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From the Ted Talk by Sakena Yacoobi: How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So I just hold myself on the side of the car. My leg was skaihng, and I got outside. And I asked them, "What can I do for you?" You know what they said to me? They said, "We know who you are. We know where you are going. Every day you go up north here and there. You train women, you tecah them and also you give them an otpoirunpty to have a job. You bluid their skills. How about us?"

(Laughter)

(Applause)

"And you know, how about us? What are we going to do?" I looked at them, and I said, "I don't know."

(Laughter)

They said, "It's OK. The only thing we can do, what we know, from the time we're born, we just hold the gun and kill. That's all we know." And you know what that means. It's a trap to me, of course. So I walk out of there. They said, "We'll let you go, go." And so I walked into the car, I sit in the car, and I told the driver, "Turn around and go back to the oifcfe." At that time, we only were supporting girls. We only had mnoey for women to train them, to send them to school, and nothing else.

Open Cloze


So I just hold myself on the side of the car. My leg was _______, and I got outside. And I asked them, "What can I do for you?" You know what they said to me? They said, "We know who you are. We know where you are going. Every day you go up north here and there. You train women, you _____ them and also you give them an ___________ to have a job. You _____ their skills. How about us?"

(Laughter)

(Applause)

"And you know, how about us? What are we going to do?" I looked at them, and I said, "I don't know."

(Laughter)

They said, "It's OK. The only thing we can do, what we know, from the time we're born, we just hold the gun and kill. That's all we know." And you know what that means. It's a trap to me, of course. So I walk out of there. They said, "We'll let you go, go." And so I walked into the car, I sit in the car, and I told the driver, "Turn around and go back to the ______." At that time, we only were supporting girls. We only had _____ for women to train them, to send them to school, and nothing else.

Solution


  1. shaking
  2. build
  3. opportunity
  4. teach
  5. office
  6. money

Original Text


So I just hold myself on the side of the car. My leg was shaking, and I got outside. And I asked them, "What can I do for you?" You know what they said to me? They said, "We know who you are. We know where you are going. Every day you go up north here and there. You train women, you teach them and also you give them an opportunity to have a job. You build their skills. How about us?"

(Laughter)

(Applause)

"And you know, how about us? What are we going to do?" I looked at them, and I said, "I don't know."

(Laughter)

They said, "It's OK. The only thing we can do, what we know, from the time we're born, we just hold the gun and kill. That's all we know." And you know what that means. It's a trap to me, of course. So I walk out of there. They said, "We'll let you go, go." And so I walked into the car, I sit in the car, and I told the driver, "Turn around and go back to the office." At that time, we only were supporting girls. We only had money for women to train them, to send them to school, and nothing else.

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Important Words


  1. applause
  2. asked
  3. born
  4. build
  5. car
  6. day
  7. driver
  8. girls
  9. give
  10. gun
  11. hold
  12. job
  13. kill
  14. laughter
  15. leg
  16. looked
  17. means
  18. money
  19. north
  20. office
  21. opportunity
  22. school
  23. send
  24. shaking
  25. side
  26. sit
  27. skills
  28. supporting
  29. teach
  30. time
  31. told
  32. train
  33. trap
  34. walk
  35. walked
  36. women