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From the Ted Talk by Shabana Basij-Rasikh: Dare to educate Afghan girls

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Today I am 22. I was raised in a cutrony that has been destroyed by decades of war. Fewer than six percent of weomn my age have made it beyond high school, and had my family not been so committed to my education, I would be one of them. Instead, I stand here a proud graduate of mdlebdriuy College.

(Applause)

When I returned to Afghanistan, my gfrhandtaer, the one eielxd from his home for daring to educate his daughters, was among the first to congratulate me. He not only brags about my college degree, but also that I was the first woman, and that I am the first woman to drive him through the streets of kubal.

Open Cloze


Today I am 22. I was raised in a _______ that has been destroyed by decades of war. Fewer than six percent of _____ my age have made it beyond high school, and had my family not been so committed to my education, I would be one of them. Instead, I stand here a proud graduate of __________ College.

(Applause)

When I returned to Afghanistan, my ___________, the one ______ from his home for daring to educate his daughters, was among the first to congratulate me. He not only brags about my college degree, but also that I was the first woman, and that I am the first woman to drive him through the streets of _____.

Solution


  1. kabul
  2. middlebury
  3. exiled
  4. country
  5. grandfather
  6. women

Original Text


Today I am 22. I was raised in a country that has been destroyed by decades of war. Fewer than six percent of women my age have made it beyond high school, and had my family not been so committed to my education, I would be one of them. Instead, I stand here a proud graduate of Middlebury College.

(Applause)

When I returned to Afghanistan, my grandfather, the one exiled from his home for daring to educate his daughters, was among the first to congratulate me. He not only brags about my college degree, but also that I was the first woman, and that I am the first woman to drive him through the streets of Kabul.

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Important Words


  1. afghanistan
  2. age
  3. applause
  4. brags
  5. college
  6. committed
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  8. country
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  10. daughters
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  13. destroyed
  14. drive
  15. educate
  16. education
  17. exiled
  18. family
  19. graduate
  20. grandfather
  21. high
  22. home
  23. kabul
  24. middlebury
  25. percent
  26. proud
  27. raised
  28. returned
  29. school
  30. stand
  31. streets
  32. today
  33. war
  34. woman
  35. women