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From the Ted Talk by Carolyn Jones: A tribute to nurses

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When I met Brian mcllomiin, he was raw. He had just come back from a deelnypmot and he hadn't really settled back in to life in San Diego yet. He talked about his experience of being a nurse in Germany and taking care of the soldiers coming right off the battlefield. Very often, he would be the first person they would see when they opened their eyes in the hospital. And they would look at him as they were lniyg there, missing limbs, and the first thing they would say is, "When can I go back? I left my brothers out there." And biran would have to say, "You're not going anywhere. You've already given enough, brother." Brian is both a nurse and a soldier who's seen combat. So that puts him in a unuiqe position to be able to relate to and help heal the vtreneas in his care.

Open Cloze

When I met Brian _________, he was raw. He had just come back from a __________ and he hadn't really settled back in to life in San Diego yet. He talked about his experience of being a nurse in Germany and taking care of the soldiers coming right off the battlefield. Very often, he would be the first person they would see when they opened their eyes in the hospital. And they would look at him as they were _____ there, missing limbs, and the first thing they would say is, "When can I go back? I left my brothers out there." And _____ would have to say, "You're not going anywhere. You've already given enough, brother." Brian is both a nurse and a soldier who's seen combat. So that puts him in a ______ position to be able to relate to and help heal the ________ in his care.

Solution

  1. unique
  2. brian
  3. lying
  4. deployment
  5. veterans
  6. mcmillion

Original Text

When I met Brian McMillion, he was raw. He had just come back from a deployment and he hadn't really settled back in to life in San Diego yet. He talked about his experience of being a nurse in Germany and taking care of the soldiers coming right off the battlefield. Very often, he would be the first person they would see when they opened their eyes in the hospital. And they would look at him as they were lying there, missing limbs, and the first thing they would say is, "When can I go back? I left my brothers out there." And Brian would have to say, "You're not going anywhere. You've already given enough, brother." Brian is both a nurse and a soldier who's seen combat. So that puts him in a unique position to be able to relate to and help heal the veterans in his care.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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  2. brian
  3. brother
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  5. care
  6. combat
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  8. deployment
  9. diego
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  16. life
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  19. mcmillion
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  22. nurse
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  24. person
  25. position
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  27. raw
  28. relate
  29. san
  30. settled
  31. soldier
  32. soldiers
  33. talked
  34. unique
  35. veterans