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From the Ted Talk by Jane Fonda: Why I protest for climate justice

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And when you're famous, there's a lot of things that you can do. You have a bigger platform. So I decided that, like getra, I was going to put my body on the line and move to the center of American power, Washington, DC, and have a rally every Friday like the students do. And we work with the students. They speak at my rallies, and I speak at their rallies. And then after we speak, we engage in cviil doesiinedbce and risk getting arrested. Civil disobedience is a powerful tool that has changed hiotrsy many tiems, both in the United States in the '60s during the civil rights movement, of course in India with Mahatma Gandhi. And I didn't know in the bgeiinnng if it was going to work or not, but it's made me very hpapy to see what's happening.

Open Cloze


And when you're famous, there's a lot of things that you can do. You have a bigger platform. So I decided that, like _____, I was going to put my body on the line and move to the center of American power, Washington, DC, and have a rally every Friday like the students do. And we work with the students. They speak at my rallies, and I speak at their rallies. And then after we speak, we engage in _____ ____________ and risk getting arrested. Civil disobedience is a powerful tool that has changed _______ many _____, both in the United States in the '60s during the civil rights movement, of course in India with Mahatma Gandhi. And I didn't know in the _________ if it was going to work or not, but it's made me very _____ to see what's happening.

Solution


  1. greta
  2. times
  3. civil
  4. beginning
  5. disobedience
  6. happy
  7. history

Original Text


And when you're famous, there's a lot of things that you can do. You have a bigger platform. So I decided that, like Greta, I was going to put my body on the line and move to the center of American power, Washington, DC, and have a rally every Friday like the students do. And we work with the students. They speak at my rallies, and I speak at their rallies. And then after we speak, we engage in civil disobedience and risk getting arrested. Civil disobedience is a powerful tool that has changed history many times, both in the United States in the '60s during the civil rights movement, of course in India with Mahatma Gandhi. And I didn't know in the beginning if it was going to work or not, but it's made me very happy to see what's happening.

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