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6.2 ComprehensionA. Students match the paragraphs with the summaries.Answers:2. 3 3. 1 4. 4 5. 2B. Students answer the questions.Answers:1. He was more interested in writing.2. Translated it into English, and visited Britain.3. To protest against the Amritsar Massacre.4. He used a mixture of Hindu and Western ideas.5. Many things, including philosophy, religion, education and social topics.C. In groups of 4-5, students think of questions about Tagore from the text. They have to know theanswer themselves; they can’t use questions that they can’t answer.Then each group reads out their questions, and the other groups write down the answers.After all the questions have been asked, get groups to give the answers.D. Groups discuss the meanings of the quotes. Groups rephrase each quote. Write each group’srephrasing on the board, and get the class to vote for the best one.Possible answers:‘Those who own much have much to fear’: people who have a lot of money and possessionshave more reason to be afraid because they have a lot to lose.‘Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time’: If parents andteachers only teach children what they learned, that child won’t get an education that is suitablefor the present time.34 UNIT 10