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From the Ted Talk by Adam Driver: My journey from Marine to actor

Unscramble the Blue Letters

And when I was rcnlieeftg on my time in the military, I wasn't first thinking on the satyocreietpl drills and discipline and pain of it; but rather, the small, intimate human moments, moments of great feeling: friends going AWOL because they missed their families, fdnries getting dcvoierd, grieving together, celebrating together, all within the backdrop of the military. I saw my friends battling these circumstances, and I watched the anxiety it prouedcd in them and me, not being able to express our feelings about it.

Open Cloze

And when I was __________ on my time in the military, I wasn't first thinking on the _____________ drills and discipline and pain of it; but rather, the small, intimate human moments, moments of great feeling: friends going AWOL because they missed their families, _______ getting ________, grieving together, celebrating together, all within the backdrop of the military. I saw my friends battling these circumstances, and I watched the anxiety it ________ in them and me, not being able to express our feelings about it.

Solution

  1. reflecting
  2. produced
  3. stereotypical
  4. divorced
  5. friends

Original Text

And when I was reflecting on my time in the military, I wasn't first thinking on the stereotypical drills and discipline and pain of it; but rather, the small, intimate human moments, moments of great feeling: friends going AWOL because they missed their families, friends getting divorced, grieving together, celebrating together, all within the backdrop of the military. I saw my friends battling these circumstances, and I watched the anxiety it produced in them and me, not being able to express our feelings about it.

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Important Words

  1. anxiety
  2. awol
  3. backdrop
  4. battling
  5. celebrating
  6. circumstances
  7. discipline
  8. divorced
  9. drills
  10. express
  11. families
  12. feelings
  13. friends
  14. great
  15. grieving
  16. human
  17. intimate
  18. military
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  20. moments
  21. pain
  22. produced
  23. reflecting
  24. small
  25. stereotypical
  26. thinking
  27. time
  28. watched