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1 Reading "Famous latin american literature


nobel prize winners"
Miguel Angel Asturias (October 19, 1899, Guatemala City, Guatemala - June 9, 1974,
Spain) He was awarded the 1952 the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger Prize in Paris,
France and the 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was the first child of Ernesto Asturias
Girón, a lawyer and judge, and María Rosales de Asturias, a schoolteacher who was the
daughter of a colonel.
Asturias's father opposed the dictatorship of Manuel Estrada Cabrera. His parents were
quite persecuted. His father lost his job, and he and his family were forced to move in
1905 to one of his grandparents’ house farm in Salamá. It was here that Asturias first
came into contact with Guatemala's indigenous people; his nanny, Lola Reyes, was a
young indigenous woman who told him stories of their myths and legends that would
later have a great influence on his work. In 1908, his family returned to Guatemala.
Asturias began writing as a student and wrote the first draft of a story that would later
become his novel The President. In 1922, Asturias spent a year studying medicine
before switching to the faculty of law at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala in
Guatemala. After he finished his law studies, he went to study to Paris at the Sorbonne
where he finished his novel The President. In 1949, Asturias served as an ambassador
to Mexico where he wrote his masterpiece Men of Maize. He believed that the
development in Guatemala depended on better integration of indigenous communities
and a more equal distribution of wealth in the country. When the government of
President Jacobo Arbenz fell in 1954, Asturias went into exile.
In 1966, democratically elected President Julio César Méndez Montenegro achieved
power and Asturias was given back his Guatemalan citizenship.
Material adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Asturias

2 Reading "Octavio Paz"


Octavio Paz Lozano ( March 31, 1914, Mexico City, Mexico- April 19, 1998, Mexico
City) Mexican poet, essayist and diplomat and writer. He was awarded the 1981 Miguel
de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 National Prize of Arts and Sciences in Mexico and the
1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. Paz was born to Octavio Paz Solórzano and Josefina
Lozano. His father was an active supporter of the Revolution against the Díaz regime.
Paz was introduced to literature early in his life through the influence of his
grandfather's library. He used to read lots of books of classic Mexican and European
literature. As a teenager in 1931, under the influence of D. H. Lawrence, Paz published
his first poems, including Cabellera. Two years later, at the age of 19, he published
Luna "Wild Moon", a collection of poems. In 1937, Paz abandoned his law studies and
left for Yucatán to work at a school in Mérida for sons of peasants and workers. In
1943, Paz received a fellowship and began studying at the University of California at
Berkeley in the United States. Two years later, he entered the Mexican diplomatic
service.
In 1945, he was sent to Paris, where he wrote The Labyrinth of Solitude. In 1952, he
travelled to India, Tokyo and Switzerland. His early poetry was influenced by Marxism,
surrealism, and existentialism, as well as religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism.
When he returned to Mexico City in 1954, he wrote his great poem Sunstone which
was praised as a magnificent example of surrealist poetry. From 1970 to 1974, he
lectured the Charles Eliot Norton professorship at Harvard University. In 1990, Paz
invited several of the world's writers and intellectuals to Mexico City to discuss the
collapse of communism, including Cornelius Castoriadis, Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos
Franqui. The encounter was broadcast on Mexican television.
Material adapted from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavio_Paz

3 Reading "Gabriel José de la Concordia


García Márquez"
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia -
April 17, 2014, Mexico City) Colombian novelist, short-story writer, film critic,
screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America.
He was awarded the 1969 the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger Prize in Paris, France, the
1972 Romulo Gallegos Prize and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. His father Gabriel
Eligio García was a pharmacist.
His mother, Luisa Santiaga Marquez, was the daughter of a liberal veteran Coronel of
the Thousand Days War, whom García Márquez described as his "umbilical cord with
history and reality," for being an excellent storyteller. He enjoyed his grandmother's
unique way of telling stories. No matter how fantastic or improbable her statements,
she always delivered them as if they were the irrefutable truth.
His parents had to leave Gabito and his brother when his father became a pharmacist
in Barranquilla.Since García Márquez's parents were more or less strangers to him for
the first few years of his life, his grandparents influenced his early development very
strongly. His grandfather used to teach him lessons from the dictionary and take him
to the circus each year.
García Márquez began his career as a journalist while studying law at the National
University of Colombia. After the so-called "Bogotazo" in 1948, bloody riots that
erupted on April 9 because of the assassination of the popular leader Jorge Gaitan, the
university closed indefinitely and his pension was burned. García Márquez moved to
the University of Cartagena. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in his
leaving law school for a career in journalism. From early on, he showed no inhibitions
in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics.
His literary works such as A Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Colera, No
one writes to the Colonel among others labeled as magic realism, which uses magical
elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. Garcia Marquez’s
imagination produces a visual image; that is why many of his histories have been
adapted to films, the television series and even to form opera.
Material adapted
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez

