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From the Ted Talk by JR: Why art is a tool for hope

Unscramble the Blue Letters

The next day, we flew there. We aievrrd there, and of course, you know, it's not that easy to get there. It's like feencs, electric fences, walls. And you add more walls and more people that check your IDs. I get all the way to the yard. And it looked like some army guy with bulletproof jtakces and heavily armed who say, "Alright, this is going to be very simple. There's some people winitag for you in a gymnasium. We gathered some inmates. You cannot approach them, you cannot tcouh them. You can sit at the chair that we designed for you, and we're going to surround the area of the gymnasium."

Open Cloze

The next day, we flew there. We _______ there, and of course, you know, it's not that easy to get there. It's like ______, electric fences, walls. And you add more walls and more people that check your IDs. I get all the way to the yard. And it looked like some army guy with bulletproof _______ and heavily armed who say, "Alright, this is going to be very simple. There's some people _______ for you in a gymnasium. We gathered some inmates. You cannot approach them, you cannot _____ them. You can sit at the chair that we designed for you, and we're going to surround the area of the gymnasium."

Solution

  1. arrived
  2. jackets
  3. fences
  4. waiting
  5. touch

Original Text

The next day, we flew there. We arrived there, and of course, you know, it's not that easy to get there. It's like fences, electric fences, walls. And you add more walls and more people that check your IDs. I get all the way to the yard. And it looked like some army guy with bulletproof jackets and heavily armed who say, "Alright, this is going to be very simple. There's some people waiting for you in a gymnasium. We gathered some inmates. You cannot approach them, you cannot touch them. You can sit at the chair that we designed for you, and we're going to surround the area of the gymnasium."

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Important Words

  1. add
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  3. area
  4. armed
  5. army
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  8. chair
  9. check
  10. day
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  14. fences
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  18. gymnasium
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  21. inmates
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  23. looked
  24. people
  25. simple
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  27. surround
  28. touch
  29. waiting
  30. walls
  31. yard