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From the Ted Talk by Jane Velkovski: The life-changing power of assistive technologies
Unscramble the Blue Letters
By the age of 10, I knew how to keep myself safe, so I just needed a bit of assistance for transfers and books. Otherwise, I was independent and so hpapy going everywhere with my friends. I have wonderful friends from my school and my neighborhood. I really eojny spending time with them. But can you imagine how my chlodihod would look like without my power chair? I cannot. I’m forever grateful to the family that donated my power chair, but my ferdeom and independence and ability should not depend on luck or charity. No one’s should be. This atsviisse product needs to be available to everyone who needs it.
Open Cloze
By the age of 10, I knew how to keep myself safe, so I just needed a bit of assistance for transfers and books. Otherwise, I was independent and so _____ going everywhere with my friends. I have wonderful friends from my school and my neighborhood. I really _____ spending time with them. But can you imagine how my _________ would look like without my power chair? I cannot. I’m forever grateful to the family that donated my power chair, but my _______ and independence and ability should not depend on luck or charity. No one’s should be. This _________ product needs to be available to everyone who needs it.
Solution
- childhood
- assistive
- enjoy
- freedom
- happy
Original Text
By the age of 10, I knew how to keep myself safe, so I just needed a bit of assistance for transfers and books. Otherwise, I was independent and so happy going everywhere with my friends. I have wonderful friends from my school and my neighborhood. I really enjoy spending time with them. But can you imagine how my childhood would look like without my power chair? I cannot. I’m forever grateful to the family that donated my power chair, but my freedom and independence and ability should not depend on luck or charity. No one’s should be. This assistive product needs to be available to everyone who needs it.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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collocation |
frequency |
long time |
3 |
power chair |
3 |
passionate football |
2 |
love football |
2 |
big deal |
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assistive technology |
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social life |
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Important Words
- ability
- age
- assistance
- assistive
- bit
- books
- chair
- charity
- childhood
- depend
- donated
- enjoy
- family
- freedom
- friends
- grateful
- happy
- imagine
- independence
- independent
- knew
- luck
- needed
- neighborhood
- power
- product
- safe
- school
- spending
- time
- transfers
- wonderful