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From the Ted Talk by Mary Maker: Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me)
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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Open Cloze
From time to time, members of my ______ will insist that my sister and I should get married so that somebody will take care of us. They will say, "We have a man for you." I really hate the fact that people took us as ________ rather than children. Sometimes they will ________ say, "You are going to lose your market value the more educated you become." But the truth is, an ________ woman is ______ in my community. But I told them, this is not what I want. I don't want to get kids at 16 like my mother did. This is not my life. Even though my _______ and I are suffering, there's no way we are heading in that direction. I refuse to repeat _______. Educating a girl will ______ equal and stable societies. And educated refugees will be the hope of rebuilding their countries someday. Girls and women have a part to play in this just as much as men.
Solution
- educated
- property
- feared
- jokingly
- family
- history
- sisters
- create
Original Text
From time to time, members of my family will insist that my sister and I should get married so that somebody will take care of us. They will say, "We have a man for you." I really hate the fact that people took us as property rather than children. Sometimes they will jokingly say, "You are going to lose your market value the more educated you become." But the truth is, an educated woman is feared in my community. But I told them, this is not what I want. I don't want to get kids at 16 like my mother did. This is not my life. Even though my sisters and I are suffering, there's no way we are heading in that direction. I refuse to repeat history. Educating a girl will create equal and stable societies. And educated refugees will be the hope of rebuilding their countries someday. Girls and women have a part to play in this just as much as men.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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younger sister |
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Important Words
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