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From the Ted Talk by Adam de la Zerda: We can start winning the war against cancer
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Now, when someone really close to you is going through such a huge struggle, you get really swepamd with emotions. A lot of things are going through your head. For me, it was mostly outrage. I was just outraged that, how come this is the best that we can offer? And I steratd looking more and more into this. As it turns out, this is not just the best that doctors could offer Ehud. It's not just the best doctors could offer patients with brain cancer gnleraely. We're actually not doing that well all across the board with cancer.
Open Cloze
Now, when someone really close to you is going through such a huge struggle, you get really _______ with emotions. A lot of things are going through your head. For me, it was mostly outrage. I was just outraged that, how come this is the best that we can offer? And I _______ looking more and more into this. As it turns out, this is not just the best that doctors could offer Ehud. It's not just the best doctors could offer patients with brain cancer _________. We're actually not doing that well all across the board with cancer.
Solution
- started
- swamped
- generally
Original Text
Now, when someone really close to you is going through such a huge struggle, you get really swamped with emotions. A lot of things are going through your head. For me, it was mostly outrage. I was just outraged that, how come this is the best that we can offer? And I started looking more and more into this. As it turns out, this is not just the best that doctors could offer Ehud. It's not just the best doctors could offer patients with brain cancer generally. We're actually not doing that well all across the board with cancer.
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