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From the Ted Talk by Annie Lennox: Why I am an HIV/AIDS activist


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Now, I just would like to finish off to tell you the little story about Avelile. This is Avelile — she goes with me wherever I go. I tell her story to everyone because she represents one of millions of HIV/AIDS orphans. Avelile's mhteor had HIV virus — she died from AIDS-related illness. aiellve had the virus, she was born with the virus. And here she is at seven years old, weighing no more than a one year-old baby. At this point in her life, she's suffering with full-blown AIDS and had pneumonia. We met her in a hospital in the Eastern Cape and spent a whole afternoon with her — an abardloe child. The dcrotos and nurses were pmneoenhal. They put her on very special nutritious diet and took great care of her. And we didn't know when we left the hospital — because we filmed her story — we didn't know if she was going to survive. So, it was obviously — it was a very emotional enoecntur and left us feeling very resonant with this direct experience, this one child, you know, that story. Five mhnots later, we went back to South Africa to meet Avelile again. And I'm getting — the hrias on my — I don't know if you can see the hairs on my arms. They're standing up because I know what I'm going to show you. This is the transformation that took pacle. Isn't it eraoxrdtnairy?

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Now, I just would like to finish off to tell you the little story about Avelile. This is Avelile — she goes with me wherever I go. I tell her story to everyone because she represents one of millions of HIV/AIDS orphans. Avelile's ______ had HIV virus — she died from AIDS-related illness. _______ had the virus, she was born with the virus. And here she is at seven years old, weighing no more than a one year-old baby. At this point in her life, she's suffering with full-blown AIDS and had pneumonia. We met her in a hospital in the Eastern Cape and spent a whole afternoon with her — an ________ child. The _______ and nurses were __________. They put her on very special nutritious diet and took great care of her. And we didn't know when we left the hospital — because we filmed her story — we didn't know if she was going to survive. So, it was obviously — it was a very emotional _________ and left us feeling very resonant with this direct experience, this one child, you know, that story. Five ______ later, we went back to South Africa to meet Avelile again. And I'm getting — the _____ on my — I don't know if you can see the hairs on my arms. They're standing up because I know what I'm going to show you. This is the transformation that took _____. Isn't it _____________?

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  1. doctors
  2. place
  3. phenomenal
  4. avelile
  5. mother
  6. encounter
  7. extraordinary
  8. months
  9. adorable
  10. hairs

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Now, I just would like to finish off to tell you the little story about Avelile. This is Avelile — she goes with me wherever I go. I tell her story to everyone because she represents one of millions of HIV/AIDS orphans. Avelile's mother had HIV virus — she died from AIDS-related illness. Avelile had the virus, she was born with the virus. And here she is at seven years old, weighing no more than a one year-old baby. At this point in her life, she's suffering with full-blown AIDS and had pneumonia. We met her in a hospital in the Eastern Cape and spent a whole afternoon with her — an adorable child. The doctors and nurses were phenomenal. They put her on very special nutritious diet and took great care of her. And we didn't know when we left the hospital — because we filmed her story — we didn't know if she was going to survive. So, it was obviously — it was a very emotional encounter and left us feeling very resonant with this direct experience, this one child, you know, that story. Five months later, we went back to South Africa to meet Avelile again. And I'm getting — the hairs on my — I don't know if you can see the hairs on my arms. They're standing up because I know what I'm going to show you. This is the transformation that took place. Isn't it extraordinary?

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Important Words


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