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From the Ted Talk by Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols: This is what LGBT life is like around the world


Unscramble the Blue Letters


There, we met María rchiad. María was a driving force behind that movement.

María Rachid (Spanish): I always say that, in reality, the effects of marriage equality are not only for those couples that get married. They are for a lot of people that, even though they may never get married, will be perceived dertffeilny by their coworkers, their families and neighbors, from the national state's message of equality. I feel very pruod of agetnnira because Argentina tdaoy is a model of eialutqy. And hopefully soon, the whole world will have the same rights.

JC: When we made the visit to my ancestral lands, I wish I could have shown my parents what we found there. Because here is who we met:

Open Cloze


There, we met María ______. María was a driving force behind that movement.

María Rachid (Spanish): I always say that, in reality, the effects of marriage equality are not only for those couples that get married. They are for a lot of people that, even though they may never get married, will be perceived ___________ by their coworkers, their families and neighbors, from the national state's message of equality. I feel very _____ of _________ because Argentina _____ is a model of ________. And hopefully soon, the whole world will have the same rights.

JC: When we made the visit to my ancestral lands, I wish I could have shown my parents what we found there. Because here is who we met:

Solution


  1. rachid
  2. today
  3. argentina
  4. equality
  5. proud
  6. differently

Original Text


There, we met María Rachid. María was a driving force behind that movement.

María Rachid (Spanish): I always say that, in reality, the effects of marriage equality are not only for those couples that get married. They are for a lot of people that, even though they may never get married, will be perceived differently by their coworkers, their families and neighbors, from the national state's message of equality. I feel very proud of Argentina because Argentina today is a model of equality. And hopefully soon, the whole world will have the same rights.

JC: When we made the visit to my ancestral lands, I wish I could have shown my parents what we found there. Because here is who we met:

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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lgbt people 3
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gay people 2
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Important Words


  1. ancestral
  2. argentina
  3. couples
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  24. people
  25. perceived
  26. proud
  27. rachid
  28. reality
  29. rights
  30. shown
  31. spanish
  32. today
  33. visit
  34. world