4 Reading "Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa"


Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa (March 28, 1936, Arequipa, Peru) Peruvian writer,
politician, journalist, essayist and a college professor. He was awarded the 1967
Romulo Gallego Prize, the 1994 Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the 2010 Nobel Prize in
Literature. Upon announcing the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy
said it had been given to Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and
his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".
His maternal family, the Llosas, was sustained by his grandfather, who managed a
cotton farm. As a child, Vargas Llosa was told that his father had died—his mother and
her family did not want to explain that his parents had separated. In 1946, at the age
of ten, he moved to Lima and met his father for the first time. His parents re-
established their relationship and lived in Magdalena del Mar. When Vargas Llosa was
fourteen, his father sent him to the Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima.
At the age of 16, before his graduation, Vargas Llosa began working as an amateur
journalist for local newspaper. In 1953, during the government of Manuel A. Odría,
Vargas Llosa enrolled in Lima's National University of San Marcos, the oldest university
of the Americas, to study law and literature. Upon his graduation from the National
University of San Marcos in 1958, he received a scholarship to study at the
Complutense University of Madrid in Spain.Vargas Llosa rose to fame in the 1960s with
novels such as The Time of the Hero and The City and the Dogs, The Green House and
the monumental Conversation in the Cathedral.
In 1971, Vargas Llosa published García Márquez: Story of a Deicide which was his
doctoral thesis for the Complutense University of Madrid. He writes prolifically across
an array of literary genres, including literary criticism and journalism. His novels
include comedies, murder mysteries, historical novels, and political thrillers. Several,
such as Captain Pantoja and the Special Service and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
have been adapted as feature films.
Material adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Vargas_Llosa

5 Reading "short fragments"


United States President Barack Obama released a statement on Thursday lamenting
the death of Colombia’s celebrated writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez who passed away at
the age of 87. President Obama described Garcia Marquez as a ―great visionary‖ and
added that he has been one of [my] favorite writers since I was young.
Taken from http://colombiareports.co/president-obama-laments-death-gabrielgarcia-
marquez/ on May 20th -2014
Growing up on the gritty streets of Hoboken, New Jersey, made Frank Sinatra
determined to work hard to get ahead. Starting out as a saloon singer in musty little
dives (he carried his own P.A. system), he eventually got work as a band singer, first
with The Hoboken Four, then with Harry James and then Tommy Dorsey. With the help
of George Evans (Sinatra's genius press agent), his image was shaped into that of a
street thug and punk who was saved by his first wife, Nancy Barbato.
Taken from http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000069/bio on May 20th -2014
Although his presidency is barely a week old, some of Mr. Obama’s work habits are
already becoming clear. He shows up at the Oval Office shortly before 9 in the
morning, roughly two hours later than his early-to-bed, early-to-rise predecessor. Mr.
Obama likes to have his workout — weights and cardio — first thing in the morning, at
6:45. (Mr. Bush slipped away to exercise midday.)
Taken from http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/daily_routines/statesmen/ on May 20th-
2014
He reads several papers, eats breakfast with his family and helps pack his daughters,
Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, off to school before making the 30-second commute
downstairs — a definite perk for a man trying to balance work and family life. He eats
dinner with his family, then often returns to work; aides have seen him in the Oval
Office as late as 10 p.m., reading briefing papers for the next day.
Taken from http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/daily_routines/statesmen/ on May
20th-2014
6 Reading "Francis Darwin's reminiscences of his father"
The following is from Francis Darwin's reminiscences of his father. It summarizes a
typical day in Darwin's middle and later years, when he had developed a rigid routine
that seldom changed, even when there were visitors in the house.
7 am Rose and took a short walk.
7:45 a.m. Breakfast alone
8–9:30 a.m. Worked in his study; he considered this his best working time.
9:30–10:30 a.m. Went to drawing-room and read his letters, followed by reading aloud
of family letters.
12 or 12:15 p.m. Returned to study, which period he considered the end of his working
day.
12 noon Walk, starting with visit to greenhouse, then round the sandwalk, the number
of times depending on his health, usually alone or with a dog.
12:45 p.m. Lunch with whole family, which was his main meal of the day. After lunch
read The Times and answered his letters.
3 p.m. Rested in his bedroom on the sofa and smoked a cigarette, listened to a novel
or other light literature read by ED [Emma Darwin, his wife.
4 p.m. Walked, usually round sandwalk, sometimes farther afield and sometimes in
company.
4:30–5:30 p.m. Worked in study, clearing up matters of the day.
6 p.m. Rested again in bedroom with ED reading aloud.
7.30 p.m. Light high tea while the family dined. In late years never stayed in the
dining room with the men, but retired to the drawing-room with the ladies. If no
guests were present, he played two games of backgammon with ED, usually followed
by reading to himself, then ED played the piano, followed by reading aloud.
10 p.m. Left the drawing-room and usually in bed by 10:30, but slept badly. Even
when guests were present, half an hour of conversation at a time was all that he could
stand, because it exhausted him.
Taken
from http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/daily_routines/2008/12/charlesdarwin.html on
May 20th-201

