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From the Ted Talk by Philippa Neave: The unexpected challenges of a country's first election

Unscramble the Blue Letters


We hear a lot of misery about the Middle East. We hear the chaos of war. We hear terrorism. We hear about sectarianism and all this hbolirre negative news that comes to us all the time. What we're not hearing is what are the people, the everyday poeple, thinking? What are they aspiring to? Let's give them the manes, let's give them the words. The silent majority is silent because they don't have the words. The silent majority needs to know. It is time to provide people with the kwleodgne tools that they can inorfm themselves with.

The sneilt majority does not need to be silent. Let's help them have a voice.

Open Cloze


We hear a lot of misery about the Middle East. We hear the chaos of war. We hear terrorism. We hear about sectarianism and all this ________ negative news that comes to us all the time. What we're not hearing is what are the people, the everyday ______, thinking? What are they aspiring to? Let's give them the _____, let's give them the words. The silent majority is silent because they don't have the words. The silent majority needs to know. It is time to provide people with the _________ tools that they can ______ themselves with.

The ______ majority does not need to be silent. Let's help them have a voice.

Solution


  1. knowledge
  2. inform
  3. people
  4. silent
  5. horrible
  6. means

Original Text


We hear a lot of misery about the Middle East. We hear the chaos of war. We hear terrorism. We hear about sectarianism and all this horrible negative news that comes to us all the time. What we're not hearing is what are the people, the everyday people, thinking? What are they aspiring to? Let's give them the means, let's give them the words. The silent majority is silent because they don't have the words. The silent majority needs to know. It is time to provide people with the knowledge tools that they can inform themselves with.

The silent majority does not need to be silent. Let's help them have a voice.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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