dateline: 31 October 2018
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India Unveils World’s Largest Statue
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- inauguration: a ceremony marking or celebrating a new thing or event
- remote: not close to a big city or hub
- unify: to bring together
- drone: an unmanned flying machine
- deter: to try to prevent the occurrence of something
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India Unveils World’s Largest Statue
Comprehension Questions
- Who was Sardar Patel?
- Why is the Statue of Unity controversial in India?
- Why does the report mention the Statue of Liberty?
Discussion Questions
The local government claims that the displaced people were given money or new land. Is there any fair compensation for losing one’s ancestral land? How do you think Sardar Patel would have felt about this?
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5 comments
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HN says:
I like it
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sangphan says:
I totally agree with Bijan and Salwa Kotb. If Sir Sardar Patel were alive, he wouldn’t have liked that. Because this just made many people living in that region suffer a lot.
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hiba makdesi says:
I like your efforts, thank you
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Bijan says:
Hi Tara,
First, thank you for this week’s audio news report.
Second, this audio news is more difficult than the last week (my opinion) because I could not understand it at all.
Of course, I could understand it after reading the text and could fill in the blanks all words except “make room”.
Third, it’s so interesting to know about the world’s largest statute, but it’s so sad news to hear that nearly 200 families were forced to leave their land.
I myself believe that it’s so unfair for families.
Teacher Tara,
Thanks so much for choosing the audio news reports from different subjects because it helps us to learn more new words.
Best wishes and have a great week in nice Canada,
Bijan from the Persian Gulf -
dr salwa kotb says:
i have no doubt is unfair that is no reason for forced people to leave their ancestral s lands
and if the deputy prime minister is alive ,he will refused that