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in Class 12 by kratos

Read the extract carefully and answer the following questions :

You majesties, Your excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I stand before you here today to accept on behalf of my mother. Aung San Suu Kyi, this greatest of prizes, the Nobel Prize for Peace. Because circumstances do not permit my mother to be here in person, I will do my best to convey the sentiments I believe she would express.

Firstly, I know that she would begin by saying that she accepts the Nobel Prize for Peace not in her own name but in the name of all the people of Burma. She would say that this prize belongs not to her but to all those men, , and ** who, even as I speak, continue to sacrifice their well being, their freedom and their lives in pursuit of a democratic Burma. Their' is the prize and their' will be the eventual victory in Burma' long struggle for peace, freedom and democracy.

(i) Name the title and author.

(ii) Who does give speech here?

(iii) Why is Aung San Suu Kyi not present here?

(iv) What does he say about the prize?

(v) What prize does she win?

1 Answer

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by kratos
 
Best answer

(i) The title is 'acceptance speech' and the author is Aung San Suu Kyi.

(ii) Aung San Suu Kyi'* son is giving speech.

(iii) Because of some unfavourable circumstances, Aung San Suu Kyi was not present there.

(iv) He says that theirs is the Prize and theirs will be the eventual victory in Burma'* long struggle for peace, freedom and democracy.

(v) She wins Nobel Prize.

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