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From the Ted Talk by Wael Ghonim: Let's design social media that drives real change

Unscramble the Blue Letters


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After my dciapearsnpae, a few of my fellow colleagues who knew I was the admin of the page told the media about my connection with that page, and that I was likely arrested by state security. My colleagues at Google started a scerah campaign trying to find me, and the fellow protesters in the square demanded my release.

Open Cloze


I was hit hard on my head. I lost my balance and fell down, to find four _____ men ___________ me. One covered my mouth and the others paralyzed me. I knew I was being kidnapped by state ________.

I found myself in a cell, __________, ___________. I was terrified. So was my family, who _______ looking for me in hospitals, police stations and even morgues.

After my _____________, a few of my fellow colleagues who knew I was the admin of the page told the media about my connection with that page, and that I was likely arrested by state security. My colleagues at Google started a ______ campaign trying to find me, and the fellow protesters in the square demanded my release.

Solution


  1. search
  2. armed
  3. disappearance
  4. security
  5. started
  6. handcuffed
  7. blindfolded
  8. surrounding

Original Text


I was hit hard on my head. I lost my balance and fell down, to find four armed men surrounding me. One covered my mouth and the others paralyzed me. I knew I was being kidnapped by state security.

I found myself in a cell, handcuffed, blindfolded. I was terrified. So was my family, who started looking for me in hospitals, police stations and even morgues.

After my disappearance, a few of my fellow colleagues who knew I was the admin of the page told the media about my connection with that page, and that I was likely arrested by state security. My colleagues at Google started a search campaign trying to find me, and the fellow protesters in the square demanded my release.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
social media 10
facebook page 2
anonymously created 2
hope egyptians 2
state security 2
echo chambers 2
hate speech 2
critical challenges 2
media experiences 2
reward people 2
mutual understanding 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
social media experiences 2

Important Words


  1. admin
  2. armed
  3. arrested
  4. balance
  5. blindfolded
  6. campaign
  7. cell
  8. colleagues
  9. connection
  10. covered
  11. demanded
  12. disappearance
  13. family
  14. fell
  15. fellow
  16. find
  17. google
  18. handcuffed
  19. hard
  20. head
  21. hit
  22. hospitals
  23. kidnapped
  24. knew
  25. lost
  26. media
  27. men
  28. morgues
  29. mouth
  30. page
  31. paralyzed
  32. police
  33. protesters
  34. release
  35. search
  36. security
  37. square
  38. started
  39. state
  40. stations
  41. surrounding
  42. terrified
  43. told