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From the Ted Talk by Chrystina Russell: A path to higher education and employment for refugees

Unscramble the Blue Letters

sdiaa Aden Said: I still have this horrfiic image in my mind. I could see people falling down, gunshots. I was so tereifird. Really, I was cyirng a lot. Someone who knew my father and my mom grabbed my hand, and he said, "Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" And I was like, "Where's my mom? My mom? My mom?".
Noria Dambrine Dusabireme: During nights we would hear shots, we would hear guns. Elections were supposed to happen. We had young people going in the street, they were having sierkts. And most of the young people died.

Open Cloze

_____ Aden Said: I still have this ________ image in my mind. I could see people falling down, gunshots. I was so _________. Really, I was ______ a lot. Someone who knew my father and my mom grabbed my hand, and he said, "Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" And I was like, "Where's my mom? My mom? My mom?".
Noria Dambrine Dusabireme: During nights we would hear shots, we would hear guns. Elections were supposed to happen. We had young people going in the street, they were having _______. And most of the young people died.

Solution

  1. crying
  2. strikes
  3. saida
  4. terrified
  5. horrific

Original Text

Saida Aden Said: I still have this horrific image in my mind. I could see people falling down, gunshots. I was so terrified. Really, I was crying a lot. Someone who knew my father and my mom grabbed my hand, and he said, "Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" And I was like, "Where's my mom? My mom? My mom?".
Noria Dambrine Dusabireme: During nights we would hear shots, we would hear guns. Elections were supposed to happen. We had young people going in the street, they were having strikes. And most of the young people died.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
saida aden 2
noria dambrine 2
young people 2

Important Words

  1. aden
  2. crying
  3. dambrine
  4. died
  5. elections
  6. falling
  7. father
  8. grabbed
  9. guns
  10. gunshots
  11. hand
  12. happen
  13. hear
  14. horrific
  15. image
  16. knew
  17. lot
  18. mind
  19. mom
  20. nights
  21. noria
  22. people
  23. saida
  24. shots
  25. street
  26. strikes
  27. supposed
  28. terrified
  29. young