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From the Ted Talk by Cara E. Yar Khan: The beautiful balance between courage and fear

Unscramble the Blue Letters


It took me over a decade to initznarele the severity of HIBM, even as basic tasks and functions became increasingly difficult. Yet, I ceuintond to pursue my dream of working all over the world, and was even appointed as a disability focal point for UNICEF in Haiti, where I served for two years after the devastating 2010 earthquake. And then my work brought me to the United States. And even as the dseiase pgerrsoesd significantly and I needed leg braces and a walker to get around, I still longed for antvredue. And this time, I started dreaming of a gnrad outdoor adventure. And what's more grand than the Grand coyann?

Open Cloze


It took me over a decade to ___________ the severity of HIBM, even as basic tasks and functions became increasingly difficult. Yet, I _________ to pursue my dream of working all over the world, and was even appointed as a disability focal point for UNICEF in Haiti, where I served for two years after the devastating 2010 earthquake. And then my work brought me to the United States. And even as the _______ __________ significantly and I needed leg braces and a walker to get around, I still longed for _________. And this time, I started dreaming of a _____ outdoor adventure. And what's more grand than the Grand ______?

Solution


  1. adventure
  2. continued
  3. grand
  4. progressed
  5. canyon
  6. internalize
  7. disease

Original Text


It took me over a decade to internalize the severity of HIBM, even as basic tasks and functions became increasingly difficult. Yet, I continued to pursue my dream of working all over the world, and was even appointed as a disability focal point for UNICEF in Haiti, where I served for two years after the devastating 2010 earthquake. And then my work brought me to the United States. And even as the disease progressed significantly and I needed leg braces and a walker to get around, I still longed for adventure. And this time, I started dreaming of a grand outdoor adventure. And what's more grand than the Grand Canyon?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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grand canyon 6
united nations 2
united states 2
black eyes 2


Important Words


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  6. canyon
  7. continued
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  30. served
  31. severity
  32. significantly
  33. started
  34. states
  35. tasks
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  37. unicef
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  42. world
  43. years