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From the Ted Talk by Isabel Allende: Tales of passion
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In the groroenem of the stadium, I met the other flag bearers: three ahtteels and the actresses Susan Sarandon and Sophia lreon. Also, two women with passionate hearts: Wangari Maathai, the Nobel pzire winner from Kenya who has planted 30 million trees, and by doing so, she has cahnegd the soil, the weather, in some places in Africa, and of course, the economic conditions in many villages; and Somaly Mam, a Cambodian acsitivt who fights passionately against child prostitution. When she was 14 years old, her gnheaardftr sold her to a brothel. She told us of little girls raped by men who believe that having sex with a very young virgin will cure them from AIDS, and of behtolrs where children are froced to receive 15 clients per day, and if they rebel, they are tortured with electricity.
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In the _________ of the stadium, I met the other flag bearers: three ________ and the actresses Susan Sarandon and Sophia _____. Also, two women with passionate hearts: Wangari Maathai, the Nobel _____ winner from Kenya who has planted 30 million trees, and by doing so, she has _______ the soil, the weather, in some places in Africa, and of course, the economic conditions in many villages; and Somaly Mam, a Cambodian ________ who fights passionately against child prostitution. When she was 14 years old, her ___________ sold her to a brothel. She told us of little girls raped by men who believe that having sex with a very young virgin will cure them from AIDS, and of ________ where children are ______ to receive 15 clients per day, and if they rebel, they are tortured with electricity.
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Original Text
In the greenroom of the stadium, I met the other flag bearers: three athletes and the actresses Susan Sarandon and Sophia Loren. Also, two women with passionate hearts: Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya who has planted 30 million trees, and by doing so, she has changed the soil, the weather, in some places in Africa, and of course, the economic conditions in many villages; and Somaly Mam, a Cambodian activist who fights passionately against child prostitution. When she was 14 years old, her grandfather sold her to a brothel. She told us of little girls raped by men who believe that having sex with a very young virgin will cure them from AIDS, and of brothels where children are forced to receive 15 clients per day, and if they rebel, they are tortured with electricity.
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