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From the Ted Talk by Luis H. Zayas: The psychological impact of child separation at the US-Mexico border

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So they set out. But Danny's father was a single-leg amputee with a crutch, and he couldn't manage the regugd terrain. So he said to his wife, "Go without me. Take our boys. Save our boys." So Mom and the boys set off. Danny told me he looked back, said godoybe to his father, looked back a couple of tiems until he lost sight of his fhtear. In detention, he had not heard from his father. And it's very likely that his father was killed by the Revos Locos, because he had tried to flee. I can't foregt Danny.

The other boy was Fernando. Now, Fernando was in the same detention center, roughly the same age as Danny. Fernando was telling me about the 24 hours he sepnt in isolation with his moehtr in the detention center, placed there because his mother had led a hunger strike among the mothers in the detention center, and now she was cacnrkig under the prusrese of the guards, who were threatening and being very abusive towards her and Fernando. As fneadnro and I are talking in the smlal office, his mother busrt in, and she says, "They hear you! They're listening to you." And she dropped to her hands and knees, and she began to look under the table, groping under all the chairs. She looked at the electric sockets, at the corner of the room, the foolr, the corner of the ceiling, at the lamp, at the air vent, looking for hidden microphones and cameras. I watched Fernando as he watched his mother spiral into this paranoid sttae. I looked in his eyes and I saw utter toerrr. After all, who would take care of him if she couldn't? It was just the two of them. They only had each other. I could tell you story after story, but I haven't forgotten Fernando. And I know something about what that kind of trauma, stress and adversity does to cielrdhn. So I'm going to get clinical with you for a moment, and I'm going to be the professor that I am.

Open Cloze


So they set out. But Danny's father was a single-leg amputee with a crutch, and he couldn't manage the ______ terrain. So he said to his wife, "Go without me. Take our boys. Save our boys." So Mom and the boys set off. Danny told me he looked back, said _______ to his father, looked back a couple of _____ until he lost sight of his ______. In detention, he had not heard from his father. And it's very likely that his father was killed by the Revos Locos, because he had tried to flee. I can't ______ Danny.

The other boy was Fernando. Now, Fernando was in the same detention center, roughly the same age as Danny. Fernando was telling me about the 24 hours he _____ in isolation with his ______ in the detention center, placed there because his mother had led a hunger strike among the mothers in the detention center, and now she was ________ under the ________ of the guards, who were threatening and being very abusive towards her and Fernando. As ________ and I are talking in the _____ office, his mother _____ in, and she says, "They hear you! They're listening to you." And she dropped to her hands and knees, and she began to look under the table, groping under all the chairs. She looked at the electric sockets, at the corner of the room, the _____, the corner of the ceiling, at the lamp, at the air vent, looking for hidden microphones and cameras. I watched Fernando as he watched his mother spiral into this paranoid _____. I looked in his eyes and I saw utter ______. After all, who would take care of him if she couldn't? It was just the two of them. They only had each other. I could tell you story after story, but I haven't forgotten Fernando. And I know something about what that kind of trauma, stress and adversity does to ________. So I'm going to get clinical with you for a moment, and I'm going to be the professor that I am.

Solution


  1. spent
  2. pressure
  3. terror
  4. mother
  5. times
  6. forget
  7. fernando
  8. burst
  9. cracking
  10. rugged
  11. children
  12. floor
  13. small
  14. father
  15. state
  16. goodbye

Original Text


So they set out. But Danny's father was a single-leg amputee with a crutch, and he couldn't manage the rugged terrain. So he said to his wife, "Go without me. Take our boys. Save our boys." So Mom and the boys set off. Danny told me he looked back, said goodbye to his father, looked back a couple of times until he lost sight of his father. In detention, he had not heard from his father. And it's very likely that his father was killed by the Revos Locos, because he had tried to flee. I can't forget Danny.

The other boy was Fernando. Now, Fernando was in the same detention center, roughly the same age as Danny. Fernando was telling me about the 24 hours he spent in isolation with his mother in the detention center, placed there because his mother had led a hunger strike among the mothers in the detention center, and now she was cracking under the pressure of the guards, who were threatening and being very abusive towards her and Fernando. As Fernando and I are talking in the small office, his mother burst in, and she says, "They hear you! They're listening to you." And she dropped to her hands and knees, and she began to look under the table, groping under all the chairs. She looked at the electric sockets, at the corner of the room, the floor, the corner of the ceiling, at the lamp, at the air vent, looking for hidden microphones and cameras. I watched Fernando as he watched his mother spiral into this paranoid state. I looked in his eyes and I saw utter terror. After all, who would take care of him if she couldn't? It was just the two of them. They only had each other. I could tell you story after story, but I haven't forgotten Fernando. And I know something about what that kind of trauma, stress and adversity does to children. So I'm going to get clinical with you for a moment, and I'm going to be the professor that I am.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
revos locos 4
danny told 3
mental health 3
refugee camps 3
united states 2
worst violence 2
forget danny 2
family units 2
social workers 2


Important Words


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