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From the Ted Talk by Leymah Gbowee: Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls

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LG: I've been asked to lead the Liberian Reconciliation iinititvae. As part of my work, I'm doing these truos in different villages and towns — 13, 15 hours on dirt roads — and there is no cintmumoy that I've gone into that I haven't seen ilnenitlget girls. But sadly, the vision of a gerat future, or the draem of a great future, is just a dream, because you have all of these vices. Teen pregnancy, like I said, is epidemic.

So what troubles me is that I was at that place and somehow I'm at this place, and I just don't want to be the only one at this place. I'm looking for ways for other girls to be with me. I want to look back 20 years from now and see that there's another Liberian girl, Ghanaian girl, Nigerian girl, Ethiopian girl standing on this TED stgae. And maybe, just maybe, saying, "Because of that Nobel laureate I'm here taody." So I'm troubled when I see them like there's no hope. But I'm also not pessimistic, because I know it doesn't take a lot to get them charged up.

Open Cloze


LG: I've been asked to lead the Liberian Reconciliation __________. As part of my work, I'm doing these _____ in different villages and towns — 13, 15 hours on dirt roads — and there is no _________ that I've gone into that I haven't seen ___________ girls. But sadly, the vision of a _____ future, or the _____ of a great future, is just a dream, because you have all of these vices. Teen pregnancy, like I said, is epidemic.

So what troubles me is that I was at that place and somehow I'm at this place, and I just don't want to be the only one at this place. I'm looking for ways for other girls to be with me. I want to look back 20 years from now and see that there's another Liberian girl, Ghanaian girl, Nigerian girl, Ethiopian girl standing on this TED _____. And maybe, just maybe, saying, "Because of that Nobel laureate I'm here _____." So I'm troubled when I see them like there's no hope. But I'm also not pessimistic, because I know it doesn't take a lot to get them charged up.

Solution


  1. community
  2. intelligent
  3. today
  4. initiative
  5. dream
  6. stage
  7. great
  8. tours

Original Text


LG: I've been asked to lead the Liberian Reconciliation Initiative. As part of my work, I'm doing these tours in different villages and towns — 13, 15 hours on dirt roads — and there is no community that I've gone into that I haven't seen intelligent girls. But sadly, the vision of a great future, or the dream of a great future, is just a dream, because you have all of these vices. Teen pregnancy, like I said, is epidemic.

So what troubles me is that I was at that place and somehow I'm at this place, and I just don't want to be the only one at this place. I'm looking for ways for other girls to be with me. I want to look back 20 years from now and see that there's another Liberian girl, Ghanaian girl, Nigerian girl, Ethiopian girl standing on this TED stage. And maybe, just maybe, saying, "Because of that Nobel laureate I'm here today." So I'm troubled when I see them like there's no hope. But I'm also not pessimistic, because I know it doesn't take a lot to get them charged up.

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