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From the Ted Talk by Anders Fjellberg: Two nameless bodies washed up on the beach. Here are their stories
Unscramble the Blue Letters
In Turkey, he's not accepted at a uetnriivsy, and once he had left jaordn as a refugee, he was not aelolwd to reenter. So then he decides to head for the UK, where his ulnce lives. He makes it into Algeria, walks into lbyia, pays a people smuggler to help him with the crossing into Italy by boat, and from there on he heads to Dunkirk, the city right next to Calais by the English Channel. We know he made at least 12 failed attempts to cross the English Channel by hiding in a turck. But at some point, he must have given up all hope. The last night we know he was alive, he spent at a cheap hotel close to the tarin station in Dunkirk. We found his name in the records, and he seems to have stayed there alone. The day after, he went into caalis, entered a sports shop a couple of minutes before 8 o'clock in the evening, along with sdhai Kataf. They both buohgt wetsuits, and the woman in the shop was the last person we know of to have seen them alive. We have tried to figure out where Shadi met Mouaz, but we weren't able to do that. But they do have a similar srtoy. We first heard about Shadi after a cousin of his, living in Germany, had read an Arabic tlasiarnotn of the story made of Mouaz on Facebook. So we got in touch with him. Shadi, a couple of yreas older than muoaz, was also raised in Damascus. He was a working kind of guy. He ran a tire repair shop and later wkreod in a printing company. He lived with his extended family, but their house got bombed early in the war. So the family fled to an area of Damascus known as Camp yroaumk.
Open Cloze
In Turkey, he's not accepted at a __________, and once he had left ______ as a refugee, he was not _______ to reenter. So then he decides to head for the UK, where his _____ lives. He makes it into Algeria, walks into _____, pays a people smuggler to help him with the crossing into Italy by boat, and from there on he heads to Dunkirk, the city right next to Calais by the English Channel. We know he made at least 12 failed attempts to cross the English Channel by hiding in a _____. But at some point, he must have given up all hope. The last night we know he was alive, he spent at a cheap hotel close to the _____ station in Dunkirk. We found his name in the records, and he seems to have stayed there alone. The day after, he went into ______, entered a sports shop a couple of minutes before 8 o'clock in the evening, along with _____ Kataf. They both ______ wetsuits, and the woman in the shop was the last person we know of to have seen them alive. We have tried to figure out where Shadi met Mouaz, but we weren't able to do that. But they do have a similar _____. We first heard about Shadi after a cousin of his, living in Germany, had read an Arabic ___________ of the story made of Mouaz on Facebook. So we got in touch with him. Shadi, a couple of _____ older than _____, was also raised in Damascus. He was a working kind of guy. He ran a tire repair shop and later ______ in a printing company. He lived with his extended family, but their house got bombed early in the war. So the family fled to an area of Damascus known as Camp _______.
Solution
- calais
- story
- years
- yarmouk
- truck
- uncle
- translation
- shadi
- allowed
- train
- university
- jordan
- libya
- mouaz
- bought
- worked
Original Text
In Turkey, he's not accepted at a university, and once he had left Jordan as a refugee, he was not allowed to reenter. So then he decides to head for the UK, where his uncle lives. He makes it into Algeria, walks into Libya, pays a people smuggler to help him with the crossing into Italy by boat, and from there on he heads to Dunkirk, the city right next to Calais by the English Channel. We know he made at least 12 failed attempts to cross the English Channel by hiding in a truck. But at some point, he must have given up all hope. The last night we know he was alive, he spent at a cheap hotel close to the train station in Dunkirk. We found his name in the records, and he seems to have stayed there alone. The day after, he went into Calais, entered a sports shop a couple of minutes before 8 o'clock in the evening, along with Shadi Kataf. They both bought wetsuits, and the woman in the shop was the last person we know of to have seen them alive. We have tried to figure out where Shadi met Mouaz, but we weren't able to do that. But they do have a similar story. We first heard about Shadi after a cousin of his, living in Germany, had read an Arabic translation of the story made of Mouaz on Facebook. So we got in touch with him. Shadi, a couple of years older than Mouaz, was also raised in Damascus. He was a working kind of guy. He ran a tire repair shop and later worked in a printing company. He lived with his extended family, but their house got bombed early in the war. So the family fled to an area of Damascus known as Camp Yarmouk.
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