [dash] vows of poverty, chastity (purity), and [dash], but they added a fourth vow [dash] to give free [dash] to the most poor.

The Missionaries of Charity received [dash] publicity, and Mother Teresa used it to [dash] 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 [dash] to nine elementary schools in Kolkata. They also opened a home for [dash] and abandoned children. Soon they were in more than [dash] Indian cities. Mother Teresa also visited other [dash] such as Sri Lanka, Australia, Tanzania, Venezuela and Italy to begin new foundations.

Mother Teresa's group [dash] to expand throughout the 1970s. They opened new [dash] in places such as Amman, Jordan; London, [dash] ; and New York. By 1979 Mother Teresa's groups had more than [dash] 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.

1. Mother Teresa took a thorough medical training from the USA.

2. At first she collected children from the streets and gave them food and clothing.

3. She and her group started to look after and care for the lepers.

4. It took them a long time to go to other cities of India.

5. Mother Teresa went to several countries.

• B. Read the text in A again and complete the chart given below.

D . Read the text in A again and answer the following questions.

1. What did Mother Teresa initially do before beginning to work for humanity?

2. How many vows did the Missionaries of Charity take? What were they?

3. What did Mother Teresa and her group do? 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.