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From the Ted Talk by Kristen Wenz: What if a single human right could change the world?

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So, when I was 14, my famliy was in the process of adopting my little berthors from Ethiopia. And one day my mom asked, "What day should we put for their birthday?" "Uh, the day they were born, obviously?" Ridiculous question. And then my mom said, "Well, Kristen, neither of your little brothers have a birth certificate, so how do you suggest we find out when that was?" Mind blown. Now, 20 years later, I'm still working on it, except instead of trying to solve the mtyrsey of my brothers' msising birth certificates, I try to solve this problem globally.

So what do birth certificates have to do with international dmveoelpent? To answer that, we have to look back at the original development andgea, the human rgihts agenda.

Open Cloze


So, when I was 14, my ______ was in the process of adopting my little ________ from Ethiopia. And one day my mom asked, "What day should we put for their birthday?" "Uh, the day they were born, obviously?" Ridiculous question. And then my mom said, "Well, Kristen, neither of your little brothers have a birth certificate, so how do you suggest we find out when that was?" Mind blown. Now, 20 years later, I'm still working on it, except instead of trying to solve the _______ of my brothers' _______ birth certificates, I try to solve this problem globally.

So what do birth certificates have to do with international ___________? To answer that, we have to look back at the original development ______, the human ______ agenda.

Solution


  1. mystery
  2. development
  3. agenda
  4. family
  5. missing
  6. brothers
  7. rights

Original Text


So, when I was 14, my family was in the process of adopting my little brothers from Ethiopia. And one day my mom asked, "What day should we put for their birthday?" "Uh, the day they were born, obviously?" Ridiculous question. And then my mom said, "Well, Kristen, neither of your little brothers have a birth certificate, so how do you suggest we find out when that was?" Mind blown. Now, 20 years later, I'm still working on it, except instead of trying to solve the mystery of my brothers' missing birth certificates, I try to solve this problem globally.

So what do birth certificates have to do with international development? To answer that, we have to look back at the original development agenda, the human rights agenda.

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Important Words


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  31. rights
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