7 Reading "Civil War"


The Civil War was one of the most difficult times in American history. From 1861 to
1865, America was at war with itself. The war stemmed from differences in beliefs
between anti-slavery individuals in the northern states, and pro-slavery individuals in
the south. Slavery was very important to the southern economy, and many
southerners were afraid that Abraham Lincoln would try to to abolish slavery when he
became president. Such individuals did not think the government had the right to tell
the states what to do. People in the north thought that slavery was immoral, and were
afraid that if slavery was allowed in America's new territories, it would never be
defeated.

In 1860 and 1861, eleven southern states decided to secede (break away) from the
United States and form their own government. It was called the Confederate States of
America. Richmond, Virginia was made their capital. Congress declared war on April
14, 1861 for the purposes of preserving the Union. The first shots of the Civil War were
fired two days earlier at Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

The war that ensued was long and deadly. Over 500,000 soldiers were killed, by far,
more than any other war in American history. Both the north and the south won many
major victories. Many battles proved inconclusive. The northern side, however, had
more people and supplies. The turning point in the war occurred between July 1-3 of
1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg. It was the only time the south waged a major battle
on northern soil (not including battles fought in border states). The Union (Northern)
army was victorious and drove the Confederates back to Virginia.

In 1864, the Confederate Army was further weakened. Union forces had cut the
Confederacy in two separate parts by taking over the Mississippi River and the port of
New Orleans. Robert E. Lee's army was also under constant attack from Union general
Ulysses S. Grant throughout Virginia. Finally, after Union forces invaded the
Confederate capital of Richmond, the Confederate States of America were forced to
surrender on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. The war was over and
the Union was preserved.
Taken from: http://mrnussbaum.com/civil_war_main_idea/

8 Reading "Starfish"
Starfish, sometimes called sea stars, are found in all of the world's oceans, even in the
icy Arctic Ocean. They are a kind of ocean invertebrate, which means they lack
backbones. All starfish have at least five arms, but some have more. Many kinds of
starfish can re-grow arms that are bitten off by predators. Starfish can be dull or
colorful and come in many different sizes. Scientists believe there are more than 1,500
types of starfish.
Starfish attack and eat other invertebrates. Some starfish, however, are harmful to
undersea communities because they eat special kinds of coral or fish. Starfish are
rarely eaten by humans because their bodies are bony and taste bad. Humans often
use them as ornaments or collectibles.
Taken from: http://mrnussbaum.com/starfish-reading-comprehension/
9 Reading “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil
Rights Movement”
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913 – 2005) was an African American civil rights activist
and seamstress whom the U.S. Congress dubbed the “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil
Rights Movement”.

Parks is famous for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey bus driver James Blake’s
demand that she relinquish her seat to a white man. Her subsequent arrest and trial
for this act of civil disobedience triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the
largest and most successful mass movements against racial segregation in history, and
launched Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the organizers of the boycott, to the forefront
of the civil rights movement. Her role in American history earned her an iconic status
in American culture, and her actions have left an enduring legacy for civil rights
movements around the world.

As a child, Rosa became aware of the segregation which was deeply embedded in
Alabama. She experienced deep rooted racism, and became aware of the different
opportunities faced by white and black children. She also recalls seeing a Klu Klux Klan
march go past her house – where her father stood outside with a shotgun. Due to the
Jim Crow laws, most black voters were effectively disenfranchised.

