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From the Ted Talk by Elizabeth Zion: The need for family reunification -- to make families whole again

Unscramble the Blue Letters


We need governments to accelerate reunification applications, and we need them to aerdsds the buerritaaucc and poiticall barriers to reunification for families all over the world.

My father is a gentle, loving man and the role model I have always needed. He’s a man of great ieitntrgy and a passionate, loayl advocate for the welfare of his family. His love doesn't announce itself when it enters into a room. It’s a quiet type of love, but it knows no bounds for his family.

So ... I cannot possibly begin to express how devastating it would be to continue lnviig life this way, especially when I know that my father loves me and wants to be in my life. I want my father to join me here in Ireland, the cuortny that my family and I are porud to call home. And I want all families to be made whole, to be reunified, to be together, as is our right.

Open Cloze


We need governments to accelerate reunification applications, and we need them to _______ the ____________ and _________ barriers to reunification for families all over the world.

My father is a gentle, loving man and the role model I have always needed. He’s a man of great _________ and a passionate, _____ advocate for the welfare of his family. His love doesn't announce itself when it enters into a room. It’s a quiet type of love, but it knows no bounds for his family.

So ... I cannot possibly begin to express how devastating it would be to continue ______ life this way, especially when I know that my father loves me and wants to be in my life. I want my father to join me here in Ireland, the _______ that my family and I are _____ to call home. And I want all families to be made whole, to be reunified, to be together, as is our right.

Solution


  1. integrity
  2. loyal
  3. bureaucratic
  4. living
  5. political
  6. address
  7. country
  8. proud

Original Text


We need governments to accelerate reunification applications, and we need them to address the bureaucratic and political barriers to reunification for families all over the world.

My father is a gentle, loving man and the role model I have always needed. He’s a man of great integrity and a passionate, loyal advocate for the welfare of his family. His love doesn't announce itself when it enters into a room. It’s a quiet type of love, but it knows no bounds for his family.

So ... I cannot possibly begin to express how devastating it would be to continue living life this way, especially when I know that my father loves me and wants to be in my life. I want my father to join me here in Ireland, the country that my family and I are proud to call home. And I want all families to be made whole, to be reunified, to be together, as is our right.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
family reunification 3


Important Words


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