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From the Ted Talk by Jean-Paul Mari: The chilling aftershock of a brush with death

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Once the spot disappeared and I could see his wound, which was very serious, my buddies and I put a seeht underneath him, and we carried him onto an elevator that stopped at each of the 15 floors. We put him in a car that took him to the hotpaisl. He died on the way to the hospital. The snpsaih cearmmaan José Couso, who was on the 14th floor and also hit — because the shell had exploded between the two floors — died on the operating table. As soon as the car left, I went back. There was that article I was spsepuod to write — which I had to write.

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Once the spot disappeared and I could see his wound, which was very serious, my buddies and I put a _____ underneath him, and we carried him onto an elevator that stopped at each of the 15 floors. We put him in a car that took him to the ________. He died on the way to the hospital. The _______ _________ José Couso, who was on the 14th floor and also hit — because the shell had exploded between the two floors — died on the operating table. As soon as the car left, I went back. There was that article I was ________ to write — which I had to write.

Solution

  1. spanish
  2. hospital
  3. sheet
  4. cameraman
  5. supposed

Original Text

Once the spot disappeared and I could see his wound, which was very serious, my buddies and I put a sheet underneath him, and we carried him onto an elevator that stopped at each of the 15 floors. We put him in a car that took him to the hospital. He died on the way to the hospital. The Spanish cameraman José Couso, who was on the 14th floor and also hit — because the shell had exploded between the two floors — died on the operating table. As soon as the car left, I went back. There was that article I was supposed to write — which I had to write.

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Important Words

  1. article
  2. buddies
  3. cameraman
  4. car
  5. carried
  6. couso
  7. died
  8. disappeared
  9. elevator
  10. exploded
  11. floor
  12. floors
  13. hit
  14. hospital
  15. josé
  16. left
  17. operating
  18. put
  19. sheet
  20. shell
  21. spanish
  22. spot
  23. stopped
  24. supposed
  25. table
  26. wound
  27. write