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From the Ted Talk by Alberto Cairo: There are no scraps of men
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Anyway, in 1992, the meaeihdujn took all Afghanistan. And the orthopedic center was closed. I was assigned to work for the homeless, for the internally dlcsiaepd polpee. But one day, something hpeaepnd. I was coming back from a big food distribution in a mosque where tens and tens of people were stniatuqg in terrible conditions. I wnetad to go home. I was driving. You know, when you want to forget, you don't want to see things, so you just want to go to your room, to lock yourself inside and say, "That's enough." A bomb fell not far from my car — well, far enough, but big noise. And everybody disappeared from the street. The cars disappeared as well. I ducked. And only one frgiue remained in the middle of the road. It was a man in a wheelchair desperately trying to move away.
Open Cloze
Anyway, in 1992, the __________ took all Afghanistan. And the orthopedic center was closed. I was assigned to work for the homeless, for the internally _________ ______. But one day, something ________. I was coming back from a big food distribution in a mosque where tens and tens of people were _________ in terrible conditions. I ______ to go home. I was driving. You know, when you want to forget, you don't want to see things, so you just want to go to your room, to lock yourself inside and say, "That's enough." A bomb fell not far from my car — well, far enough, but big noise. And everybody disappeared from the street. The cars disappeared as well. I ducked. And only one ______ remained in the middle of the road. It was a man in a wheelchair desperately trying to move away.
Solution
- figure
- wanted
- happened
- people
- mujahideen
- squatting
- displaced
Original Text
Anyway, in 1992, the Mujahideen took all Afghanistan. And the orthopedic center was closed. I was assigned to work for the homeless, for the internally displaced people. But one day, something happened. I was coming back from a big food distribution in a mosque where tens and tens of people were squatting in terrible conditions. I wanted to go home. I was driving. You know, when you want to forget, you don't want to see things, so you just want to go to your room, to lock yourself inside and say, "That's enough." A bomb fell not far from my car — well, far enough, but big noise. And everybody disappeared from the street. The cars disappeared as well. I ducked. And only one figure remained in the middle of the road. It was a man in a wheelchair desperately trying to move away.
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