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Unit 8: News and Magazine Articles
(d) Association Notes
(e) Spectacular
2. Identify the main parts of the article (i.e. headline, lead etc.)
3. Summarise the article in your own words (in not more than 5 lines)
4. Can you think of another headline for the article?
2. Congress Celebrates 126th Foundation Day
December 28, 2010
Congress today celebrated its 126th foundation day with its chief Sonia Gandhi unfurling the
party tricolour at a function here.
On a rain swept morning, top Congress leaders including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his
cabinet colleagues and Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit assembled at the party headquarters
where Ms Gandhi hoisted the flag amidst singing of inspirational songs.
For Ms Gandhi and Mr Singh, 2010 had been tough politically with the party and the government
led by it facing sustained opposition attack over a slew of corruption charges relating to 2G
spectrum and Commonwealth Games.
The party had last week held a plenary session here which also marked the completion of 125
years of the organisation.
Among those who attended the function were union ministers Pranab Mukherjee, A K Antony,
S Jaipal Reddy, Kapil Sibal, G K Vasan, Kantilal Bhuria, Vayalar Ravi, Sachin Pilot and senior
leaders R K Dhawan and M L Fotedar.
Mr Singh and Ms Gandhi distributed sweets to children who had joined the function at the party
headquarters.
The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by Englishman Allan Octavio Hume, a noted
ornithologist and a civil servant in British India.
(Source: Asian Age)
Keywords
Ornithologist: A zoologist who studies birds
Plenary: Fully attended or constituted by all entitled to be present
Unfurling: To spread or open (something) out or become spread or opened out.
Exercises
1. Find a word (s) in the article that means the same as:
(a) Contemporaries
(b) Rousing
(c) Slide
2. Conclude the article on your own.
3. If you were the news correspondent, how would you frame the article?
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