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From the Ted Talk by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: How film transforms the way we see the world

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We were surprised that we were ________ in so many of the ______ that we went to. Many of the towns had never seen television or ______ _____, and they were eager for their children to learn. But there was also ________ and blowback with the ideas that we were bringing with us. Two members of our mobile cinema team resigned because of threats from villages. And in one of the ________ that we were screening in, they shut it down and said they didn't want the women to know about their rights. But on the flip side, in another _______ when a screening was shut down, a plainclothes policeman got up and _______ it back on, and _____ by, protecting our team, telling everyone that it was his duty to expose the young minds to an alternative worldview and to this content. He was an ordinary hero. But we've come across so many of these heroes on our journey. In another town, where the men said that only they could watch and the women had to stay home, a community elder got up, got a group of people together, had a discussion, and then both men and women sat down to watch together.

Solution

  1. places
  2. pushback
  3. media
  4. social
  5. villages
  6. stood
  7. ordered
  8. village
  9. welcomed

Original Text

We were surprised that we were welcomed in so many of the places that we went to. Many of the towns had never seen television or social media, and they were eager for their children to learn. But there was also pushback and blowback with the ideas that we were bringing with us. Two members of our mobile cinema team resigned because of threats from villages. And in one of the villages that we were screening in, they shut it down and said they didn't want the women to know about their rights. But on the flip side, in another village when a screening was shut down, a plainclothes policeman got up and ordered it back on, and stood by, protecting our team, telling everyone that it was his duty to expose the young minds to an alternative worldview and to this content. He was an ordinary hero. But we've come across so many of these heroes on our journey. In another town, where the men said that only they could watch and the women had to stay home, a community elder got up, got a group of people together, had a discussion, and then both men and women sat down to watch together.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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  4. children
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  6. community
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  27. ordinary
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  30. plainclothes
  31. policeman
  32. protecting
  33. pushback
  34. resigned
  35. rights
  36. sat
  37. screening
  38. shut
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  44. team
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  46. telling
  47. threats
  48. town
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  50. village
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  52. watch
  53. welcomed
  54. women
  55. worldview
  56. young