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India through the Eyes of a Foreigner
A. Pre- Reading Activity: Listening and Speaking
his/her questions :
In this short account of his experiences in India, Mark
Tully tells us why he likes India and Indians very much. He
gives word-pictures of India's natural beauty and the beauty
beautiful descriptions of the ways in which we worship the
Almighty. In the end, he says he has been accepted as a
part of India. This thought makes him feel good.
B. Reading: Read this passage at home before your
teacher gives the model reading in class. Follow his/
her model reading carefully. Keep reading the passage
at home to strengthen your reading ability.
1. I soon realized that it was not going to be difficult to get
involved in India. From day one I was surrounded by friends,
the friends my predecessors introduced me to, the staff of
All India Radio, the members of the press club and my new
neighbours. Many are still good friends. It's through them
that I have become involved in their country. Now, when I am
asked why I'm staying on, I reply, “Because of my friends."
2.That, of course, is only part of the truth. I'm drawn to India
by its beauty. Particularly its natural beauty. Recently I was
beside a campfire in the Great Himalayan National Park
watching the snow covered mountains glitter in the sunset.
A week later I was in Kerala, in the extreme south, sitting
in my bathing trunks, looking out over the Arabian Sea as
the sun slid like a great red dome below the horizon. There
are the smells of India too, which evoke such nostalgia.
There is the dry scent of early summer in Delhi as the blue
jacarandas, the scarlet gulmohars and other trees come
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