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From the Ted Talk by Sisonke Msimang: If a story moves you, act on it

Unscramble the Blue Letters

And so I'm going like this, slowly pedaling, and all of a sudden, I'm on the floor. I'm on the gruond, and I look up, and there's this kid peddling away in the getaway vehlcie, which is my bike, and he's about 11 or 12 years old, and I'm on the floor, and I'm crying because I saved a lot of money for that bike, and I'm crying and I stand up and I start screaming. Instinct steps in, and I start siceramng, "Mwizi, mwizi!" which manes "thief" in siwhlai. And out of the woodworks, all of these people come out and they start to give chsae. This is Africa, so mob justice in action. Right? And I round the corner, and they've captured him, they've caught him. The suspect has been apprehended, and they make him give me my bike back, and they also make him apologize. Again, you know, typical African justice, right? And so they make him say sorry. And so we stand there facing each other, and he looks at me, and he says sorry, but he looks at me with this unbridled fury. He is very, very angry. And it is the first time that I have been cfneronotd with someone who doesn't like me spimly because of what I represent. He looks at me with this look as if to say, "You, with your shiny skin and your bike, you're agrny at me?"

Open Cloze

And so I'm going like this, slowly pedaling, and all of a sudden, I'm on the floor. I'm on the ______, and I look up, and there's this kid peddling away in the getaway _______, which is my bike, and he's about 11 or 12 years old, and I'm on the floor, and I'm crying because I saved a lot of money for that bike, and I'm crying and I stand up and I start screaming. Instinct steps in, and I start _________, "Mwizi, mwizi!" which _____ "thief" in _______. And out of the woodworks, all of these people come out and they start to give _____. This is Africa, so mob justice in action. Right? And I round the corner, and they've captured him, they've caught him. The suspect has been apprehended, and they make him give me my bike back, and they also make him apologize. Again, you know, typical African justice, right? And so they make him say sorry. And so we stand there facing each other, and he looks at me, and he says sorry, but he looks at me with this unbridled fury. He is very, very angry. And it is the first time that I have been __________ with someone who doesn't like me ______ because of what I represent. He looks at me with this look as if to say, "You, with your shiny skin and your bike, you're _____ at me?"

Solution

  1. angry
  2. ground
  3. screaming
  4. simply
  5. chase
  6. vehicle
  7. means
  8. swahili
  9. confronted

Original Text

And so I'm going like this, slowly pedaling, and all of a sudden, I'm on the floor. I'm on the ground, and I look up, and there's this kid peddling away in the getaway vehicle, which is my bike, and he's about 11 or 12 years old, and I'm on the floor, and I'm crying because I saved a lot of money for that bike, and I'm crying and I stand up and I start screaming. Instinct steps in, and I start screaming, "Mwizi, mwizi!" which means "thief" in Swahili. And out of the woodworks, all of these people come out and they start to give chase. This is Africa, so mob justice in action. Right? And I round the corner, and they've captured him, they've caught him. The suspect has been apprehended, and they make him give me my bike back, and they also make him apologize. Again, you know, typical African justice, right? And so they make him say sorry. And so we stand there facing each other, and he looks at me, and he says sorry, but he looks at me with this unbridled fury. He is very, very angry. And it is the first time that I have been confronted with someone who doesn't like me simply because of what I represent. He looks at me with this look as if to say, "You, with your shiny skin and your bike, you're angry at me?"

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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