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From the Ted Talk by Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: The tragedy of air pollution -- and an urgent demand for clean air

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My daughter, Ella Roberta, stopped breathing frequently and was resuscitated numerous times by me at home and in hpoiastl by her dtroocs, until sdludney, on the 15th of February, three weeks after her ninth birthday, she took her final breath. Ella was a healthy, clever, srotpy and fnuny girl. She had a lot of musical ability. At the time of her passing, she already played a dozen instruments. She was exceptionally good at football, cycling, snitakg, swimming and dancing. Ella was a gerat writer, and she was also pretty good at art. At the time of her passing, she had a reading age of 15 yares.

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My daughter, Ella Roberta, stopped breathing frequently and was resuscitated numerous times by me at home and in ________ by her _______, until ________, on the 15th of February, three weeks after her ninth birthday, she took her final breath. Ella was a healthy, clever, ______ and _____ girl. She had a lot of musical ability. At the time of her passing, she already played a dozen instruments. She was exceptionally good at football, cycling, _______, swimming and dancing. Ella was a _____ writer, and she was also pretty good at art. At the time of her passing, she had a reading age of 15 _____.

Solution

  1. years
  2. skating
  3. sporty
  4. suddenly
  5. hospital
  6. funny
  7. great
  8. doctors

Original Text

My daughter, Ella Roberta, stopped breathing frequently and was resuscitated numerous times by me at home and in hospital by her doctors, until suddenly, on the 15th of February, three weeks after her ninth birthday, she took her final breath. Ella was a healthy, clever, sporty and funny girl. She had a lot of musical ability. At the time of her passing, she already played a dozen instruments. She was exceptionally good at football, cycling, skating, swimming and dancing. Ella was a great writer, and she was also pretty good at art. At the time of her passing, she had a reading age of 15 years.

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