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From the Ted Talk by Laura Boushnak: The deadly legacy of cluster bombs

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One of the worst yet invisible impacts of the weapon is the psychological scars it leveas. In one of Mohammed's early medical reports, he was diagnosed with sgnis of PTSD. He suffered from anxiety, poor appetite, sleep disturbance and showed signs of anger. The reality is Mohammed never received proper help to fully recover. His creurnt obsession is to leave Lebanon at any cost — even if it meant emkniarbg on a hazardous journey along with refugees drifting towards Europe today through the Mediterranean. Knowing how risky such a juroney would be, he said, "If I were to die on the way, it doesn't matter." To Mohammed, he is dead here, anyway.

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One of the worst yet invisible impacts of the weapon is the psychological scars it ______. In one of Mohammed's early medical reports, he was diagnosed with _____ of PTSD. He suffered from anxiety, poor appetite, sleep disturbance and showed signs of anger. The reality is Mohammed never received proper help to fully recover. His _______ obsession is to leave Lebanon at any cost — even if it meant _________ on a hazardous journey along with refugees drifting towards Europe today through the Mediterranean. Knowing how risky such a _______ would be, he said, "If I were to die on the way, it doesn't matter." To Mohammed, he is dead here, anyway.

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  1. signs
  2. journey
  3. leaves
  4. embarking
  5. current

Original Text


One of the worst yet invisible impacts of the weapon is the psychological scars it leaves. In one of Mohammed's early medical reports, he was diagnosed with signs of PTSD. He suffered from anxiety, poor appetite, sleep disturbance and showed signs of anger. The reality is Mohammed never received proper help to fully recover. His current obsession is to leave Lebanon at any cost — even if it meant embarking on a hazardous journey along with refugees drifting towards Europe today through the Mediterranean. Knowing how risky such a journey would be, he said, "If I were to die on the way, it doesn't matter." To Mohammed, he is dead here, anyway.

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