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From the Ted Talk by Michael Tubbs: The political power of being a good neighbor

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After the pierst walked by, maybe a pitlcoiain walked by. A 28-year-old politician, for example. Saw the man on the side of the road and saw how beat up the man was, saw that the man was a victim of violence, or flneieg violence. And the politician deecdid, "You know what? Instead of welcoming this man in, let's build a wall. Maybe the politician said, "Maybe this man chose to be on the side of the road." That if he just pulled himself up by his bootstraps, despite his boots being stolen, and got himself back on the horse, he could be successful, and there's nothing I could do." And then finally, my grandmother said, a good Samaritan came by, saw the man on the side of the road and looked and saw not centuries of hraetd between Jews and snraaimtas, looked and saw not his fears rfeelectd, not economic anxiety, not "what's going to happen to me because things are cgnhinag." But looked and saw a reflection of himself. He saw his neighbor, he saw his common humanity. He didn't just see it, he did something about it, my gohrnmdetar said. He got down on one knee, he made sure the man was OK, and I heard, even gave him a room at that nice Fairmont, the Pan Pacific one.

Open Cloze

After the ______ walked by, maybe a __________ walked by. A 28-year-old politician, for example. Saw the man on the side of the road and saw how beat up the man was, saw that the man was a victim of violence, or _______ violence. And the politician _______, "You know what? Instead of welcoming this man in, let's build a wall. Maybe the politician said, "Maybe this man chose to be on the side of the road." That if he just pulled himself up by his bootstraps, despite his boots being stolen, and got himself back on the horse, he could be successful, and there's nothing I could do." And then finally, my grandmother said, a good Samaritan came by, saw the man on the side of the road and looked and saw not centuries of ______ between Jews and __________, looked and saw not his fears _________, not economic anxiety, not "what's going to happen to me because things are ________." But looked and saw a reflection of himself. He saw his neighbor, he saw his common humanity. He didn't just see it, he did something about it, my ___________ said. He got down on one knee, he made sure the man was OK, and I heard, even gave him a room at that nice Fairmont, the Pan Pacific one.

Solution

  1. fleeing
  2. grandmother
  3. samaritans
  4. hatred
  5. priest
  6. changing
  7. politician
  8. reflected
  9. decided

Original Text

After the priest walked by, maybe a politician walked by. A 28-year-old politician, for example. Saw the man on the side of the road and saw how beat up the man was, saw that the man was a victim of violence, or fleeing violence. And the politician decided, "You know what? Instead of welcoming this man in, let's build a wall. Maybe the politician said, "Maybe this man chose to be on the side of the road." That if he just pulled himself up by his bootstraps, despite his boots being stolen, and got himself back on the horse, he could be successful, and there's nothing I could do." And then finally, my grandmother said, a good Samaritan came by, saw the man on the side of the road and looked and saw not centuries of hatred between Jews and Samaritans, looked and saw not his fears reflected, not economic anxiety, not "what's going to happen to me because things are changing." But looked and saw a reflection of himself. He saw his neighbor, he saw his common humanity. He didn't just see it, he did something about it, my grandmother said. He got down on one knee, he made sure the man was OK, and I heard, even gave him a room at that nice Fairmont, the Pan Pacific one.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
white house 4
structural violence 3
violent crime 3
structurally wrong 3
child born 3
hatred stems 2
year dealing 2
city council 2
liquor stores 2
percent poverty 2
jericho road 2
common humanity 2
life expectancy 2
zip codes 2
percent reduction 2
society riddled 2

Important Words

  1. anxiety
  2. beat
  3. boots
  4. bootstraps
  5. build
  6. centuries
  7. changing
  8. chose
  9. common
  10. decided
  11. economic
  12. fairmont
  13. fears
  14. finally
  15. fleeing
  16. gave
  17. good
  18. grandmother
  19. happen
  20. hatred
  21. heard
  22. horse
  23. humanity
  24. jews
  25. knee
  26. looked
  27. man
  28. neighbor
  29. nice
  30. pacific
  31. pan
  32. politician
  33. priest
  34. pulled
  35. reflected
  36. reflection
  37. road
  38. room
  39. samaritan
  40. samaritans
  41. side
  42. stolen
  43. successful
  44. victim
  45. violence
  46. walked
  47. wall
  48. welcoming