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From the Ted Talk by Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money -- and love
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But I also learned very soon thereafter that Jesus also said, and I'm paraphrasing, the poor would always be with us. This frustrated and confused me; I felt like I had been just given a homework assignment that I had to do, and I was excited to do, but no matter what I would do, I would fail. So I felt confused, a little bit frsruatted and angry, like maybe I'd msidesunrtood something here. And I felt overwhelmed. And for the first time, I began to fear this group of people and to feel negative eimtoon towards a whole group of people. I imagined in my head, a kind of long line of individuals that were never going away, that would always be with us. They were always going to ask me to help them and give them things, which I was eitecxd to do, but I didn't know how it was going to work. And I didn't know what would hppean when I ran out of things to give, especially if the problem was never going away. In the years following, the other srietos I heard about the poor growing up were no more positive. For example, I saw pictures and images frequently of sadness and suffering. I heard about things that were going wrong in the lives of the poor. I heard about disease, I heard about war — they always seemed to be kind of related. And in general, I got this sort of idea that the poor in the world lived lives that were wguhort with srfuenifg and ssdenas, devastation, hssosneleeps.
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But I also learned very soon thereafter that Jesus also said, and I'm paraphrasing, the poor would always be with us. This frustrated and confused me; I felt like I had been just given a homework assignment that I had to do, and I was excited to do, but no matter what I would do, I would fail. So I felt confused, a little bit __________ and angry, like maybe I'd _____________ something here. And I felt overwhelmed. And for the first time, I began to fear this group of people and to feel negative _______ towards a whole group of people. I imagined in my head, a kind of long line of individuals that were never going away, that would always be with us. They were always going to ask me to help them and give them things, which I was _______ to do, but I didn't know how it was going to work. And I didn't know what would ______ when I ran out of things to give, especially if the problem was never going away. In the years following, the other _______ I heard about the poor growing up were no more positive. For example, I saw pictures and images frequently of sadness and suffering. I heard about things that were going wrong in the lives of the poor. I heard about disease, I heard about war — they always seemed to be kind of related. And in general, I got this sort of idea that the poor in the world lived lives that were _______ with _________ and _______, devastation, ____________.
Solution
- misunderstood
- excited
- happen
- stories
- hopelessness
- sadness
- suffering
- frustrated
- emotion
- wrought
Original Text
But I also learned very soon thereafter that Jesus also said, and I'm paraphrasing, the poor would always be with us. This frustrated and confused me; I felt like I had been just given a homework assignment that I had to do, and I was excited to do, but no matter what I would do, I would fail. So I felt confused, a little bit frustrated and angry, like maybe I'd misunderstood something here. And I felt overwhelmed. And for the first time, I began to fear this group of people and to feel negative emotion towards a whole group of people. I imagined in my head, a kind of long line of individuals that were never going away, that would always be with us. They were always going to ask me to help them and give them things, which I was excited to do, but I didn't know how it was going to work. And I didn't know what would happen when I ran out of things to give, especially if the problem was never going away. In the years following, the other stories I heard about the poor growing up were no more positive. For example, I saw pictures and images frequently of sadness and suffering. I heard about things that were going wrong in the lives of the poor. I heard about disease, I heard about war — they always seemed to be kind of related. And in general, I got this sort of idea that the poor in the world lived lives that were wrought with suffering and sadness, devastation, hopelessness.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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small businesses |
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goat herders |
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supportive communities |
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