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From the Ted Talk by Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous portraits of the world's vanishing people

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And it was only until I went on a journey, a journey that was so extreme, I still get shivers when I think about it. I went to a part of the wrlod, and I don't know whether any of you have ever heard of Chukotka. Has anybody ever heard of cthkkoua? Chukotka probably is, technically, as far as one can go and still be on the livnig pnelat. It's 13 hours' flight from Moscow. First you've got to get to Moscow, and then 13 hours' fhlgit nonstop from Moscow. And that's if you get there. As you can see, some people sort of miss the runway.

And then when you land there, in Chukotka are the Chukchis. Now, the Chukchis are the last indigenous Inuits of Siberia, and they're people I'd herad about, I'd hardly seen any images of, but I knew they were there, and I'd been in tucoh with this guide, and this guide said, "There's this fantastic tribe. There's only about 40 of them. You'll be okay. We'll find them." So off we went on this journey. When we arrived there, after a month of traveling across the ice, and we'd got to them, but then I was not allowed to photograph them. They said, "You cannot photograph us. You have to wait. You have to wait until you get to know us. You have to wait until you understand us. You have to wait until you see how we interact with one another." And only then, it was many, many weeks later, I saw a respect. They had zero jnduegmt. They observed one another, from the youth, from the middle aged to the old. They need each other. The cldreihn need to chew the meat all day because the adults don't have any teeth, but at the same time, the children take the old aged ppolee out to the toilet because they're iirfnm, so there's this fantastic community of respect. And they arode and admire one another, and they truly taught me what beauty was. (Applause)

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And it was only until I went on a journey, a journey that was so extreme, I still get shivers when I think about it. I went to a part of the _____, and I don't know whether any of you have ever heard of Chukotka. Has anybody ever heard of ________? Chukotka probably is, technically, as far as one can go and still be on the ______ ______. It's 13 hours' flight from Moscow. First you've got to get to Moscow, and then 13 hours' ______ nonstop from Moscow. And that's if you get there. As you can see, some people sort of miss the runway.

And then when you land there, in Chukotka are the Chukchis. Now, the Chukchis are the last indigenous Inuits of Siberia, and they're people I'd _____ about, I'd hardly seen any images of, but I knew they were there, and I'd been in _____ with this guide, and this guide said, "There's this fantastic tribe. There's only about 40 of them. You'll be okay. We'll find them." So off we went on this journey. When we arrived there, after a month of traveling across the ice, and we'd got to them, but then I was not allowed to photograph them. They said, "You cannot photograph us. You have to wait. You have to wait until you get to know us. You have to wait until you understand us. You have to wait until you see how we interact with one another." And only then, it was many, many weeks later, I saw a respect. They had zero ________. They observed one another, from the youth, from the middle aged to the old. They need each other. The ________ need to chew the meat all day because the adults don't have any teeth, but at the same time, the children take the old aged ______ out to the toilet because they're ______, so there's this fantastic community of respect. And they _____ and admire one another, and they truly taught me what beauty was. (Applause)

Solution


  1. touch
  2. flight
  3. infirm
  4. people
  5. adore
  6. planet
  7. world
  8. chukotka
  9. judgment
  10. living
  11. children
  12. heard

Original Text


And it was only until I went on a journey, a journey that was so extreme, I still get shivers when I think about it. I went to a part of the world, and I don't know whether any of you have ever heard of Chukotka. Has anybody ever heard of Chukotka? Chukotka probably is, technically, as far as one can go and still be on the living planet. It's 13 hours' flight from Moscow. First you've got to get to Moscow, and then 13 hours' flight nonstop from Moscow. And that's if you get there. As you can see, some people sort of miss the runway.

And then when you land there, in Chukotka are the Chukchis. Now, the Chukchis are the last indigenous Inuits of Siberia, and they're people I'd heard about, I'd hardly seen any images of, but I knew they were there, and I'd been in touch with this guide, and this guide said, "There's this fantastic tribe. There's only about 40 of them. You'll be okay. We'll find them." So off we went on this journey. When we arrived there, after a month of traveling across the ice, and we'd got to them, but then I was not allowed to photograph them. They said, "You cannot photograph us. You have to wait. You have to wait until you get to know us. You have to wait until you understand us. You have to wait until you see how we interact with one another." And only then, it was many, many weeks later, I saw a respect. They had zero judgment. They observed one another, from the youth, from the middle aged to the old. They need each other. The children need to chew the meat all day because the adults don't have any teeth, but at the same time, the children take the old aged people out to the toilet because they're infirm, so there's this fantastic community of respect. And they adore and admire one another, and they truly taught me what beauty was. (Applause)

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Important Words


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