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MAHATMA GANDHI
Mahatma Gandhi was born in India in 1869. He became one of his
country's leaders. Life was difficult when he was young. He got married at
the age of thirteen; a common custom in India at that time. He studied law at
the university. He went to London and became a lawyer. Then he returned to
his country. A few years later, he went to work in South Africa. He
organised demonstrations* and they sent him to prison several times. Twenty
years later, he returned to India. There, he worked hard to help the poor. He
played a very important role in the independence* of India. A fanatic killed
him in 1948.
*demonstration: gösteri
'independence: bağımsızlık
1. Where was Gandhi born?
2. When was he born?
3. Why did he get married at the age of thirteen?
4. Why did he go to London?
5. Where did he organise demonstrations?
6. When did he return to India?
7. Who did he help in India?
8. Who killed him?
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford on April 23rd, 1564. His
father, John Shakespeare, was an important man in the town - William did
not come from a poor family.
When he was eighteen, William married Anne Hathaway in Stratford. But
he didn't want to stay there. He wanted to be an actor and the best theatres
were in London. So, in 1587, William went to London, where he worked as
an actor in a theatre called The Rose.
He began to write plays for the actors. He wrote Romeo and Juliet, Julius
Caesar, Richard II, Antony and Cleopatra and many more. Everyone liked his
plays, and he became famous.
When James I became King in 1603, Shakespeare worked for him, and
performed his plays for the King and his friends. He also worked at the
famous Globe Theatre. This theatre presented his last play, Henry VIII. There
was a gun in this play, and fire from the gun burned the theatre down.
In 1610 Shakespeare went back to Stratford. He wanted to live there with
his family, but he died on April 23rd, 1610. He was only forty-six years old.
A.
1. How old was Shakespeare when he got married?
2. What was his wife's name?
3. Why did Shakespeare go to London?
4. What was the name of the first theatre he worked in?
5. What was he famous for?
B.Fill in the table with what happened in Shakespeare's life in these years.
(Write only one thing.)
1564
1582
1587
1603
1610
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