I Have A Dream # Practice Reading

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident (not needing to be demonstrated or explained; obvious.), that all men are created equal.”

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former (having previously been a particular thing) slaves ((especially in the past) a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them) and the sons of former slave owners (a person who owns something) will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood (an association or community of people linked by a common interest, religion, or trade)…

… I have  a dream hat my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged (form an opinion or conclusion about) by the colour of their skin but by the content (a state of satisfaction) of their character,

I have a dream today!

The power of conviction (a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence) that rings through Martin Luther King’s words cannot fail to bring tears to the eyes. And we understand why these words were so prophetic (accurately predicting what will happen in the future), so world-changing, in the wake of these words, the US Government passed the civil rights act and voting rights for the Africans-Americans in the mid-60s. At least in law, if not fully in spirit, Martin Luther King’s dream has come true.

Visionaries (a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like)are dreamers of dreams. With narrowed (become or make more limited in extent or scope)eyes they look into the distant (far away in space or time) shore (the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water)and see things that others cannot. Then like divers (to go below the surface of the water, as a submarine)who bring up pearls for our delectation (delight), they show us what they see. And by doing so, they take us to the next step.

Question Time

There are two columns given, the first column has the words and the second columns the meaning.

Match the word with their correct meaning, and make sure that you don’t cheat, or else there will be no benefit.

 

COLUMN 1	COLUMN 2
1. self-evident	(i)become or make more limited in extent or scope
2. slaves	(ii) delight
3. brother hood	(iii)(a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence
4. content	(iv)a state of satisfaction
5.prophetic	(v)the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water
6.narrowed	(vi) obvious
7. shore	(vii)form an opinion or conclusion about
8. divers	(viii)an association or community of people linked by a common interest, religion, or trade
9. delectation	(ix)far away in space or time
10. distant	(x)far away in space or time
11. visionaries	(xi)accurately predicting what will happen in the future
12. conviction	(xii)a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them
13. judged	(xiii)a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like
14. owners	(xiv)having previously been a particular thing
15. former	(xv)to go below the surface of the water, as a submarine.

ANSWER

1. vi
2. xii
3. viii
4. iv
5. xi
6. i
7. v
8. xv
9. ii
10. ix
11. xiii
12. iii
13. vii
14. x
15. xiv

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