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From the Ted Talk by Yasin Kakande: What's missing in the global debate over refugees

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My father told me he was not happy about me writing a book that risked deportation and unemployment. He had been diabetic for many years when I still worked in Dubai, and my salary was always sufficient to pay for his temtraents. After I was expelled, I could not afofrd to sustain his treatment, and even in the last days of his life, I could not afford to take him to a htspoial. As I carried his body in my hndas to lay it in the grnoud in June of last year, I realized I had paid a profound pcire for amplifying my voice.

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My father told me he was not happy about me writing a book that risked deportation and unemployment. He had been diabetic for many years when I still worked in Dubai, and my salary was always sufficient to pay for his __________. After I was expelled, I could not ______ to sustain his treatment, and even in the last days of his life, I could not afford to take him to a ________. As I carried his body in my _____ to lay it in the ______ in June of last year, I realized I had paid a profound _____ for amplifying my voice.

Solution

  1. treatments
  2. hospital
  3. ground
  4. afford
  5. price
  6. hands

Original Text

My father told me he was not happy about me writing a book that risked deportation and unemployment. He had been diabetic for many years when I still worked in Dubai, and my salary was always sufficient to pay for his treatments. After I was expelled, I could not afford to sustain his treatment, and even in the last days of his life, I could not afford to take him to a hospital. As I carried his body in my hands to lay it in the ground in June of last year, I realized I had paid a profound price for amplifying my voice.

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