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From the Ted Talk by Jehane Noujaim: My wish A global day of film

Unscramble the Blue Letters

So what can we do to create a ptalofrm for these organizations, to create some momentum, to get everybody in the world involved in this movement? I'd like for us to imagine for a second. Imagine a day when you have everyone cmiong together from around the world. You have towns and villages and theaters — all from around the wrold, getting together, and sitting in the dark, and srhniag a communal experience of watching a film, or a couple of films, together. Watching a film which maybe highlights a character that is fighting to live, or just a character that defies speeterotys, makes a joke, sings a song. cedimeos, documentaries, shorts. This amazing power can be used to change people and to bond people together; to csros brrodes, and have people feel like they're having a communal experience. So if you imagine this day when all around the world, you have traheets and places where we project films. If you imagine projecting from Times sraque to Tahrir Square in cario, the same film in Ramallah, the same film in Jerusalem. You know, we've been talking to a friend of mine about using the side of the Great Pyramid and the Great Wall of China. It's endless what you can imagine, in terms of where you can pceojrt fmlis and where you can have this communal experience. And I believe that this one day, if we can ctaere it, this one day can create momentum for all of these ineennddept voices. There isn't an organization which is connecting the independent voices of the world to get out there, and yet I'm hearing throughout this conference that the biggest challenge in our future is understanding the other, and having mutual respect for the other and cnssriog borders. And if film can do that, and if we can get all of these different locations in the world to watch these films together — this could be an incredible day.

Open Cloze

So what can we do to create a ________ for these organizations, to create some momentum, to get everybody in the world involved in this movement? I'd like for us to imagine for a second. Imagine a day when you have everyone ______ together from around the world. You have towns and villages and theaters — all from around the _____, getting together, and sitting in the dark, and _______ a communal experience of watching a film, or a couple of films, together. Watching a film which maybe highlights a character that is fighting to live, or just a character that defies ___________, makes a joke, sings a song. ________, documentaries, shorts. This amazing power can be used to change people and to bond people together; to _____ _______, and have people feel like they're having a communal experience. So if you imagine this day when all around the world, you have ________ and places where we project films. If you imagine projecting from Times ______ to Tahrir Square in _____, the same film in Ramallah, the same film in Jerusalem. You know, we've been talking to a friend of mine about using the side of the Great Pyramid and the Great Wall of China. It's endless what you can imagine, in terms of where you can _______ _____ and where you can have this communal experience. And I believe that this one day, if we can ______ it, this one day can create momentum for all of these ___________ voices. There isn't an organization which is connecting the independent voices of the world to get out there, and yet I'm hearing throughout this conference that the biggest challenge in our future is understanding the other, and having mutual respect for the other and ________ borders. And if film can do that, and if we can get all of these different locations in the world to watch these films together — this could be an incredible day.

Solution

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  2. coming
  3. independent
  4. project
  5. square
  6. crossing
  7. sharing
  8. cairo
  9. stereotypes
  10. comedies
  11. cross
  12. theaters
  13. borders
  14. films
  15. world
  16. platform

Original Text

So what can we do to create a platform for these organizations, to create some momentum, to get everybody in the world involved in this movement? I'd like for us to imagine for a second. Imagine a day when you have everyone coming together from around the world. You have towns and villages and theaters — all from around the world, getting together, and sitting in the dark, and sharing a communal experience of watching a film, or a couple of films, together. Watching a film which maybe highlights a character that is fighting to live, or just a character that defies stereotypes, makes a joke, sings a song. Comedies, documentaries, shorts. This amazing power can be used to change people and to bond people together; to cross borders, and have people feel like they're having a communal experience. So if you imagine this day when all around the world, you have theaters and places where we project films. If you imagine projecting from Times Square to Tahrir Square in Cairo, the same film in Ramallah, the same film in Jerusalem. You know, we've been talking to a friend of mine about using the side of the Great Pyramid and the Great Wall of China. It's endless what you can imagine, in terms of where you can project films and where you can have this communal experience. And I believe that this one day, if we can create it, this one day can create momentum for all of these independent voices. There isn't an organization which is connecting the independent voices of the world to get out there, and yet I'm hearing throughout this conference that the biggest challenge in our future is understanding the other, and having mutual respect for the other and crossing borders. And if film can do that, and if we can get all of these different locations in the world to watch these films together — this could be an incredible day.

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