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20th Century Greats

1　Mother Teresa　　　ALTによるReading　(slow)　 (fast)
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　Mother Teresa was born Agnes Bojaxhiu in Macedonia in 1910.  When she was 12 years old, she decided to become a nun and give her life to God.
　　　She had to learn English to become a nun.  So she went to Ireland to study English when she was 18.  A year later, she went to Calcutta, India.  She became a nun and changed her name to Sister Teresa.
    At first, Sister Teresa taught girls at a high school in a slum.  On her way to the school, she saw many poor people.  Seeing them made her very sad. 
    One day, she decided to help the poor people.  She quit her job teaching girls and moved to the slum alone.
    Sister Teresa began teaching children there.  She had no desks, chairs, or blackboards to use.  She had to write letters and numbers on the ground.
    Sister Teresa also took care of the sick and hungry people in the slum.  She didn’t have enough money to buy food for them, so she went from door to door to get food.
    One day, one of Sister Teresa’s old students visited the slum.  The girl wanted to help the poor people, too.  Sister Teresa said, “This work is not easy.  You must live for others.”  The girl helped Sister Teresa, and they were later joined by many others.
    Sister Teresa opened a home for poor people who were dying.  After that, she made a home for children who had no family.  Because she loved everyone like a mother, people called her “Mother” Teresa.
　　　She once found a man dying all alone.  Mother Teresa took him to the home, and she and her friends took care of him.  The man asked, “Why are you helping me?”  “Because I love you,” Mother Teresa answered.
　　　In 1979, Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize.  In her speech, Mother Teresa said, “Love begins at home.  Smile at each other.  Help each other.  Then, more and more love will grow.”
　　　On September 5, 1997, Mother Teresa died at age 87.  But her work helping others did not die with her.  Today, around 4,700 sisters in 132 countries continue to help poor and sick people. Teresa’s work of love goes on.
　　“Our work may look big,　but it is only a drop in the ocean.” Mother Teresa once said. “But if we stop this work, the ocean will have one drop less.”

＜注＞　
Agnes Bojaxhiu（アグネス・ボヤクシュー：マザーテレサが生まれたときに付けられた名前）
Macedonia（マケドニア），nun（修道女），Ireland（アイルランド），
Calcutta, India（インドのカルカッタ），Sister（シスター：修道女の呼び名）
slum（スラム街，貧困地区），on one’s way to〜（〜へ行く途中で），quit（やめる），
blackboard（黒板），letter（文字），number（数字），ground（地面），enough（十分な）
from door to door（一軒一軒），live（生きる），dying（死にかけている），once（かつて），
receive（受け取る，受ける），Nobel Peace Prize（ノーベル平和賞），at home（自宅で），
each other（お互いに），grow（育つ），more and more（ますます多くの）， age（年齢），
work（仕事），around（およそ，約），continue to〜（〜し続ける），go on（続く），
may（〜かもしれない），drop（しずく），ocean（大洋，海），less（もっと少なく）

Questions and Answers:  Please answer the following questions
in English in a complete sentence, with a subject and a verb.

Q1. How old was Mother Teresa when she decided to give her life to God?


A1.


Q2. What did Mother Teresa have to do to become a nun?

A2.


Q3. Where did Mother Teresa move after she quit her job teaching girls?

A3.


Q4. Why did people start calling Sister Teresa “Mother” Teresa?

A4.


Q5. When Mother Teresa died in 1997, did her work die with her?

A5. 


＜解答例＞
A1.  She was 12 years old (when she decided to give her life to God).
A2.  She had to learn English (to become a nun).
A3.  She moved to the slum (alone) (after she quit her job teaching girls).
A4.  Because she loved everyone like a mother (, people started calling her “Mother” Teresa).
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　= called
A5.  No, it didn’t.