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From the Ted Talk by Dorsa Amir: How the Industrial Revolution changed childhood

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I learned what childhood was like in a small scale society. I saw independent young kids clnimbig trees to gather papayas when they were hungry. I saw them saitntrg fires, preparing food for themselves and their siblings and even using machetes quite confidently, I might add. (Laughter) The thing I didn't expect was the culture shock of coming back to the unetid sattes. The strangeness of the Shuar was becoming more familiar to me, but suddenly, the fmiiatialry of home started to feel sgtarne.

Being a child in a foraging society is very different than being a cihld in a Western society. In societies like the Shuar, children are much more ipdeenndnet or as we like to call it "free-range." (Laughter) If you grew up in the era before cellphones, that might be what your own childhood was like too. But for the newest generation of kids, this innedcpdneae is quickly fading away.

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I learned what childhood was like in a small scale society. I saw independent young kids ________ trees to gather papayas when they were hungry. I saw them ________ fires, preparing food for themselves and their siblings and even using machetes quite confidently, I might add. (Laughter) The thing I didn't expect was the culture shock of coming back to the ______ ______. The strangeness of the Shuar was becoming more familiar to me, but suddenly, the ___________ of home started to feel _______.

Being a child in a foraging society is very different than being a _____ in a Western society. In societies like the Shuar, children are much more ___________ or as we like to call it "free-range." (Laughter) If you grew up in the era before cellphones, that might be what your own childhood was like too. But for the newest generation of kids, this ____________ is quickly fading away.

Solution


  1. familiarity
  2. united
  3. states
  4. climbing
  5. strange
  6. starting
  7. independance
  8. independent
  9. child

Original Text


I learned what childhood was like in a small scale society. I saw independent young kids climbing trees to gather papayas when they were hungry. I saw them starting fires, preparing food for themselves and their siblings and even using machetes quite confidently, I might add. (Laughter) The thing I didn't expect was the culture shock of coming back to the United States. The strangeness of the Shuar was becoming more familiar to me, but suddenly, the familiarity of home started to feel strange.

Being a child in a foraging society is very different than being a child in a Western society. In societies like the Shuar, children are much more independent or as we like to call it "free-range." (Laughter) If you grew up in the era before cellphones, that might be what your own childhood was like too. But for the newest generation of kids, this independance is quickly fading away.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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older kids 2
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Important Words


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