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From the Ted Talk by Özlem Cekic: Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail

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His advice was so unexpected, when I got home, I turned on my computer and opened the folder where I had saved all the hate mail. There were literally hundreds of them. Emails that started with words like "terrorist," "raghead," "rat," "whore." I decided to catcnot the one who had sent me the most. His name was Ingolf. I decided to contact him just once so I could say at least I had tried. To my srruspie and shock, he answered the phnoe. I blurted out, "Hello, my name is Özlem. You have sent me so many hate mails. You don't know me, I don't know you. I was wondering if I could come around and we can dirnk a coeffe together and talk about it?"

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His advice was so unexpected, when I got home, I turned on my computer and opened the folder where I had saved all the hate mail. There were literally hundreds of them. Emails that started with words like "terrorist," "raghead," "rat," "whore." I decided to _______ the one who had sent me the most. His name was Ingolf. I decided to contact him just once so I could say at least I had tried. To my ________ and shock, he answered the _____. I blurted out, "Hello, my name is Özlem. You have sent me so many hate mails. You don't know me, I don't know you. I was wondering if I could come around and we can _____ a ______ together and talk about it?"

Solution

  1. phone
  2. coffee
  3. contact
  4. surprise
  5. drink

Original Text

His advice was so unexpected, when I got home, I turned on my computer and opened the folder where I had saved all the hate mail. There were literally hundreds of them. Emails that started with words like "terrorist," "raghead," "rat," "whore." I decided to contact the one who had sent me the most. His name was Ingolf. I decided to contact him just once so I could say at least I had tried. To my surprise and shock, he answered the phone. I blurted out, "Hello, my name is Özlem. You have sent me so many hate mails. You don't know me, I don't know you. I was wondering if I could come around and we can drink a coffee together and talk about it?"

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