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From the Ted Talk by Jane Ferguson: Life on the frontlines of war reporting


Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

This sort of thing happened all the time in Afghanistan. Women bumping into one another, reporting on that war. Between us, we covered civilian casualties, women's rights, acsecs to education and the hopes and dreams Afghans had for their future. Of course, we also covered the major news of the day, the politics, the frontline fighting and the cdniooitns for the Afghan security froecs. But we relentlessly interviewed civilians, profiling doctors and teachers and business ppolee, many of them women, elevating ciliivan voices.

In the elray days of the war in Afghanistan, while vatil, risky and important work was being done, very often the kind of imgeas that were making it out of the conflict looked largely like this. As the war came to an end in its final years, the pmradneiont images were increasingly looking like this. Now, of course, Afghanistan had evolved and changed, but so too had those who were carrying the lens through which the world would see it.

Open Cloze


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This sort of thing happened all the time in Afghanistan. Women bumping into one another, reporting on that war. Between us, we covered civilian casualties, women's rights, ______ to education and the hopes and dreams Afghans had for their future. Of course, we also covered the major news of the day, the politics, the frontline fighting and the __________ for the Afghan security ______. But we relentlessly interviewed civilians, profiling doctors and teachers and business ______, many of them women, elevating ________ voices.

In the _____ days of the war in Afghanistan, while _____, risky and important work was being done, very often the kind of ______ that were making it out of the conflict looked largely like this. As the war came to an end in its final years, the ___________ images were increasingly looking like this. Now, of course, Afghanistan had evolved and changed, but so too had those who were carrying the lens through which the world would see it.

Solution


  1. access
  2. images
  3. early
  4. conditions
  5. predominant
  6. people
  7. forces
  8. vital
  9. civilian

Original Text


(Laughter)

This sort of thing happened all the time in Afghanistan. Women bumping into one another, reporting on that war. Between us, we covered civilian casualties, women's rights, access to education and the hopes and dreams Afghans had for their future. Of course, we also covered the major news of the day, the politics, the frontline fighting and the conditions for the Afghan security forces. But we relentlessly interviewed civilians, profiling doctors and teachers and business people, many of them women, elevating civilian voices.

In the early days of the war in Afghanistan, while vital, risky and important work was being done, very often the kind of images that were making it out of the conflict looked largely like this. As the war came to an end in its final years, the predominant images were increasingly looking like this. Now, of course, Afghanistan had evolved and changed, but so too had those who were carrying the lens through which the world would see it.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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