In 1932, she married Raymond Parks, a barber from Montgomery. He was active in the
NAACP and Rosa Parks became a supporter helping with fund-raising and other
initiatives. She attended meetings defending the rights of black people and seeking to
prevent injustice.
Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

10 Reading "Louis Pasteur"


Louis Pasteur worked tirelessly to develop antidotes and cures to many dangerous
illnesses such as anthrax and rabies. He also successfully invented a way to pasteurise
milk and make it safe from Tuberculosis.

Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, Eastern France. He was a conscientious and hard
working student, though not considered exceptional. One of his professors called him
‘mediocre’. He received a doctorate in 1847 and after obtaining posts at Strasbourg,
Lille and Paris he spent much time researching aspects of Chemistry.

His most important discoveries were in the field of germ study. He showed that germs
required certain micro-organisms to develop; using this knowledge he found that the
fermentation of yeast could be delayed. Louis Pasteur then turned to practical ways of
killing bacteria in liquids such as milk. His process of pasteurisation successfully killed
bacteria in milk without destroying milk protein. This was a radical discovery and made
drinking milk safe. The process of pasteurisation was named after him and it saved
many lives.
Louis Pasteur next created a cure for anthrax – a disease that mainly affects cattle. He
found that by giving cattle a weakened form of the illness they were able to develop
immunity to the illness.

This success encouraged him to develop a cure for rabies – a very common disease at
the time.

Louis Pasteur had great faith in the good nature of humans. He worked tirelessly to
deliver real benefits for the treatment of infectious diseases. More than any other
person, Louis Pasteur helped to increase the life expectancy of man in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth Century.
Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

11 Reading "Eva Peron"


Eva Peron served as Argentina’s First lady from 1946 to 1952. Eva Peron or ‘Evita’
became a powerful political figure with a large support base amongst the poor and
working class trade union members. She inspired millions with her campaigns to help
the poor and give women the right to vote. To her supporters she was a saint who
strove to overcome poverty and injustice. To her detractors (in the nation’s military
and bourgeoisie) she was a controversial figure at the heart of Argentinian politics.
Eva Peron was born in rural poverty in a town called Los Toldos. She was the
illegitimate daughter of a failed land owner. Aged fifteen, she left her rural home to go
to Buenos Aires where she hoped to pursue her theatrical career.
Aided by her natural beauty she gained work in the theatre. In Buenos Aires she also
began campaigning for women to be given the vote and to deal with the widespread
poverty endemic in Argentina.
She caught the eye of prominent politician, Juan Domingo Peron, and in 1945 they
were married and six months later she became President Peron’s first lady.
As the president’s wife she took a high profile in campaigning for issues such as
women’s rights and for the improvement of the descamisados (shirtless) i.e. the very
poor.
Her supporters dispute these assertions of her enemies, arguing the military and
political opponents were merely trying to tarnish her image.
In 1952 she was given the title of ‘spiritual chief of the nation’. Six months later, in
1952, she died tragically young from cancer.
In 1955, Juan Peron was overthrown by a military coup, they took her body and had it
interned in a Milanese grave under the name of a nun. They feared her legacy would
provide a point of opposition to the military regime.
In 1973, Juan Peron returned to Argentina to begin a third term as president after the
military regime were overthrown. Eva Peron’s body was returned in November 1974
Eva Peron remains an important symbol of emancipation, especially for women in Latin
America. She was one of the first women to create a lasting political / humanitarian
legacy. Christina Fernandez, the first female elected President of Argentina, claims that
women of her generation owe a debt to Eva for “her example of passion and
combativeness”.
Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

