Either a) translate I A into your own language and II into English, or b) study the text in I A, answer the questions in I B in English, translate the whole of II into English and write one of the compositions in III.
I A. Six years ago Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India. She got the job partly because people thought she was more religious than her father Jawaharlal Nehru. When her father died she allowed religious rites to be performed, contrary to his wishes. She is careful never to give unnecessary offence to traditional feelings. Whenever she appears in public she keeps her head covered - which, she says, has the added advantage that it protects her hair from the dust. She fights tradition only where it does serious harm.
This is the woman who has outwitted the toughest and most experienced politicians in India, and made many foreign critics look ridiculous. Like Queen Elizabeth I, she belongs to a great politicial dynasty and has "the heart of a king" combined with a woman's sensitive skill in dealing with difficult situations. But unlike Elizabeth she is a democratic leader. She goes among crowds with a disregard for personal safety which no Western leader can match. And the more hostile a crowd, the more resolute she becomes. Once, during the last election, she carried on speaking while she was pelted with stones at close range, and even after she was hit.
She lacks her father's far-reaching, philosophic intellect, but in at least one respect her equipment for statemanship is superior to his: she is more realistic in her judgement of people. Nature and experience have made her a "secret" person, very good at concealing her intention, always much readier to listen than to talk. But she knows how to take decisions, and when to take them. The intensity of her character can be traced back to her childhood which was exceptionally privileged, but also, in a sense, deprived of certain things.
I A. Six years ago Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India. She got the job partly because people thought she was more religious than her father Jawaharlal Nehru. When her father died she allowed religious rites to be performed, contrary to his wishes. She is careful never to give unnecessary offence to traditional feelings. Whenever she appears in public she keeps her head covered - which, she says, has the added advantage that it protects her hair from the dust. She fights tradition only where it does serious harm.
This is the woman who has outwitted the toughest and most experienced politicians in India, and made many foreign critics look ridiculous. Like Queen Elizabeth I, she belongs to a great politicial dynasty and has "the heart of a king" combined with a woman's sensitive skill in dealing with difficult situations. But unlike Elizabeth she is a democratic leader. She goes among crowds with a disregard for personal safety which no Western leader can match. And the more hostile a crowd, the more resolute she becomes. Once, during the last election, she carried on speaking while she was pelted with stones at close range, and even after she was hit.
She lacks her father's far-reaching, philosophic intellect, but in at least one respect her equipment for statemanship is superior to his: she is more realistic in her judgement of people. Nature and experience have made her a "secret" person, very good at concealing her intention, always much readier to listen than to talk. But she knows how to take decisions, and when to take them. The intensity of her character can be traced back to her childhood which was exceptionally privileged, but also, in a sense, deprived of certain things.
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I B. Explain briefly what is meant by the following sentences:
1. She is careful never to give unnecessary offence to traditional feelings.
2. She fights tradition only where it does serious harm.
3. She has outwitted the most experienced politicians in India.
4. She goes among crowds with a disregard for personal safety.
5. The more hostile a crowd, the more resolute she becomes.
6. She was pelted with stones at close range.
7. Translate the following sentence into your own tongue: "The intensity of her character can be traced back to her childhood which was exceptionally privileged, but also, in a sense, deprived of certain things."
II. Indira Gandhi on ehkä maailman tunnetuin naispoliitikko. Hänet nähdään usein TV:ssä, häntä ihaillaan ja kadehditaan, mutta häntä myös arvostellaan ankarasti. Vaikka hänen asemansa maan johtajana on ollut poikkeuksellisen vaikea, hän on myös saavuttanut monta voittoa ratkaistessaan Intian ongelmia. Hänen suurimpia aikaansaannoksiaan on ehkä "vihreä vallankumous", jolla on ollut huomattava vaikutus maan taloudelliseen kehitykseen. Toisaalta on myönnettävä, että se olisi ollut lähes mahdoton ilman tiedemiesten ratkaisevaa apua.
III. Write a composition of about 150 words (but not much longer) on one of the following subjects:
1. You have been reading and writing about Indira Gandhi, India's Prime Minister. What is your opinion of women in political life? What are the personal characteristics and the general qualifications required from a person involved in politics? Do men and women have equal chances? Discuss the subject, giving examples from international and national politics. Give your composition a title.
2. It is customary to think that certain professions suit men better than women, e.g. ten years ago it was practically impossible to think of a woman bus-driver. Yet there are many of them today and, according to the statistics, they are just as efficient as men. Is it pure prejudice, then, to think along the traditional lines and talk about men's professions and women's professions? How do you think women would manage in the following professions, e.g., as bank managers, surgeons, chimney-sweeps? Give your composition a title.
3. "It is easier to talk than to listen". Is it?
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