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From the Ted Talk by Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And finally, I believe that, despite the fact that it is so dramatic and so beautiful and so inspiring and so stimulating, we will ultimately not be jguded by our technology, we won't be judged by our design, we won't be judged by our intellect and reason. Ultimately, you judge the chraacetr of a scotiey not by how they treat their rich and the powerful and the pgierelvid, but by how they treat the poor, the cndnemoed, the incarcerated. Because it's in that nexus that we actually begin to understand truly pofornud things about who we are.

I sometimes get out of balance. I'll end with this story. I sometimes push too hard. I do get tired, as we all do. Sometimes those ideas get ahead of our thinking in ways that are important. And I've been representing these kids who have been sncteened to these very harsh sentences. And I go to the jail and I see my client, who's 13 and 14, and he's been certified to stand trial as an adult. I start thinking, well, how did that happen? How can a judge turn you into something that you're not? And the jgdue has cfeitierd him as an adult, but I see this kid.

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And finally, I believe that, despite the fact that it is so dramatic and so beautiful and so inspiring and so stimulating, we will ultimately not be ______ by our technology, we won't be judged by our design, we won't be judged by our intellect and reason. Ultimately, you judge the _________ of a _______ not by how they treat their rich and the powerful and the __________, but by how they treat the poor, the _________, the incarcerated. Because it's in that nexus that we actually begin to understand truly ________ things about who we are.

I sometimes get out of balance. I'll end with this story. I sometimes push too hard. I do get tired, as we all do. Sometimes those ideas get ahead of our thinking in ways that are important. And I've been representing these kids who have been _________ to these very harsh sentences. And I go to the jail and I see my client, who's 13 and 14, and he's been certified to stand trial as an adult. I start thinking, well, how did that happen? How can a judge turn you into something that you're not? And the _____ has _________ him as an adult, but I see this kid.

Solution


  1. privileged
  2. sentenced
  3. character
  4. profound
  5. society
  6. certified
  7. judged
  8. condemned
  9. judge

Original Text


And finally, I believe that, despite the fact that it is so dramatic and so beautiful and so inspiring and so stimulating, we will ultimately not be judged by our technology, we won't be judged by our design, we won't be judged by our intellect and reason. Ultimately, you judge the character of a society not by how they treat their rich and the powerful and the privileged, but by how they treat the poor, the condemned, the incarcerated. Because it's in that nexus that we actually begin to understand truly profound things about who we are.

I sometimes get out of balance. I'll end with this story. I sometimes push too hard. I do get tired, as we all do. Sometimes those ideas get ahead of our thinking in ways that are important. And I've been representing these kids who have been sentenced to these very harsh sentences. And I go to the jail and I see my client, who's 13 and 14, and he's been certified to stand trial as an adult. I start thinking, well, how did that happen? How can a judge turn you into something that you're not? And the judge has certified him as an adult, but I see this kid.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
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Important Words


  1. adult
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  7. condemned
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  31. reason
  32. representing
  33. rich
  34. sentenced
  35. sentences
  36. society
  37. stand
  38. start
  39. stimulating
  40. story
  41. technology
  42. thinking
  43. tired
  44. treat
  45. trial
  46. turn
  47. ultimately
  48. understand
  49. ways