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From the Ted Talk by Wadah Khanfar: A historic moment in the Arab world

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wdaah Khanfar: Actually, this may be the biggest story that we have ever covered. We have covered many wars. We have covered a lot of tiedrages, a lot of problems, a lot of conflict zones, a lot of hot spots in the region, because we were centered at the middle of it. But this is a story — it is a great story; it is beautiful. It is not something that you only cover because you have to ceovr a great inidcent. You are witnessing cnaghe in history. You are witnessing the birth of a new era. And this is what the story's all about.

Open Cloze

_____ Khanfar: Actually, this may be the biggest story that we have ever covered. We have covered many wars. We have covered a lot of _________, a lot of problems, a lot of conflict zones, a lot of hot spots in the region, because we were centered at the middle of it. But this is a story — it is a great story; it is beautiful. It is not something that you only cover because you have to _____ a great ________. You are witnessing ______ in history. You are witnessing the birth of a new era. And this is what the story's all about.

Solution

  1. incident
  2. cover
  3. change
  4. wadah
  5. tragedies

Original Text

Wadah Khanfar: Actually, this may be the biggest story that we have ever covered. We have covered many wars. We have covered a lot of tragedies, a lot of problems, a lot of conflict zones, a lot of hot spots in the region, because we were centered at the middle of it. But this is a story — it is a great story; it is beautiful. It is not something that you only cover because you have to cover a great incident. You are witnessing change in history. You are witnessing the birth of a new era. And this is what the story's all about.

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