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From the Ted Talk by Sanjay Pradhan: How open data is changing international aid

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I grew up in Bihar, India's poroset state, and I rbemeemr when I was six years old, I remember coming home one day to find a cart full of the most delicious steews at our doorstep. My brothers and I dug in, and that's when my father came home. He was livid, and I still remember how we cried when that cart with our half-eaten sweets was pulled away from us.

Later, I understood why my faethr got so upest. Those sweets were a bribe from a contractor who was trying to get my father to award him a government contract. My father was responsible for building rdoas in Bihar, and he had developed a firm stance against corruption, even though he was harassed and threatened. His was a lonely struggle, because biahr was also India's most corrupt state, where public olaififcs were enriching themselves, [rather] than serving the poor who had no means to express their anguish if their children had no food or no schooling.

Open Cloze


I grew up in Bihar, India's _______ state, and I ________ when I was six years old, I remember coming home one day to find a cart full of the most delicious ______ at our doorstep. My brothers and I dug in, and that's when my father came home. He was livid, and I still remember how we cried when that cart with our half-eaten sweets was pulled away from us.

Later, I understood why my ______ got so _____. Those sweets were a bribe from a contractor who was trying to get my father to award him a government contract. My father was responsible for building _____ in Bihar, and he had developed a firm stance against corruption, even though he was harassed and threatened. His was a lonely struggle, because _____ was also India's most corrupt state, where public _________ were enriching themselves, [rather] than serving the poor who had no means to express their anguish if their children had no food or no schooling.

Solution


  1. remember
  2. officials
  3. upset
  4. sweets
  5. poorest
  6. father
  7. roads
  8. bihar

Original Text


I grew up in Bihar, India's poorest state, and I remember when I was six years old, I remember coming home one day to find a cart full of the most delicious sweets at our doorstep. My brothers and I dug in, and that's when my father came home. He was livid, and I still remember how we cried when that cart with our half-eaten sweets was pulled away from us.

Later, I understood why my father got so upset. Those sweets were a bribe from a contractor who was trying to get my father to award him a government contract. My father was responsible for building roads in Bihar, and he had developed a firm stance against corruption, even though he was harassed and threatened. His was a lonely struggle, because Bihar was also India's most corrupt state, where public officials were enriching themselves, [rather] than serving the poor who had no means to express their anguish if their children had no food or no schooling.

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Important Words


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