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Task 3 Read the article. Match the missing extracts (a-g) with the gaps in the
paragraphs (1-6)
Fight for what you want
0 Nujeen Mustafa is a teenager with an incredible story. She was born with
cerebral palsy, G. For the first 15 years of her life, she lived happily in
Syria with her family. She studied hard, learning English through American soap
operas. Her dream was to become an astronaut.
1 However, since 2011, normal life in Syria has been destroyed by war. The town
where Nujeen grew up, Kobane, has now been entirely destroyed. Millions of
Syrians, including Nujeen's family, have been forced to leave. Indeed, Nujeen
quickly became separated from her family during the chaos and became
frightened, not knowing whether she would live or die. Her dream now was just
to be a normal teenager, someone
2 Nujeen, with only a few belongings, and with only her sister to help push her
wheelchair, managed to leave Syria. With absolutely nowhere to go, except
perhaps to join the rest of her family, who were now in
Germany, she spent weeks travelling to the Turkish seaside town of Bodrum.
There, boats were waiting to take refugees to Greece. Nujeen remembers being
terrified while she was crossing the sea on the boat,
3 After this nightmare journey, she travelled across Greece and two other
countries before she reached the border of Hungary. Most fit people would be worn out by this difficult journey, but Nujeen, despite her disability, stayed cheerful. She knew her goal,
4 By this time, the Hungarian government had stopped allowing refugees into its country, and was prepared to use violence against them. So Nujeen, and thousands of other desperate people, had no choice but to take an even longer journey through two more countries, Croatia and Slovenia,
5 It was at this point that Nujeen met a journalist
Because of the
American soap operas she had enjoyed watching, Nujeen was able to speak to him. She told her story, which quickly made the news in Britain and the US.
6 In Slovenia, Nujeen had to stay in a refugee camp behind bars. At this point, after everything she had gone through, she was worn out, and felt like a prisoner.
With no idea of where she was, or,
she started to feel as if she
would never be reunited with her relatives.
7 Luckily for Nujeen, she did reach her brother in Germany, after months of travelling. She is now hoping to stay there for a while, contribute to society, and perhaps receive medical treatment which could help her to walk for the first time.
This intelligent, brave young woman has nowhere else to go. The Syria that she grew up in has gone now. But, she believes that people are stronger and braver than they think. Fight for what you want, and you may well get it.
Match the missing extracts (a-g) with the gaps in the paragraphs (1-6)
A) which was small and dangerously overcrowded
B) when she could leave
C) who was covering the story for the BBC
D) which was to fight for what she wanted
E) who woke up, went to school, came home and did homework
F) which meant crossing large rivers and other dangerous, remote areas
G) which means that she has spent her life in a wheelchair, unable to walk