UNIT20 Gandhi comprehension of text lesson one

1. UNIT20 Gandhi comprehension of text lesson one 史 桂 华

2. 一. Questions: read the text fast to find answers to these questions. 1. In which countries did Gandhi work for the liberation of Indians? (India and South Africa) 2. What successes did Gandhi gain? (He became a lawyer; he won a victory over the Pass Law in South Africa ; he won a victory over the law that didn’t allow Indians to make salt; he won independence for India)

3. 一. Questions: read the text fast to find answers to these questions. 3. What did Gandhi mean by “ the force of truth”? (If an unfair law existed, it was the duty of everyone to disobey this law, but without using violence) 4. Which event is described in the text? ( The Indian customs following his death)

4. Gandhi was the key figure and leader Gandhi’s life experience: born in 1869---- married----sailed England----lawyer----south Africa His life to win equality and fairness to win independence Struggles 二、The general idea of the text Lesson 77

5. 三、Exercises 1.Comprehension See whether these sentences true or false. Write “T” or “ F” next to the sentence 1) Gandhi was like other political leaders. F 2) He was ready to admit his own mistakes. T 3) He did not accept ordinary people. F 4) He believed in the equality of all people, men and women. T

6. 三、Exercises 5) He spent time on his search for spiritual truth. T 6) Before Gandhi’s liberation work, people from different groups could not mix freely. T 7) He believed that if a law was unfair ,it should be disobeyed by force. F 8) He did not believe that truth was more important than obeying the laws of a country. F

7. 三、Exercises • 2.Read the passage on pages 43 and 44 again and choose the correct answers for the blanks. • 1).Form the fact that ( B)you can see how Gandhi was loved and respected by his people. • A. he was the key figure in the Indians’ struggle for independence • B. he was called the father of the Indian nation of the 20th century • C. at the age of 19 he became a lawyer • D. he played an important role in the fight for human rights

8. 三、Exercises • 2) It was in( A )that Gandhi first became a leader in Indians’ struggle for equal rights. • South Africa • B. Africa • C. South India • D. India

9. 三、Exercises • 3) Gandhi was considered to be a socialist leader by some people because( D ) • A. he intended to build India into a socialist country • B. he believed in Marxism • C. he believed that only socialism could save India • D. he wrote articles on socialism in newspapers

10. 三、Exercises • 4) Gandhi won his first struggle against racial discrimination( D) • by force • B. by burning the Indians’ permits • by political marches • D. by non-violent political movement

11. 三、Exercises • 5) Gandhi was a special kind of leader because he (C) • A. encouraged Indians to make their own cotton cloth • B. led his people in making and selling salt • C. had his own ways of expressing political views • D. organized marches • 6) Gandhi lived as long as ( A ) • A. 79 years B. 77years C. 80 years D. 90 years

12. 三、Exercises 3.Complete the following passage with the proper words. After he returned to India from South Africa in 1915. Gandhi started his struggle against the ( British )rule over his country. He ( encouraged ) Indians to make cotton cloth, refusing to buy British cloth. He led the whole ( nation ) in making their own salt. They went on marches. Although many Indians ( including ) Gandhi were put in prison more than once, they insisted on ( fighting ). However ,they never took up ( arms ). Gandhi believed in the force of ( truth ). Finally, they won( independence ) in 1947.

13. 三、Exercises Gandhi was a (modal) of a special kind of political leader. He possessed some personal (qualities) that other leaders do not have. Above all, he refused to make any personal (gain) from his political work. He always lived ( as ) a poor man. He ate ( simply) and traveled together with ordinary people. Every morning he worked at a wheel making cotton ( thread). He thought that everyone should do ( heavy) work ,no matter who they were.

14. 三、Exercises Gandhi believed that one should love the most ordinary being on earth as ( oneself ). He hated the ( custom ) of dividing society into separate groups. He encouraged all Hindus to ( write ) .He also paid great ( attention ) to the position of women, holding the view that women and men are ( equal ). As a great ( leader ) and a hero, Gandhi was ( loved ) and respected by all Indians, who call him “Bapu”—father.

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