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From the Ted Talk by José Antonio Abreu: The El Sistema music revolution

Unscramble the Blue Letters


From the very first rehearsal, I saw the bright future ahead. Because the rehearsal meant a great cgehllnae to me. I had recveied a doatnoin of 50 music stands to be used by 100 boys in that raresehal. When I aiervrd at the rehearsal, only 11 kids had shown up, and I said to myself, "Do I close the program or multiply these kids?" I decided to face the challenge, and on that same nihgt, I promised those 11 children I'd turn our orchestra into one of the leading orchestras in the wrlod. Two months ago, I remembered that promise I made, when a dhiseitsugnid English critic published an article in the London Times, asking who could be the winner of the ohsterrca World Cup. He mentioned four great world orchestras, and the fifth one was Venezuela's Youth Symphony Orchestra. Today we can say that art in Latin America is no longer a monopoly of elites and that it has become a social right, a right for all the people.

Open Cloze


From the very first rehearsal, I saw the bright future ahead. Because the rehearsal meant a great _________ to me. I had ________ a ________ of 50 music stands to be used by 100 boys in that _________. When I _______ at the rehearsal, only 11 kids had shown up, and I said to myself, "Do I close the program or multiply these kids?" I decided to face the challenge, and on that same _____, I promised those 11 children I'd turn our orchestra into one of the leading orchestras in the _____. Two months ago, I remembered that promise I made, when a _____________ English critic published an article in the London Times, asking who could be the winner of the _________ World Cup. He mentioned four great world orchestras, and the fifth one was Venezuela's Youth Symphony Orchestra. Today we can say that art in Latin America is no longer a monopoly of elites and that it has become a social right, a right for all the people.

Solution


  1. arrived
  2. donation
  3. world
  4. rehearsal
  5. night
  6. distinguished
  7. challenge
  8. received
  9. orchestra

Original Text


From the very first rehearsal, I saw the bright future ahead. Because the rehearsal meant a great challenge to me. I had received a donation of 50 music stands to be used by 100 boys in that rehearsal. When I arrived at the rehearsal, only 11 kids had shown up, and I said to myself, "Do I close the program or multiply these kids?" I decided to face the challenge, and on that same night, I promised those 11 children I'd turn our orchestra into one of the leading orchestras in the world. Two months ago, I remembered that promise I made, when a distinguished English critic published an article in the London Times, asking who could be the winner of the Orchestra World Cup. He mentioned four great world orchestras, and the fifth one was Venezuela's Youth Symphony Orchestra. Today we can say that art in Latin America is no longer a monopoly of elites and that it has become a social right, a right for all the people.

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