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From the Ted Talk by John Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers

Unscramble the Blue Letters

I'm a Himba. You might wonder, why are you wearing these weetrsn cetolhs? I'm a hbmia and Namibian. A Himba is one of the 29 ethnic groups in Namibia. We live a very traditional ltsfyeile. I grew up herding, looking after our livestock — gotas, sheep and cattle. And one day, my father actually took me into the bush. He said, "John, I want you to become a good herder. Boy, if you are looking after our livestock and you see a cheetah eating our goat — cheetah is very nervous — just walk up to it. Walk up to it and smack it on the backside." (Laughter) "And he will let go of the goat and run off." But then he said, "Boy, if you run into a lion, don't move. Don't move. Stand your gurond. Puff up and just look it in the eye and it may not want to fight you." (Laughter) But then, he said, "If you see a lropead, boy, you better run like hell." (Laughter) "Imagine you run festar than those goats you are looking after." In this way — (Laughter) In this way, I actually started to learn about nature.

Open Cloze

I'm a Himba. You might wonder, why are you wearing these _______ _______? I'm a _____ and Namibian. A Himba is one of the 29 ethnic groups in Namibia. We live a very traditional _________. I grew up herding, looking after our livestock — _____, sheep and cattle. And one day, my father actually took me into the bush. He said, "John, I want you to become a good herder. Boy, if you are looking after our livestock and you see a cheetah eating our goat — cheetah is very nervous — just walk up to it. Walk up to it and smack it on the backside." (Laughter) "And he will let go of the goat and run off." But then he said, "Boy, if you run into a lion, don't move. Don't move. Stand your ______. Puff up and just look it in the eye and it may not want to fight you." (Laughter) But then, he said, "If you see a _______, boy, you better run like hell." (Laughter) "Imagine you run ______ than those goats you are looking after." In this way — (Laughter) In this way, I actually started to learn about nature.

Solution

  1. himba
  2. leopard
  3. lifestyle
  4. western
  5. clothes
  6. goats
  7. faster
  8. ground

Original Text

I'm a Himba. You might wonder, why are you wearing these Western clothes? I'm a Himba and Namibian. A Himba is one of the 29 ethnic groups in Namibia. We live a very traditional lifestyle. I grew up herding, looking after our livestock — goats, sheep and cattle. And one day, my father actually took me into the bush. He said, "John, I want you to become a good herder. Boy, if you are looking after our livestock and you see a cheetah eating our goat — cheetah is very nervous — just walk up to it. Walk up to it and smack it on the backside." (Laughter) "And he will let go of the goat and run off." But then he said, "Boy, if you run into a lion, don't move. Don't move. Stand your ground. Puff up and just look it in the eye and it may not want to fight you." (Laughter) But then, he said, "If you see a leopard, boy, you better run like hell." (Laughter) "Imagine you run faster than those goats you are looking after." In this way — (Laughter) In this way, I actually started to learn about nature.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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