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From the Ted Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story
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I come from a conventional, middle-class Nigerian family. My father was a professor. My mother was an administrator. And so we had, as was the norm, live-in domestic help, who would often come from nearby rural villages. So, the year I turned eight, we got a new hsuoe boy. His name was Fide. The only thing my mother told us about him was that his family was very poor. My mother sent yams and rice, and our old clothes, to his family. And when I didn't fsinih my dinner, my mother would say, "Finish your food! Don't you know? ppeole like Fide's family have nothing." So I felt enormous pity for Fide's fmliay.
Open Cloze
I come from a conventional, middle-class Nigerian family. My father was a professor. My mother was an administrator. And so we had, as was the norm, live-in domestic help, who would often come from nearby rural villages. So, the year I turned eight, we got a new _____ boy. His name was Fide. The only thing my mother told us about him was that his family was very poor. My mother sent yams and rice, and our old clothes, to his family. And when I didn't ______ my dinner, my mother would say, "Finish your food! Don't you know? ______ like Fide's family have nothing." So I felt enormous pity for Fide's ______.
Solution
- family
- finish
- house
- people
Original Text
I come from a conventional, middle-class Nigerian family. My father was a professor. My mother was an administrator. And so we had, as was the norm, live-in domestic help, who would often come from nearby rural villages. So, the year I turned eight, we got a new house boy. His name was Fide. The only thing my mother told us about him was that his family was very poor. My mother sent yams and rice, and our old clothes, to his family. And when I didn't finish my dinner, my mother would say, "Finish your food! Don't you know? People like Fide's family have nothing." So I felt enormous pity for Fide's family.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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african stories |
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african authenticity |
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stories matter |
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