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From the Ted Talk by Neil MacGregor: 2600 years of history in one object
Unscramble the Blue Letters
A replica of this is at the United Nations. In New York this autumn, it will be present when the great debates about the future of the Middle East take place. And I want to finish by asking you what the next srtoy will be in which this object figures. It will appear, certainly, in many more Middle Eastern stories. And what story of the Middle East, what story of the world, do you want to see reflecting what is said, what is expressed in this cylinder? The right of ppeloes to live together in the same state, wnhipoisrg dtrenffleiy, freely — a Middle East, a world, in which rigeilon is not the subject of division or of debate.
Open Cloze
A replica of this is at the United Nations. In New York this autumn, it will be present when the great debates about the future of the Middle East take place. And I want to finish by asking you what the next _____ will be in which this object figures. It will appear, certainly, in many more Middle Eastern stories. And what story of the Middle East, what story of the world, do you want to see reflecting what is said, what is expressed in this cylinder? The right of _______ to live together in the same state, __________ ___________, freely — a Middle East, a world, in which ________ is not the subject of division or of debate.
Solution
- worshiping
- peoples
- religion
- differently
- story
Original Text
A replica of this is at the United Nations. In New York this autumn, it will be present when the great debates about the future of the Middle East take place. And I want to finish by asking you what the next story will be in which this object figures. It will appear, certainly, in many more Middle Eastern stories. And what story of the Middle East, what story of the world, do you want to see reflecting what is said, what is expressed in this cylinder? The right of peoples to live together in the same state, worshiping differently, freely — a Middle East, a world, in which religion is not the subject of division or of debate.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
| collocation |
frequency |
| middle east |
6 |
| cyrus cylinder |
6 |
| hebrew scriptures |
4 |
| lord god |
4 |
| temple vessels |
3 |
| entered babylon |
2 |
| cylinder enters |
2 |
| middle eastern |
2 |
| british museum |
2 |
| called cyrus |
2 |
| takes cyrus |
2 |
| imperial power |
2 |
| great celebrations |
2 |
| jews living |
2 |
Important Words
- autumn
- cylinder
- debate
- debates
- differently
- division
- east
- eastern
- expressed
- figures
- finish
- freely
- future
- great
- live
- middle
- nations
- object
- peoples
- place
- present
- reflecting
- religion
- replica
- state
- stories
- story
- subject
- united
- world
- worshiping
- york