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From the Ted Talk by Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa

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When I first arrived in beautiful Zimbabwe, it was dlficifut to understand that 35 percent of the population is HIV ptsioive. It really wasn't until I was invited to the heoms of people that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic. For instance, this is Herbert with his ghoatrmednr. When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap. He has been orphaned, as both of his patrnes died of AIDS, and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS. He liked to sit on her lap because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed. When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap and I had never felt a child that was that ectaiaemd. Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something. I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy, and he aksed me for slippers, because he said that his feet were cold.

Open Cloze


When I first arrived in beautiful Zimbabwe, it was _________ to understand that 35 percent of the population is HIV ________. It really wasn't until I was invited to the _____ of people that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic. For instance, this is Herbert with his ___________. When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap. He has been orphaned, as both of his _______ died of AIDS, and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS. He liked to sit on her lap because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed. When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap and I had never felt a child that was that _________. Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something. I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy, and he _____ me for slippers, because he said that his feet were cold.

Solution


  1. parents
  2. positive
  3. grandmother
  4. difficult
  5. emaciated
  6. homes
  7. asked

Original Text


When I first arrived in beautiful Zimbabwe, it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population is HIV positive. It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic. For instance, this is Herbert with his grandmother. When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap. He has been orphaned, as both of his parents died of AIDS, and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS. He liked to sit on her lap because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed. When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap and I had never felt a child that was that emaciated. Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something. I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy, and he asked me for slippers, because he said that his feet were cold.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
hiv positive 2


Important Words


  1. aids
  2. arrived
  3. asked
  4. beautiful
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  6. candy
  7. care
  8. child
  9. cold
  10. died
  11. difficult
  12. emaciated
  13. epidemic
  14. feet
  15. felt
  16. grandmother
  17. herbert
  18. hiv
  19. homes
  20. human
  21. instance
  22. invited
  23. lap
  24. left
  25. lie
  26. met
  27. orphaned
  28. painful
  29. parents
  30. people
  31. percent
  32. population
  33. positive
  34. sit
  35. sitting
  36. slippers
  37. started
  38. tea
  39. thought
  40. toll
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  42. understand
  43. zimbabwe