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Mother Teresa was a simple nun from Macedonia who joined a convent in India and worked as a teacher for 20 years. While traveling, she witnessed extreme poverty and decided to help the poor directly. She left her convent and founded the Missionaries of Charity order to care for the sick and dying in Calcutta. Over many years, her order grew internationally as she received awards for her humanitarian work, though she considered helping others her greatest reward. Mother Teresa died in 1997 at age 87 after devoting her life to serving the poor.

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Mother Teresa was a simple nun from Macedonia who joined a convent in India and worked as a teacher for 20 years. While traveling, she witnessed extreme poverty and decided to help the poor directly. She left her convent and founded the Missionaries of Charity order to care for the sick and dying in Calcutta. Over many years, her order grew internationally as she received awards for her humanitarian work, though she considered helping others her greatest reward. Mother Teresa died in 1997 at age 87 after devoting her life to serving the poor.

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MOTHER TERESA
Mother Teresa was a simple nun. She never wanted to be famous, but everyone in the world knew
who site was. She received many important awards. She travelled around the world to accept them.
She asked people for help. Then she gave everything to poor people.
Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha in 1910 in what is now Macedonia. She was the youngest
of three children. Agnes's father died when she was a child. Her mother made dresses to support
their family Agnes's mother also liked to do charity work, such as visiting the sick. Agnes often
went with her and she enjoyed helping these people. She was a good and religious girl. Even as a
child, Agnes wanted to be a nun. When she was 18 years old she joined a group of nuns in
Darjeeling. India. There, she chose the name Teresa. Then she went to Calcutta to work at St.
Mary's School. The school was in a convent. Sister Teresa lived in the convent and worked at the
school for 20 years. She eventually became the principal. During all those years, Sister Teresa was
always concerned about how other people lived. The convent had clean buildings and beautiful
lawns. But outside the convent, the streets were dirty and crowded and full of very poor people. One
day in 1946, Sister Teresa was riding on a train to Darjeeling. She looked out of the window and
saw dirty children. They were wearing rags and sleeping in doorways. Sick and dying people were
lying on filthy streets. She loved her work at the school, but she realized that other people needed
her help more. At that moment, she believed God sent her a message. She decided to go to work
with the poor. Two years later, Sister Teresa left the convent. First, she went to a hospital to learn to
take care of sick people. After three months, she was ready to live with the poor and the sick. One
day, she saw a group of poor children and called them to her. She told them she was going to open a
school. The school had no roof, no walls, and no chairs. On the first day, only five students came.
She used a stick to write lessons in the dirt.
Several months later, Sister Teresa had many students. Everyone in Calcutta knew about her. A
friend let her use part of his house for the school. She taught the children language and math. She
also taught them how to keep clean and stay healthy. Soon, other nuns came to help her. Sister
Teresa was happy that they wanted to join her. But she told them that life with her was not easy.
She said that everyone had to wear the same clothes — white cotton saris. She wanted all the nuns
to look like the poor people in India. In I948, Sister Teresa started her own group of nuns. They
were called the Missionaries of Charity. She was their leader, so they called her "Mother" "Teresa.
The nuns lived in the slums with people who were poor, dirty and sick. It was hard work and the
days were long. But many other nuns came from around the world to join Mother Teresa. One day,
Mother Teresa saw an old woman in the street. She took her to a hospital. They refused to help the
woman because she was poor. Mother Teresa decided to open a place for the sick and the dying.
Later, she started homes for children without families. She also started clinics. Over the years, news
of her work spread around the world. Many people sent her donations of money. Others came to
work with her in India or other places. By 1990, the Missionaries of Charity were working in 400
centres around the world.
Over the years, Mother Teresa received many great awards, such as the Nobel Peace Prize. But she
always said her greatest reward was helping people. Her message to the world was, '"We can do no
great things - only small things with great love". She died in 1997 at the age of 87. The whole world
mourned her death.

I. Mark True or False Statements


1. Everyone in the world knows who Mother Teresa was.
2. Agnes chose the name Teresa when she joined a group of nuns in India.
3. Sister Teresa had worked at St. Mary's school for 20 years and eventually became a principal.
4. Sister Teresa was rarely concerned about the convent where the school was.
5. She decided to go to work with the poor because she didn't like her work at school.
6. Sister Teresa was the only nun in the school she opened.
7. In their white cotton saris Sister Teresa and the nuns looked like poor people in India,
8. The Missionaries of Charity called her "Mother" Teresa because she guided and directed them. 9.
The Missionaries of Charity worked mainly in India.
10. Mother Teresa didn't consider the Nobel Prize the greatest reward.
II. Choose the correct answer.
1. Mother Teresa became famous because she...
A. started a hospital. B. was a good teacher.
C. knew everything about everybody. D. lived her life to help others.
2. When Agnes was 18 years old, she went to...
A. Macedonia, C. India.
B. Mexico. D. Indonesia.
3. Sister Teresa lived and worked in the convent in Calcutta for...
A. two years. C. twenty years.
B. twelve years. D. twenty two years.
4. Right after Sister Teresa had left the convent, she...
A. went to hospital to learn to take care of sick people.
B. went to Calcutta.
C. travelled around the world to accept awards.
D. went to St. Mary's School.
5. Sister Teresa decided to work with the poor...
A. when she did charity with her mother.
B. when she saw sick and dying people lying on duty streets.
C. when she asked people for help. D. when she opened her school.

6. Mother Teresa's first school...


A. taught religious subjects only. B. was very small and simple.
C. wasn't liked by the people of Calcutta. D. had clean buildings and
beautiful lawns.
7. The Missionaries of Charity was...
A. an international organization. B. a local company.
C. a good working system. D. the group of nuns.
8. The nuns who worked with Mother Teresa...
A. wanted to be famous. B. lived like other nuns.
C. had a very hard life. D. learned languages and math.
9. Mother Teresa and her group of nuns wore...
A. old and torn clothing. B. white cotton saris.
C. long black dresses. D. plain clothes.
10. She died...
A. in 1998 at the age of 87 C. in 1997 at the age of 87
B. in 1999 at the age of 97 D. in 1998 at the age of 97

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