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From the Ted Talk by Melati and Isabel Wijsen: Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali

Unscramble the Blue Letters


If you're a fellow Rotarian, nice to meet you. We're irteanrocts, the youngest department of Rotary International.

IW: But we have also learned much about patience,

MW: how to deal with frustrations,

IW: lrdseaehip,

MW: tamrowek,

IW: fnhridesip,

MW: we lneared more about the Balinese and their culture

IW: and we learned about the imcarponte of commitment.

MW: It's not always easy. Sometimes it does get a little bit hard to walk your talk.

IW: But last year, we did exactly that. We went to India to give a talk, and our parents took us to visit the former private house of matahma Gandhi. We learned about the power of hunger strikes he did to reach his goals. Yes, by the end of the tour, when we met our parents again, we both made a decision and said, "We're going on a hunger strike!"

Open Cloze


If you're a fellow Rotarian, nice to meet you. We're ___________, the youngest department of Rotary International.

IW: But we have also learned much about patience,

MW: how to deal with frustrations,

IW: __________,

MW: ________,

IW: __________,

MW: we _______ more about the Balinese and their culture

IW: and we learned about the __________ of commitment.

MW: It's not always easy. Sometimes it does get a little bit hard to walk your talk.

IW: But last year, we did exactly that. We went to India to give a talk, and our parents took us to visit the former private house of _______ Gandhi. We learned about the power of hunger strikes he did to reach his goals. Yes, by the end of the tour, when we met our parents again, we both made a decision and said, "We're going on a hunger strike!"

Solution


  1. teamwork
  2. learned
  3. leadership
  4. friendship
  5. importance
  6. mahatma
  7. interactors

Original Text


If you're a fellow Rotarian, nice to meet you. We're Interactors, the youngest department of Rotary International.

IW: But we have also learned much about patience,

MW: how to deal with frustrations,

IW: leadership,

MW: teamwork,

IW: friendship,

MW: we learned more about the Balinese and their culture

IW: and we learned about the importance of commitment.

MW: It's not always easy. Sometimes it does get a little bit hard to walk your talk.

IW: But last year, we did exactly that. We went to India to give a talk, and our parents took us to visit the former private house of Mahatma Gandhi. We learned about the power of hunger strikes he did to reach his goals. Yes, by the end of the tour, when we met our parents again, we both made a decision and said, "We're going on a hunger strike!"

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
plastic bags 11
lesson number 4
plastic garbage 2
mahatma gandhi 2
bye plastic 2
plastic bag 2
bag free 2
million signatures 2
bali airports 2
united nations 2
social media 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
plastic bag free 2

Important Words


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