The commonwealth games - Comprehension Worksheet
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years.
It was initially known as the British Empire Games and was renamed to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954 and the British Commonwealth Games in 1970, before finally gaining its current title for the 1978 edition. The Games are overseen by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), which also controls the sporting program and selects the host cities. A host city is selected for each edition and eighteen cities in seven countries have hosted the event.
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The world is going ahead at a tremendous speed. But all this progress will be shattered if we do not secure peace. Scientific inventions and advancement of technology knowledge have brought the world closer. If one country suffers, all will suffer to some extent. We have become inter-responsible. This has brought about the necessity of international relationship. People should understand that all human beings are brothers. The narrow bounds of nationalism and patriotism have to be shed. Unless we understand the lesson of ‘live and let live’ we stand on our last legs. If another war breaks out, it will destroy the entire race of humanity. If we establish love and sympathy, goodwill and happiness among our ourselves, we can still save the world of destruction. ‘Live and let live’ is a sound religion. From Gautama Buddha to Mahatma Gandhi, a number of great persons have pleaded for this mutual love and brotherly feelings. We are the inter-dependent children of the same father in heaven. We should, therefore, live in peace .This is the only way by which we can go along the road to progress.
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