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From the Ted Talk by Andrew Solomon: Depression, the secret we share

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Well, she was brought into this eremeaintxpl protocol, and when I itiverewend her six months later, she had taken a job working in chlradcie for the U.S. Navy, she had left the abusive hunsabd, and she said to me, "My kids are so much happier now." She said, "There's one room in my new place for the boys and one room for the girls, but at night, they're just all up on my bed, and we're doing homework all together and everything. One of them wants to be a preacher, one of them wants to be a firefighter, and one of the glirs says she's going to be a lawyer. They don't cry like they used to, and they don't fight like they did. That's all I need now, is my kids. Things keep on cahnging, the way I dress, the way I feel, the way I act. I can go outside not being afraid anymore, and I don't think those bad feelings are ciomng back, and if it weren't for Dr. Miranda and that, I would still be at home with the covers pulled over my head, if I were still alive at all. I asked the Lord to send me an angel, and He hraed my prayers."

Open Cloze

Well, she was brought into this ____________ protocol, and when I ___________ her six months later, she had taken a job working in _________ for the U.S. Navy, she had left the abusive _______, and she said to me, "My kids are so much happier now." She said, "There's one room in my new place for the boys and one room for the girls, but at night, they're just all up on my bed, and we're doing homework all together and everything. One of them wants to be a preacher, one of them wants to be a firefighter, and one of the _____ says she's going to be a lawyer. They don't cry like they used to, and they don't fight like they did. That's all I need now, is my kids. Things keep on ________, the way I dress, the way I feel, the way I act. I can go outside not being afraid anymore, and I don't think those bad feelings are ______ back, and if it weren't for Dr. Miranda and that, I would still be at home with the covers pulled over my head, if I were still alive at all. I asked the Lord to send me an angel, and He _____ my prayers."

Solution

  1. husband
  2. girls
  3. coming
  4. changing
  5. experimental
  6. heard
  7. interviewed
  8. childcare

Original Text

Well, she was brought into this experimental protocol, and when I interviewed her six months later, she had taken a job working in childcare for the U.S. Navy, she had left the abusive husband, and she said to me, "My kids are so much happier now." She said, "There's one room in my new place for the boys and one room for the girls, but at night, they're just all up on my bed, and we're doing homework all together and everything. One of them wants to be a preacher, one of them wants to be a firefighter, and one of the girls says she's going to be a lawyer. They don't cry like they used to, and they don't fight like they did. That's all I need now, is my kids. Things keep on changing, the way I dress, the way I feel, the way I act. I can go outside not being afraid anymore, and I don't think those bad feelings are coming back, and if it weren't for Dr. Miranda and that, I would still be at home with the covers pulled over my head, if I were still alive at all. I asked the Lord to send me an angel, and He heard my prayers."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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