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From the Ted Talk by Angélique Kidjo and Femi Oke: Why joy is a state of mind

Unscramble the Blue Letters

AK: etdaoiucn is everything. And when I started this jnueory with my fdutniaoon Batonga, one thing I have in mind is what my father always used to say. An educated person is a peacemaker. And it's true, because when you are educated and understand the connectivity, everything in the world we live in is connected, even us. And if there's one thing we learned during the pndaiemc, it's that we cannot live alone. Lockdown or not, it becomes a point where we need others to be able to celebrate our own humanity.

Open Cloze

AK: _________ is everything. And when I started this _______ with my __________ Batonga, one thing I have in mind is what my father always used to say. An educated person is a peacemaker. And it's true, because when you are educated and understand the connectivity, everything in the world we live in is connected, even us. And if there's one thing we learned during the ________, it's that we cannot live alone. Lockdown or not, it becomes a point where we need others to be able to celebrate our own humanity.

Solution

  1. foundation
  2. pandemic
  3. journey
  4. education

Original Text

AK: Education is everything. And when I started this journey with my foundation Batonga, one thing I have in mind is what my father always used to say. An educated person is a peacemaker. And it's true, because when you are educated and understand the connectivity, everything in the world we live in is connected, even us. And if there's one thing we learned during the pandemic, it's that we cannot live alone. Lockdown or not, it becomes a point where we need others to be able to celebrate our own humanity.

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Important Words

  1. batonga
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  9. humanity
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  12. live
  13. lockdown
  14. mind
  15. pandemic
  16. peacemaker
  17. person
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  21. understand
  22. world