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From the Ted Talk by Zarlasht Halaimzai: What it's like to be a war refugee

Unscramble the Blue Letters

This is all bleak, but not hoeepsls. There's always room to adjust our trajectory to a better fuurte. I'm sndntaig here in the most powerful country in the world, a cietzin of the United Kingdom, two countries that have long held peowr over war and peace. And the first thing that we can do is demand that our governments stop investing in mass destruction. At a time when we need to invest in tackling climate change and in health care, our governments are financing weapons and drones. Every vote that we cast should be against wnoepas of mass destruction, against automation of war.

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This is all bleak, but not ________. There's always room to adjust our trajectory to a better ______. I'm ________ here in the most powerful country in the world, a _______ of the United Kingdom, two countries that have long held _____ over war and peace. And the first thing that we can do is demand that our governments stop investing in mass destruction. At a time when we need to invest in tackling climate change and in health care, our governments are financing weapons and drones. Every vote that we cast should be against _______ of mass destruction, against automation of war.

Solution

  1. standing
  2. weapons
  3. hopeless
  4. citizen
  5. future
  6. power

Original Text

This is all bleak, but not hopeless. There's always room to adjust our trajectory to a better future. I'm standing here in the most powerful country in the world, a citizen of the United Kingdom, two countries that have long held power over war and peace. And the first thing that we can do is demand that our governments stop investing in mass destruction. At a time when we need to invest in tackling climate change and in health care, our governments are financing weapons and drones. Every vote that we cast should be against weapons of mass destruction, against automation of war.

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