ROBERT KENNEDY ANNOUNCES MARTIN LUTHER KING’S DEATH 1) Listen to the first part of Robert Kennedy’s speech (from the beginning to “…tonight in Memphis, Tennessee”) and answer the following questions: a) Tone: ………………………………………………………………………………….. b) What does he tell the supporters to do? * To stand up * To remain silent for one minute in memory of MLK. * To lower their signs (political placards…) * To kneel in prayer * To chant MLK’s name. c) What phrase does he repeat? ……………………………………………………………….. d) What do the repetitions reveal? …………………………………………………………….
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e) Describe the atmosphere in the hall after learning the news.
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2) Listen to the second and third parts of the speech (from “MLK…” to the end) and complete the transcript below with the help of the words given (some words may be difficult for you to understand, but not all of them!)
DEDICATED / POLARIZATION / AMONGST / COMPREHEND / STAIN / BLOODSHED
“Martin Luther King ……………………..his life to …………………..and ………………….. between fellow ……………………. ………………….He died in the ……………………of that effort. In this ……………….. ………………., in this ………………….. ……………for the United States, it’s perhaps well to ………………what ……………..of a ………………we are and what ………………….we want to …………………in.

For those of you who are …………………. – considering the ………………………evidently is that there were ……………………people who were …………………………….- you can be filled with ………………………..and with ……………………and a …………………………….. for ……………………….

We can move in that ……………………………as a ……………………….., in greater …………………………. - …………………….people …………………blacks, and ……………. people ………………………..whites, filled with ……………………….toward …………… ………………………..

Or we can make an …………………………, as Martin Luther King ………………, to ………………………. and to ……………………………….., and ………………………..that ………………………….., that ……………………….of ………………………………..that has spread across our