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From the Ted Talk by Giles Duley: When a reporter becomes the story

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And then I became aware that my body was, in many ways, a lvinig example of what war does to somebody. And I realized I could use my own experience, my own body, to tell that story. And it was also by looking back at the other people I've documented. I thought of Nick, and I thought of his resilience. I thought of the Rohingyas and the fact that they have no hope. I thought of Lilic and a lost life. And in fact, it was the stories that I've deenmucotd that iiepnsrd me to get through the last year, to survive, to get back up on my new legs and to be able to come and tell their sriotes, but also my own story.

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And then I became aware that my body was, in many ways, a ______ example of what war does to somebody. And I realized I could use my own experience, my own body, to tell that story. And it was also by looking back at the other people I've documented. I thought of Nick, and I thought of his resilience. I thought of the Rohingyas and the fact that they have no hope. I thought of Lilic and a lost life. And in fact, it was the stories that I've __________ that ________ me to get through the last year, to survive, to get back up on my new legs and to be able to come and tell their _______, but also my own story.

Solution

  1. documented
  2. living
  3. stories
  4. inspired

Original Text

And then I became aware that my body was, in many ways, a living example of what war does to somebody. And I realized I could use my own experience, my own body, to tell that story. And it was also by looking back at the other people I've documented. I thought of Nick, and I thought of his resilience. I thought of the Rohingyas and the fact that they have no hope. I thought of Lilic and a lost life. And in fact, it was the stories that I've documented that inspired me to get through the last year, to survive, to get back up on my new legs and to be able to come and tell their stories, but also my own story.

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Important Words

  1. aware
  2. body
  3. documented
  4. experience
  5. fact
  6. hope
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  9. life
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  11. living
  12. lost
  13. nick
  14. people
  15. realized
  16. resilience
  17. rohingyas
  18. stories
  19. story
  20. survive
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