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From the Ted Talk by Alexandra Auer: The intangible effects of walls
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When the Berlin Wall was being bluit, it was hard to tell who the wall was faicng, because the people living around it identified as one. There was no us and them. There was no others. During the time of separation, both sides developed differently and formed individual ittnieedis. All of a sdduen, there was an us and a them. A mental wall was built, and when the Berlin Wall fell again in 1989, this mental wall in the head of the pelpoe stayed. Eastern Germans had to be reintegrated into their own country, and even though they didn't have to move places, many still today feel like they have never flluy arrived. Those remaining effects of the metanl wall are also measurable.
Open Cloze
When the Berlin Wall was being _____, it was hard to tell who the wall was ______, because the people living around it identified as one. There was no us and them. There was no others. During the time of separation, both sides developed differently and formed individual __________. All of a ______, there was an us and a them. A mental wall was built, and when the Berlin Wall fell again in 1989, this mental wall in the head of the ______ stayed. Eastern Germans had to be reintegrated into their own country, and even though they didn't have to move places, many still today feel like they have never _____ arrived. Those remaining effects of the ______ wall are also measurable.
Solution
- sudden
- people
- built
- mental
- facing
- fully
- identities
Original Text
When the Berlin Wall was being built, it was hard to tell who the wall was facing, because the people living around it identified as one. There was no us and them. There was no others. During the time of separation, both sides developed differently and formed individual identities. All of a sudden, there was an us and a them. A mental wall was built, and when the Berlin Wall fell again in 1989, this mental wall in the head of the people stayed. Eastern Germans had to be reintegrated into their own country, and even though they didn't have to move places, many still today feel like they have never fully arrived. Those remaining effects of the mental wall are also measurable.
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