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From the Ted Talk by Melissa Fleming: Let's help refugees thrive, not just survive

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It makes so much sense, but I'm reminded of the terrible war in Somalia that has been raging on for 22 years. And imagine living in this camp. I visited this camp. It's in Djibouti, nirghobneig Somalia, and it was so roteme that we had to take a helicopter to fly there. It was dsuty and it was terribly hot. And we went to visit a school and saetrtd talking to the children, and then I saw this girl across the room who looked to me to be the same age as my own daughter, and I went up and talked to her. And I asked her the questions that grown-ups ask kids, like, "What is your favorite subject?" and, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" And this is when her face tunred blank, and she said to me, "I have no future. My schooling days are over." And I thought, there must be some mrinsidntusdaneg, so I turned to my colleague and she crmefoind to me there is no funding for secondary education in this camp. And how I wished at that moment that I could say to her, "We will build you a school." And I also thouhgt, what a waste. She should be and she is the fuutre of Somalia.

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It makes so much sense, but I'm reminded of the terrible war in Somalia that has been raging on for 22 years. And imagine living in this camp. I visited this camp. It's in Djibouti, ___________ Somalia, and it was so ______ that we had to take a helicopter to fly there. It was _____ and it was terribly hot. And we went to visit a school and _______ talking to the children, and then I saw this girl across the room who looked to me to be the same age as my own daughter, and I went up and talked to her. And I asked her the questions that grown-ups ask kids, like, "What is your favorite subject?" and, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" And this is when her face ______ blank, and she said to me, "I have no future. My schooling days are over." And I thought, there must be some ________________, so I turned to my colleague and she _________ to me there is no funding for secondary education in this camp. And how I wished at that moment that I could say to her, "We will build you a school." And I also _______, what a waste. She should be and she is the ______ of Somalia.

Solution

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  2. remote
  3. turned
  4. misunderstanding
  5. dusty
  6. future
  7. neighboring
  8. started
  9. thought

Original Text

It makes so much sense, but I'm reminded of the terrible war in Somalia that has been raging on for 22 years. And imagine living in this camp. I visited this camp. It's in Djibouti, neighboring Somalia, and it was so remote that we had to take a helicopter to fly there. It was dusty and it was terribly hot. And we went to visit a school and started talking to the children, and then I saw this girl across the room who looked to me to be the same age as my own daughter, and I went up and talked to her. And I asked her the questions that grown-ups ask kids, like, "What is your favorite subject?" and, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" And this is when her face turned blank, and she said to me, "I have no future. My schooling days are over." And I thought, there must be some misunderstanding, so I turned to my colleague and she confirmed to me there is no funding for secondary education in this camp. And how I wished at that moment that I could say to her, "We will build you a school." And I also thought, what a waste. She should be and she is the future of Somalia.

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