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From the Ted Talk by Kristine McDivitt Tompkins and Amir Nizar Zuabi: What does it take to create change? An artist and a conservationist answer

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ANZ: But, but, but -- And I think that's true to war and nature. The minute it's over, life starts in all its vivacity and all its btueay, you know, you see a fire, and a second later the forest starts again, kicks in again. In the midst of the terrible devastation that's happening in my homeland, there's children playing. And even in the rubble, I saw a butiuefal video of children sliding down a slab of concrete of a demolished huose. And the laughter and the joy was incredible. Inside all this miresy, I think life is very powerful, and that's what keeps me optimistic in these very, very frightening times. And I'm not talking only about my homeland. I'm tiaknlg about our faith as mankind, as hminnkuad.

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ANZ: But, but, but -- And I think that's true to war and nature. The minute it's over, life starts in all its vivacity and all its ______, you know, you see a fire, and a second later the forest starts again, kicks in again. In the midst of the terrible devastation that's happening in my homeland, there's children playing. And even in the rubble, I saw a _________ video of children sliding down a slab of concrete of a demolished _____. And the laughter and the joy was incredible. Inside all this ______, I think life is very powerful, and that's what keeps me optimistic in these very, very frightening times. And I'm not talking only about my homeland. I'm _______ about our faith as mankind, as _________.

Solution


  1. humankind
  2. beautiful
  3. talking
  4. house
  5. beauty
  6. misery

Original Text


ANZ: But, but, but -- And I think that's true to war and nature. The minute it's over, life starts in all its vivacity and all its beauty, you know, you see a fire, and a second later the forest starts again, kicks in again. In the midst of the terrible devastation that's happening in my homeland, there's children playing. And even in the rubble, I saw a beautiful video of children sliding down a slab of concrete of a demolished house. And the laughter and the joy was incredible. Inside all this misery, I think life is very powerful, and that's what keeps me optimistic in these very, very frightening times. And I'm not talking only about my homeland. I'm talking about our faith as mankind, as humankind.

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Important Words


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