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From the Ted Talk by Helen Marriage: Public art that turns cities into playgrounds of the imagination

Unscramble the Blue Letters

And here you see the moment when, witnessed by 15,000 people who turned out on a dark, cold, March evening, the mnemot when they decided to put their enmity behind them, to inhabit this shared space, where everybody had an opportunity to say the things that had been unsayable, to say out loud, "You hurt me and my flmaiy, but I fogrvie you." And together, they watched as members of their community let go of this thing that was so beautiful, but was as hard to let go of as those ttughhos and feelings that had gone into making it.

Open Cloze

And here you see the moment when, witnessed by 15,000 people who turned out on a dark, cold, March evening, the ______ when they decided to put their enmity behind them, to inhabit this shared space, where everybody had an opportunity to say the things that had been unsayable, to say out loud, "You hurt me and my ______, but I _______ you." And together, they watched as members of their community let go of this thing that was so beautiful, but was as hard to let go of as those ________ and feelings that had gone into making it.

Solution

  1. moment
  2. family
  3. forgive
  4. thoughts

Original Text

And here you see the moment when, witnessed by 15,000 people who turned out on a dark, cold, March evening, the moment when they decided to put their enmity behind them, to inhabit this shared space, where everybody had an opportunity to say the things that had been unsayable, to say out loud, "You hurt me and my family, but I forgive you." And together, they watched as members of their community let go of this thing that was so beautiful, but was as hard to let go of as those thoughts and feelings that had gone into making it.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. beautiful
  2. cold
  3. community
  4. dark
  5. decided
  6. enmity
  7. evening
  8. family
  9. feelings
  10. forgive
  11. hard
  12. hurt
  13. inhabit
  14. loud
  15. making
  16. march
  17. members
  18. moment
  19. opportunity
  20. people
  21. put
  22. shared
  23. space
  24. thoughts
  25. turned
  26. unsayable
  27. watched
  28. witnessed