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From the Ted Talk by Eman Mohammed: The courage to tell a hidden story

Unscramble the Blue Letters


When I turned 19, I stetard my creaer as the first female photojournalist in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. My work as a woman photographer was considered a serious insult to local traditions, and ctreead a lasting stigma for me and my family. The male-dominated field made my presence unwelcome by all possible means. They made clear that a woman must not do a man's job. Photo agencies in Gaza refused to tarin me because of my gender. The "No" sign was pretty clear.

Three of my colleagues went as far as to drive me to an open air strike area where the explosion snduos were the only thing I could hear. Dust was flnyig in the air, and the ground was shniakg like a snwig beneath me. I only realized we weren't there to domcuent the eenvt when the three of them got back into the armored Jeep and drove away, waving and laughing, leaving me behind in the open air strike zone.

Open Cloze


When I turned 19, I _______ my ______ as the first female photojournalist in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. My work as a woman photographer was considered a serious insult to local traditions, and _______ a lasting stigma for me and my family. The male-dominated field made my presence unwelcome by all possible means. They made clear that a woman must not do a man's job. Photo agencies in Gaza refused to _____ me because of my gender. The "No" sign was pretty clear.

Three of my colleagues went as far as to drive me to an open air strike area where the explosion ______ were the only thing I could hear. Dust was ______ in the air, and the ground was _______ like a _____ beneath me. I only realized we weren't there to ________ the _____ when the three of them got back into the armored Jeep and drove away, waving and laughing, leaving me behind in the open air strike zone.

Solution


  1. sounds
  2. swing
  3. flying
  4. shaking
  5. career
  6. event
  7. document
  8. started
  9. train
  10. created

Original Text


When I turned 19, I started my career as the first female photojournalist in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. My work as a woman photographer was considered a serious insult to local traditions, and created a lasting stigma for me and my family. The male-dominated field made my presence unwelcome by all possible means. They made clear that a woman must not do a man's job. Photo agencies in Gaza refused to train me because of my gender. The "No" sign was pretty clear.

Three of my colleagues went as far as to drive me to an open air strike area where the explosion sounds were the only thing I could hear. Dust was flying in the air, and the ground was shaking like a swing beneath me. I only realized we weren't there to document the event when the three of them got back into the armored Jeep and drove away, waving and laughing, leaving me behind in the open air strike zone.

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Important Words


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  6. career
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  29. laughing
  30. leaving
  31. local
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  33. open
  34. palestine
  35. photo
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  46. stigma
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  48. strip
  49. swing
  50. traditions
  51. train
  52. turned
  53. unwelcome
  54. waving
  55. woman
  56. work
  57. zone