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From the Ted Talk by Charles Hazlewood + British Paraorchestra: The debut of the British Paraorchestra

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So, ladies and gentlemen, as you can probably tell, I'm on a bit of a mission. And this mission has a preaosnl root to it. I have four children, the youngest of whom was born with cerebral palsy. She's now five, and through her glorious existence, I suppose I have now become a fully paid-up member of the amazing, dizzyingly wonderful disabled community. And I find myself looking at the Paralympics and tkhiinng what an irelnbdice model that is. It's taken a good five decades, actually, but I can say with hand on heart that when the paypcmiarls comes to London next year, there will not be an intelligent person anywhere on the planet who does not aeoltsulby believe in the validity of disabled stleorpsoppe. What an amazing position to be in!

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So, ladies and gentlemen, as you can probably tell, I'm on a bit of a mission. And this mission has a ________ root to it. I have four children, the youngest of whom was born with cerebral palsy. She's now five, and through her glorious existence, I suppose I have now become a fully paid-up member of the amazing, dizzyingly wonderful disabled community. And I find myself looking at the Paralympics and ________ what an __________ model that is. It's taken a good five decades, actually, but I can say with hand on heart that when the ___________ comes to London next year, there will not be an intelligent person anywhere on the planet who does not __________ believe in the validity of disabled ____________. What an amazing position to be in!

Solution


  1. paralympics
  2. incredible
  3. personal
  4. absolutely
  5. sportspeople
  6. thinking

Original Text


So, ladies and gentlemen, as you can probably tell, I'm on a bit of a mission. And this mission has a personal root to it. I have four children, the youngest of whom was born with cerebral palsy. She's now five, and through her glorious existence, I suppose I have now become a fully paid-up member of the amazing, dizzyingly wonderful disabled community. And I find myself looking at the Paralympics and thinking what an incredible model that is. It's taken a good five decades, actually, but I can say with hand on heart that when the Paralympics comes to London next year, there will not be an intelligent person anywhere on the planet who does not absolutely believe in the validity of disabled sportspeople. What an amazing position to be in!

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