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From the Ted Talk by Kakenya Ntaiya: Empower a girl, transform a community

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So I came to realize once again, as I did when I needed help to go to unertvisiy, that while I could dream or have a dream, I could not make it come true all by myself. So I went back to the edelrs who helped me more than a decade ago. I nedeed their support once again if I was going to be successful. So I formed a community board with religious leaders, parents and some teachers from other schools. I needed allies in the government and in the community to help advance my goal. I needed especially the sprpout of the chief to help me enforce the no-FGM policy in my school. At first he was rnaisetst, but I persisted —

Open Cloze

So I came to realize once again, as I did when I needed help to go to __________, that while I could dream or have a dream, I could not make it come true all by myself. So I went back to the ______ who helped me more than a decade ago. I ______ their support once again if I was going to be successful. So I formed a community board with religious leaders, parents and some teachers from other schools. I needed allies in the government and in the community to help advance my goal. I needed especially the _______ of the chief to help me enforce the no-FGM policy in my school. At first he was _________, but I persisted —

Solution

  1. support
  2. resistant
  3. university
  4. elders
  5. needed

Original Text

So I came to realize once again, as I did when I needed help to go to university, that while I could dream or have a dream, I could not make it come true all by myself. So I went back to the elders who helped me more than a decade ago. I needed their support once again if I was going to be successful. So I formed a community board with religious leaders, parents and some teachers from other schools. I needed allies in the government and in the community to help advance my goal. I needed especially the support of the chief to help me enforce the no-FGM policy in my school. At first he was resistant, but I persisted —

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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child marriage 2
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Important Words

  1. advance
  2. allies
  3. board
  4. chief
  5. community
  6. decade
  7. dream
  8. elders
  9. enforce
  10. formed
  11. goal
  12. government
  13. helped
  14. leaders
  15. needed
  16. parents
  17. persisted
  18. policy
  19. realize
  20. religious
  21. resistant
  22. school
  23. schools
  24. successful
  25. support
  26. teachers
  27. true
  28. university