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I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist who became the most prominent spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the USA fro 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He believed in nonviolent social change and was inspired by his Christian beliefs and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi. He directed the peaceful march on Washington, D.C., of 250,000 people to whom he delivered his address, “l Have a Dream”. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He continues to be remembered as one of the most influential and inspirational African-American leaders in history.
Let’s take a better look at the “I Have a Dream” speech, one of the most influential speeches of the 20th century.
First, find the speech in the link below:
Then go to the site that makes word clouds:
Follow the instructions and copy – paste the speech. Click SIFT!
Look at the image. Which word comes up the most times in the speech? (hint: it’s the one with the biggest letters)
Which are the next 5 most frequent words?
Visit the following site and choose a quote of Dr. King:
http://goodreads.com/quotes/search?utf8=✓&q=Martin+Luther+King&commit=Search
Write the quote in the comments.
PASSIVE VOICE-EXERCISES
A. Complete the sentences using the words given. Use two to five words.
1. The tornado broke all the windows of the house.
All the windows of the house ______________________________________
the tornado. were
2. Only the earth’s most powerful microscope can discover nanoparticles.
Nanoparticles _______________________________________________ the world’s most powerful microscope. can
3. The authorities have rarely listened to the protests of the environmentalists.
The protests of the environmentalists ___________________________________
by the authorities. listened
4. He broke his arm in a skiing accident.
His _________________________________________________ a skiing accident. was
5. Please make sure that you burn those CDs for me.
Please make sure that _____________________________________________ for me. burnt
B. Rewrite the text below using the passive.
Every summer, the colleges at Cambridge University hold parties to celebrate the end of term. When we arrived last year, we discovered that people had decorated the college wonderfully. We could hear musicians playing music everywhere. People had filled the garden with fun activities. The event impressed Sophie and me very much.
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