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From the Ted Talk by Rayma Suprani: Dictators hate political cartoons -- so I keep drawing them
Unscramble the Blue Letters
(Speaks Spanish)
After I got fired, I saerttd to feel ufsane in my own country. I rveceied anonymous calls and death threats. I was mocked publicly on national television. I was eventually fecrod out of Venezuela, and I now live in Miami, Florida, where I am free to be my own editor for my work.
(Speaks Spanish)
A political cartoon is a barometer of freedom in a cturony. That's why dictators hate cartoonists and try to eradicate everything that involves humor as a mriror for social and political issues.
(Speaks Spanish)
A cartoon inveolvs a delicate balance of ideas and drawings that reveal a hidden truth.
Open Cloze
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After I got fired, I _______ to feel ______ in my own country. I ________ anonymous calls and death threats. I was mocked publicly on national television. I was eventually ______ out of Venezuela, and I now live in Miami, Florida, where I am free to be my own editor for my work.
(Speaks Spanish)
A political cartoon is a barometer of freedom in a _______. That's why dictators hate cartoonists and try to eradicate everything that involves humor as a ______ for social and political issues.
(Speaks Spanish)
A cartoon ________ a delicate balance of ideas and drawings that reveal a hidden truth.
Solution
- unsafe
- involves
- forced
- mirror
- started
- country
- received
Original Text
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After I got fired, I started to feel unsafe in my own country. I received anonymous calls and death threats. I was mocked publicly on national television. I was eventually forced out of Venezuela, and I now live in Miami, Florida, where I am free to be my own editor for my work.
(Speaks Spanish)
A political cartoon is a barometer of freedom in a country. That's why dictators hate cartoonists and try to eradicate everything that involves humor as a mirror for social and political issues.
(Speaks Spanish)
A cartoon involves a delicate balance of ideas and drawings that reveal a hidden truth.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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