12 Reading "Queen Elizabeth"


Queen Elizabeth II, she was born in 1926, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned head of
state, when she was just 25 years old – after the death of her father, George IV, in
1952. Queen Elizabeth is now the second longest serving British monarch and has
presided over half a century of continual change both within the Royal Family, Britain
and the Commonwealth.
Elizabeth was the eldest child of Prince Albert, the Duke of York (later George VI) and
his wife Elizabeth (later known as the Queen Mother). Her father Prince Albert was
second in line to the throne, until his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 –
pushing the shy Prince Albert into an unexpected role of King. King George VI rose to
the challenge though he died early in 1952.
In 1952, her father, George VI passed away and Queen Elizabeth was crowned to
widespread enthusiasm. Her coronation set TV records around the globe, and it
appeared to usher in a new era for the monarchy and British Commonwealth. News of
Edmund Hilary reaching the peak of Mt Everest were delayed to coincide with her
coronation. It appeared a symbolic end to the post-war austerity.
The 1950s could be seen as the golden age for the Queen. Deference and respect to
the Royal family were still high, and the young Elizabeth looked like the fairytale
Princess. However, over the next few decades, widespread social change saw a decline
in traditional attitudes to the monarchy. Also the new era of TV and intense media
scrutiny led to many unfavourable headlines as her children were caught up in marital
problems and related scandals.
Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

13 Reading "Walt Disney"


Walt Disney was a film producer, media magnate, and co-founder of the Walt Disney
Company. He was an iconic figure in the Twentieth Century media and entertainment
industry, helping to produce many films. With his staff, he created famous cartoon
characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; his name was also used for the
successful Disney Theme Parks. During his lifetime, he received a record 59
Nominations for the Academy Awards, winning 22 Awards.
Walt Disney was born on 5 December, 1901, in Chicago. His parents were of
German/English and Irish descent. As a child, the Disney family moved between
Marceline in Missouri, Kansas City and back to Chicago. The young Walt Disney
developed an interest in art, and took lessons at the Kansas City Institute and later
Chicago Art Institute. He became the cartoonist for the school magazine.
When America joined the First World War, Walt dropped out of school and tried to
enlist in the army. He was rejected for being underage, but he was later able to enlist
in the Red Cross and in late 1918 was sent to France to drive an ambulance.
In 1919, he moved back to Kansas City where he got a series of jobs, before finding
employment in his area of greatest interest – the film industry. It was working for the
Kansas City Film Ad company that he gained the opportunity to begin working in the
relatively new field of animation. Walt used his talent as a cartoonist and drawer to
begin his first work.
In 1927, the Disney studio was involved in the successful production of ‘Oswald the
Lucky Rabbit’, distributed through Universal Pictures. However, with Universal Pictures
controlling the rights to ‘Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’, Walt was not able to profit from this
success. He rejected an offer from Universal and went back to working on his own.
It was at this point, that he created the character – Mickey Mouse (originally called
Mortimer Mouse). Ub Iwerks drew Mickey Mouse, and Walt gave a voice to the
character.
The Mickey Mouse cartoons with sound tracks became very popular and cemented the
growing reputation and strength of Disney Productions. The skill of Walt Disney was to
give his cartoons believable real life characteristics. They were well drawn and
captured the imagination of the audience through his pioneering use of uplifting stories
and moral traits.
In 1932, he received his first Academy Award for Best short subject: Cartoons for the
three coloured ‘Flowers and Trees’ He also received a special Academy Award for
Mickey Mouse.
In 1933, he developed his most successful cartoon of all time ‘The Three Little Pigs’
(1933) with the famous song ‘Whose afraid of the Big Bad Wolf”.
Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

14 Reading "Pele"
Pele is the most iconic footballer of the twentieth Century. He epitomised the flair, joy
and passion the Brazilians bought to the game.
Pele’s career spanned throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
In his early career, the young and unknown Pele helped inspire Brazil to victory in the
1958 World Cup. In 1962, Brazil retained the World Cup. In 1966, Brazil were hot
favourites, but, lost out to the home nation England.
His crowing glory was the Brazilian victory in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. In this
world cup, some of the football played by Brazil and Pele was widely considered to the
greatest in the history of the game. Brazil won the final 4-1 against Italy; it was a
genuine advertisement for the ‘beautiful game’ and a fitting pinnacle of Pele’s
international career.
Pele went on to score over 1,000 goals in professional games. (The 1000th goal
coming as a penalty in the US league sparking celebrations around the world). His
strike rate in international games was one of the highest ever. In 92 appearances, he
scored 77 goals.
In the domestic league, Pele made his debut for Santos aged just 16. He played for
Santos in the Brazilian league from until the 1972-73 season.
Pele finished his career in the lucrative US league. In 1975, he signed for New York
Cosmos and played three seasons. He led the New York Cosmos to the US title in 1977
– the year of his retirement.
After retiring has gone onto be a great ambassador for football and sport in general. In
1992, Pelé was appointed a UN ambassador for ecology and the environment. He was
also appointed a UNESCO goodwill ambassador. He is not only one of the most gifted
footballers of his generation, but, also a mild mannered man who used his fame and
prestige for a positive effect.
Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

