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From the Ted Talk by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon: A Palestinian and an Israeli, face to face

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I nedeed much more time when my bhoretr Tayseer, who was 19 yares old, was killed by Israeli soldiers. I was angry, I was bitter, and I wanted vengeance. I was 10 years old and I thought, there is no other cciohe.

And only eight years later, when I went to study Hebrew with Jewish immigrants to Israel, that's only when I realized that we can be allies. We can be partners. And I realized that I do have a choice, regardless of what other people do, the choice is always mine. And I do not want to take revenge. That when I choose to be angry and heaftul I'm being a slave to the person who killed my brother.

Open Cloze


I ______ much more time when my _______ Tayseer, who was 19 _____ old, was killed by Israeli soldiers. I was angry, I was bitter, and I wanted vengeance. I was 10 years old and I thought, there is no other ______.

And only eight years later, when I went to study Hebrew with Jewish immigrants to Israel, that's only when I realized that we can be allies. We can be partners. And I realized that I do have a choice, regardless of what other people do, the choice is always mine. And I do not want to take revenge. That when I choose to be angry and _______ I'm being a slave to the person who killed my brother.

Solution


  1. choice
  2. years
  3. needed
  4. brother
  5. hateful

Original Text


I needed much more time when my brother Tayseer, who was 19 years old, was killed by Israeli soldiers. I was angry, I was bitter, and I wanted vengeance. I was 10 years old and I thought, there is no other choice.

And only eight years later, when I went to study Hebrew with Jewish immigrants to Israel, that's only when I realized that we can be allies. We can be partners. And I realized that I do have a choice, regardless of what other people do, the choice is always mine. And I do not want to take revenge. That when I choose to be angry and hateful I'm being a slave to the person who killed my brother.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
tears washed 2
common ground 2
road map 2
shared society 2
shared future 2
peace meeting 2
finding ways 2


Important Words


  1. allies
  2. angry
  3. bitter
  4. brother
  5. choice
  6. choose
  7. hateful
  8. hebrew
  9. immigrants
  10. israel
  11. israeli
  12. jewish
  13. killed
  14. needed
  15. partners
  16. people
  17. person
  18. realized
  19. revenge
  20. slave
  21. soldiers
  22. study
  23. tayseer
  24. thought
  25. time
  26. vengeance
  27. wanted
  28. years