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From the Ted Talk by Joseph Kim: The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained.
Unscramble the Blue Letters
I was born and raised in North Korea. Although my family constantly struggled against pevtory, I was always loved and cared for first, because I was the only son and the youngest of two in the family.
But then the great famine began in 1994. I was four years old. My sister and I would go searching for firewood satrting at 5 in the mnriong and come back after mdiihngt. I would wander the streets searching for food, and I remember seeing a small child tied to a mother's back eating chips, and wanting to seatl them from him.
Hunger is humiliation. huegnr is hopelessness. For a hungry child, politics and freedom are not even thohugt of. On my ninth birthday, my parents couldn't give me any food to eat. But even as a child, I could feel the heaviness in their htraes.
Open Cloze
I was born and raised in North Korea. Although my family constantly struggled against _______, I was always loved and cared for first, because I was the only son and the youngest of two in the family.
But then the great famine began in 1994. I was four years old. My sister and I would go searching for firewood ________ at 5 in the _______ and come back after ________. I would wander the streets searching for food, and I remember seeing a small child tied to a mother's back eating chips, and wanting to _____ them from him.
Hunger is humiliation. ______ is hopelessness. For a hungry child, politics and freedom are not even _______ of. On my ninth birthday, my parents couldn't give me any food to eat. But even as a child, I could feel the heaviness in their ______.
Solution
- hunger
- thought
- starting
- midnight
- hearts
- poverty
- morning
- steal
Original Text
I was born and raised in North Korea. Although my family constantly struggled against poverty, I was always loved and cared for first, because I was the only son and the youngest of two in the family.
But then the great famine began in 1994. I was four years old. My sister and I would go searching for firewood starting at 5 in the morning and come back after midnight. I would wander the streets searching for food, and I remember seeing a small child tied to a mother's back eating chips, and wanting to steal them from him.
Hunger is humiliation. Hunger is hopelessness. For a hungry child, politics and freedom are not even thought of. On my ninth birthday, my parents couldn't give me any food to eat. But even as a child, I could feel the heaviness in their hearts.
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