15 Reading "Michael Jordan"


Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York. But, his family moved to North
Carolina where he grew up. As a sophomore, at times, he struggled to get in the High
School Team due to his low height. Instead he concentrated on other sports, such as
baseball. But, as a late developer, he grew to 6 foot 3 inch and this helped him to
dominate the junior court. Michael Jordan attended the University of North Carolina
where he was named College Player of the Year but the Sporting News. In 1984, he
was picked in the NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.
In 1984, he was also selected to be in the US Olympic basketball team, where, with
the team, he won the gold medal.
In the late 1980s, Jordan led an increasingly successful Chicago Bulls team. They won
their first championship in 1991 and went on to win six titles in the space of nine
years. Along the way, Jordan broke many of the long standing NBA records. In 1988-
89, he led the league with 32.5 points per game.
In 1992, Jordan again returned to the Olympics. This time as a full professional –
Jordan was part of the ‘Dream Team’. The US easily won the Olympic gold – with their
opponents often admitting they felt honoured to be on the same court as Michael
Jordan and the ‘dream team’.
However, in 1993, a series of personal difficulties caused him to temporarily retire
from the game. His father was murdered during an armed robbery, devastating Jordan
who saw his father as his closest confident. He was also struggling with his own
gambling issues.
For a short time, he made a foray into baseball, playing the 1994 season for the
Birmingham Barons. But, in the 1994-95 season he came back to his primary love –
basketball. Despite losing some of his youthful speed, Jordan still had the magic touch
and led the Chicago Bulls to the semi finals with some stellar performances. The next
year, 1995-96, he led the Chicago Bulls to another title.
Jordan continued to play until past his 40th birthday in the 2002-03 season.
After he finally retired, he had played a total of 1,072 games, with a points per game
average of 30.1 and a total of 32,292 points.
In June 2010, Jordan was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the 20th-most powerful
celebrity in the world with $55 million earned between June 2009 and June 2010.
According to the Forbes article, Jordan Brand generates $1 billion in sales for Nike.
Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

16 Reading "The Canterville Ghost


The ghost did not appear for the rest of the week. The only strange thing that
happened was the blood-stain, which they found on the library-floor every morning. It
was also quite strange that the colour of the stain changed from time to time. Some
mornings it was red, then brown or purple, or even green. These changes amused the
family very much, and bets on the colour were made every evening. The only person
who did not enter into the joke was Virginia. For some unexplained reason, she was
rather annoyed at the sight of the blood-stain, and nearly cried the morning it was
green.
The second appearance of the ghost was on Sunday night. Shortly after the family had
gone to bed they heard a fearful crash in the hall. A suit of armour had fallen on the
floor and in a chair sat the Canterville ghost and rubbed his knees, which seemed to
hurt. When the twins started shooting peas at him with their pea-shooters, the ghost
stood up with an angry growl and passed through them like a mist. He also blew out
the candle, leaving them all in total darkness. On top of the stairs the ghost turned
around and, in order to frighten the Otis boys, laughed his most horrible laugh. Just
then, a door opened and Mrs Otis came out of her bedroom. “I am afraid you are not
well,” she said, “I have therefore brought you this bottle of medicine.” The ghost
looked at her furiously, and then he disappeared.
When he reached his room, he was completely exhausted. This American family was
extremely annoying. But what annoyed him most was, that he had not been able to
wear the suit of armour. The weight of it had made him fall and hurt his knees.
For some days after this the ghost only left his room to renew the blood-stain.
However, on Friday, the 17th of August, he tried to frighten the Otis family again. At
half-past ten the family went to bed. For some time the ghost heard the twins laugh,
but at a quarter past eleven all was still. So, at midnight he left his secret chamber and
glided through the corridors, when suddenly, behind one corner, a horrible ghost stood
right in front of him. As the Canterville ghost had never seen another ghost before, he
was terribly frightened. He quickly hurried back to his room. But then he thought that
he should go and speak to the other ghost. After all, two ghosts were better than one,
and his new friend might help him to frighten the twins. However, when he came back
to the spot, he found that this 'other ghost' was not real, but only a white sheet which
the twins had hung there to play a trick on him. Very upset the Canterville ghost went
back to his chamber.
Taken from: https://www.ego4u.com/download/pdf/canterville-ghost_easy.pdf

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