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From the Ted Talk by Kevin Toolis: What the Irish wake teaches us about living and dying
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So what happens then, yeah? What we shouldn't do and what our ancestors didn't do, is then say something stupid. Like, "That's just a shell, forget about it," you know? The being that you loevd in life never existed outside that body and if you loved that person in life, how should you not rrevee and respect their body in dateh? The Romans, the Kelts, the Greeks rreveed their dead. Like a newborn child, the dead were never to be left alone, and always had someone to watch over them until they were laid to rest.
Open Cloze
So what happens then, yeah? What we shouldn't do and what our ancestors didn't do, is then say something stupid. Like, "That's just a shell, forget about it," you know? The being that you _____ in life never existed outside that body and if you loved that person in life, how should you not ______ and respect their body in _____? The Romans, the Kelts, the Greeks _______ their dead. Like a newborn child, the dead were never to be left alone, and always had someone to watch over them until they were laid to rest.
Solution
- death
- revered
- loved
- revere
Original Text
So what happens then, yeah? What we shouldn't do and what our ancestors didn't do, is then say something stupid. Like, "That's just a shell, forget about it," you know? The being that you loved in life never existed outside that body and if you loved that person in life, how should you not revere and respect their body in death? The Romans, the Kelts, the Greeks revered their dead. Like a newborn child, the dead were never to be left alone, and always had someone to watch over them until they were laid to rest.
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