Martin Luther King, Jr. " I H ave a D r eam"
delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
… And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I still have a dream.
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, that all men are created equal." equal." I have a dream
that one day on the red hills of Georgia,
former slave owners
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the sons of former slaves and the sons of
will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice , sweltering with the heat of oppression , will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice . I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! dream today! I have a dream that one day , down in Alabama , with its vicious racists , with its governor having his lips dripping with the words w ords of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today! today! that I go back to the South with. …. This is our hope , and this is the faith that
With this faith , we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope
. With this
faith , we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of
brotherhood . With this faith faith , we will be able to work together , to pray together , to struggle together , to go to jail together , to stand up for freedom together , knowing that we will be free one day . And this will be the day -- this will be the day when wh en all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning: My country 'tis of thee , sweet land of liberty, of of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died , land of the Pilgrim's Pilgrim's pride, From every mountainside,
let freedom ring!
And if America is to be a great nation , this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that: Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring and when this happens , when we allow freedom ring , when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet , from every state and every city , we will be able to speed up that day when all of of God's children , black men and white men , Jews Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics Catholics , will be able to join hands hands and sing in the words of the the old Negro spiritual: Free at last!
Free at last!
Thank God Almighty , we are free at las last! t!3
Reading Comprehension a- Identify the type of document : ........................................................................................................................................... Using the words “ equa l” l” (line 4), “freedom ” and “ justice ” (line 8/9 ) sum up King’s dream.
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The text can be divided divided into two parts. Complete with the appropriate number number line.
…………. : In his dream of America, Martin Luther King denounces the conditions of the black people in the U.S in the past and at the time of his speech.
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In this second part he has optimism for th eir future.
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a) Tick the correct answers.
1. The title alludes alludes (fait allusion ) to Justify by quoting from the text ................................................................................................................................................ 2.
Line 4
is an extract from
b) Quote the line where the past slavery in America is being alluded to. ............................................................................................................................................................. Justify with one adjective taken from that line ....................................................................................... c) Explain the situation in Mississippi as described in the text. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ d) George Wallace, the governor of Alabama, refused to obey the Civil Rights A ct of 1964 which was voted by the Federal Government. Government. Quote the passage indicating Martin Luther King’s indignation. ............................................................................................................................................................. e) What do the following following pronouns refer to ? ...................................................................... following time references refer to ? f) What do the following ..............................................................
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a) What is the key word word in this part? ……………………………. b) What is the key word showing that King’s optimism is based on his religious beliefs ? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... c) Give the names of the religions alluded. Why are they all mentioned? mentioned? ............................................................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................................................. d) Tick the correct answer and justify each time with with an example from the text. 1. King wants to give his his religious religious conviction to the whole American people 2. He becomes a kind of new prophet preaching from the top of a mountain. 3. He wants to be heard by the whole human race.
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e) Why does he quote an old Negro spiritual? ............................................................................................................................................................ f) Pick out all the US state names mentioned ? Why are they all mentioned ? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................................................................
following table with examples from from part one and two ; choose only some examples. a) Complete the following Use of repetitions of sentences
Use of synonyms
Use of parallel constructions
Oppositions and antonyms
Images from the Bible or from nature
b) Match each value with its definition:
A mental picture of the future
brotherhood
The condition of being free
dream
The feeling of expectation and desire
faith
The feeling that men should treat one another like brothers freedom The quality of being right and fair justice Trust, unquestioning confidence
hope
Pick out the main ideas ideas put forward by the speaker and the message
the Present Present = the Reality Reality
the Dream = the Future
Metaphors (2 examples)
