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1. Watch this NYT video and write from 3 to 5 lines to say what this is about. 

2. Read this passage, taken from “On These Soccer Fields, A Brief Respite From The Killing Fields.” Write the punctuation mark that should go in each blank. 

When Ana Aguirre stepped onto the soccer field in the main plaza here (1)___ wearing her green Mexican uniform, and scored goals against teams from Brazil and the United States, her life back in Ciudad Juárez seemed to have been vacuumed from the scene (2)___ There were no jobless parents, no addicts (3)___ no dead friends and no young men with pistols shoved into their acid-washed jeans. There was only a celebratory noise (4)___ fans , commentators, music and the sound of the ball being kicked or teammates yelling.

3. Have a look at this slide show about the role of soccer in the lives of these homeless and formerly homeless young people. Read the accompanying text for each photo. Tell which picture you liked the most and why. 

[Thanks to Test Yourself | E.L.L. Practice, Oct. 7, 2013 By LARRY FERLAZZO]