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From the Ted Talk by James Nachtwey: My wish Let my photographs bear witness

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This man had just been liberated from a Hutu death camp. He allowed me to photograph him for quite a long time, and he even turned his face toward the light, as if he wanted me to see him better. I think he knew what the scars on his face would say to the rest of the wlord. This time, maybe confused or discouraged by the mirailty dstiesar in somaila, the international community remained silent, and somewhere around 800,000 peploe were slaughtered by their own countrymen — sometimes their own neighbors — using farm implements as weapons.

Perhaps because a lesson had been learned by the weak response to the war in Bosnia and the failure in Rwanda, when Serbia attacked Kosovo, itnnritaaenol action was taken much more decisively. NATO forces went in, and the siarebn army wrhidtew. Ethnic aiblanans had been murdered, their farms doetreysd and a huge number of people forcibly deported. They were reevceid in refugee camps set up by NGOs in Albania and Macedonia. The imprint of a man who had been bruned inside his own home. The image reminded me of a cave painting, and echoed how primitive we still are in so many ways.

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This man had just been liberated from a Hutu death camp. He allowed me to photograph him for quite a long time, and he even turned his face toward the light, as if he wanted me to see him better. I think he knew what the scars on his face would say to the rest of the _____. This time, maybe confused or discouraged by the ________ ________ in _______, the international community remained silent, and somewhere around 800,000 ______ were slaughtered by their own countrymen — sometimes their own neighbors — using farm implements as weapons.

Perhaps because a lesson had been learned by the weak response to the war in Bosnia and the failure in Rwanda, when Serbia attacked Kosovo, _____________ action was taken much more decisively. NATO forces went in, and the _______ army ________. Ethnic _________ had been murdered, their farms _________ and a huge number of people forcibly deported. They were ________ in refugee camps set up by NGOs in Albania and Macedonia. The imprint of a man who had been ______ inside his own home. The image reminded me of a cave painting, and echoed how primitive we still are in so many ways.

Solution


  1. people
  2. disaster
  3. withdrew
  4. world
  5. destroyed
  6. international
  7. somalia
  8. albanians
  9. received
  10. military
  11. burned
  12. serbian

Original Text


This man had just been liberated from a Hutu death camp. He allowed me to photograph him for quite a long time, and he even turned his face toward the light, as if he wanted me to see him better. I think he knew what the scars on his face would say to the rest of the world. This time, maybe confused or discouraged by the military disaster in Somalia, the international community remained silent, and somewhere around 800,000 people were slaughtered by their own countrymen — sometimes their own neighbors — using farm implements as weapons.

Perhaps because a lesson had been learned by the weak response to the war in Bosnia and the failure in Rwanda, when Serbia attacked Kosovo, international action was taken much more decisively. NATO forces went in, and the Serbian army withdrew. Ethnic Albanians had been murdered, their farms destroyed and a huge number of people forcibly deported. They were received in refugee camps set up by NGOs in Albania and Macedonia. The imprint of a man who had been burned inside his own home. The image reminded me of a cave painting, and echoed how primitive we still are in so many ways.

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Important Words


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  41. light
  42. long
  43. macedonia
  44. man
  45. military
  46. murdered
  47. nato
  48. neighbors
  49. ngos
  50. number
  51. painting
  52. people
  53. photograph
  54. primitive
  55. received
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  60. rest
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  68. somalia
  69. time
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  77. world