Peace. Non-Violence. Dr Matin Luther King Jr. (Author-Bouabdellah)

Technicum Si-Tarek of Relizane

Second Year Pupils – Scientific Streams

Reference Sheet N° 17

Unit 03: Make Peace

Sequence 03: Listen and Consider.

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… I say to you  one daytoday , my  friendstrends , so even though we face the  adversitiesdifficulties  of today and tomorrow, I still have a  dreambeam . It is a dream deeply rooted in the  AmericanAfrican  dream.

I  have a dream that one day this  passionnation  will rise up and  give uplive up  'to' the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created  equallegal ."

I  have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former  sleevesslaves  and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to  sit downsee down  together at a table of brotherhood.

I  have a dream, that one day, even the state of  Mississippithis city , a state, sweltering with the heat of  in just thisinjustice , sweltering with the heat of  oppressionoperation ; will be transformed into an oasis of   freedomfiefdom  and justice.

I  have a dream that my  fourpoor  little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the  decolorcolor  of their skin but by the content of their  charactercolporter .

I  have a dream today. I have a dream that one day  downbone  in  Alabamaall drama , with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification. One day  rightby  there in Alabama little  backblack  boys and  backblack  girls will be  able tolabed  join hands with little  lightwhite  boys and  lightwhite  girls and walk together as  sistersbrothers  and  sistersbrothers .

I have a dream today…

1.    Who is the speaker?                      Mahatma GandhiMartin Luther KingNelson Mandella 

2.    What is his nationality?                AmericanIndianSouth African 

3.    When was he born?                       194919391929 

4.    Is he still alive?                             Yes, he isNo, he is not. 

5.    What  iswas  his occupation?      clergymanpresidentparty leader 

6.    What honors  doesdid  he get?       Nobel Prise for ScienceNobel Prise for PeaceNobel Prise for Literature 

7.    What  iswas  he fighting for?       racial discriminationracial equalityracial injustice 

8.    In which paragraph the speaker tells you…

a.     that racism will disappear from all states without exeption.

b.    the Americans will one day put their painful past apart and work together to built their nation.

c.     the Americans will get back to the principles and faith their grandfathers built this nation on.

9.    What was the style of his speech?

10.  What are the characteristics of this style? tick the correct answer.