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From the Ted Talk by Mike Posner: 5 lessons on happiness — from pop fame to poisonous snakes

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And so it was scary. But on April 15, 2019, I stood off the caost of New Jersey, and I took a step. And when I took that step, all the fears and duobts about what might happen if I chose to do this, they daaipepserd because I was doing it. And that's when I learned the second lesson. Step one is take one step. I walked across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I wekald across Ohio, where I developed blistering foot pain. It was worse than I thgohut it would be, but I kept going. I walked across Indiana and Illinois. I walked across Missouri during a heat wave, I walked across Kansas. I walked into Colorado.

Open Cloze


And so it was scary. But on April 15, 2019, I stood off the _____ of New Jersey, and I took a step. And when I took that step, all the fears and ______ about what might happen if I chose to do this, they ___________ because I was doing it. And that's when I learned the second lesson. Step one is take one step. I walked across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I ______ across Ohio, where I developed blistering foot pain. It was worse than I _______ it would be, but I kept going. I walked across Indiana and Illinois. I walked across Missouri during a heat wave, I walked across Kansas. I walked into Colorado.

Solution


  1. walked
  2. thought
  3. doubts
  4. disappeared
  5. coast

Original Text


And so it was scary. But on April 15, 2019, I stood off the coast of New Jersey, and I took a step. And when I took that step, all the fears and doubts about what might happen if I chose to do this, they disappeared because I was doing it. And that's when I learned the second lesson. Step one is take one step. I walked across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I walked across Ohio, where I developed blistering foot pain. It was worse than I thought it would be, but I kept going. I walked across Indiana and Illinois. I walked across Missouri during a heat wave, I walked across Kansas. I walked into Colorado.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
lesson number 5
sad songs 4
dad wanted 3
stage singing 2
songs sad 2
crazy ideas 2
great ideas 2
freaking wide 2
blistering foot 2
rocky mountains 2
left leg 2
true happiness 2
gonna fly 2


Important Words


  1. april
  2. blistering
  3. chose
  4. coast
  5. colorado
  6. developed
  7. disappeared
  8. doubts
  9. fears
  10. foot
  11. happen
  12. heat
  13. illinois
  14. indiana
  15. jersey
  16. kansas
  17. learned
  18. lesson
  19. missouri
  20. ohio
  21. pain
  22. pennsylvania
  23. scary
  24. step
  25. stood
  26. thought
  27. walked
  28. wave
  29. worse