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From the Ted Talk by Maz Jobrani: A Saudi, an Indian and an Iranian walk into a Qatari bar ...
Unscramble the Blue Letters
(Cheering)
Lebanese, yeah.
The Middle East is going crazy. You know the Middle East is going crazy when Lebanon is the most peacuefl place in the region.
(Laughter) (Applause)
Who would have tghohut?
(Laughter)
Oh my gosh.
No, there's serious issues in the rieogn. Some people don't want to talk about them. I'm here to talk about them tonight. Ladies and gentlemen of the mddile East, here's a serious issue. When we see each other, when we say hello, how many kisses are we going to do?
(Laughter)
Every country is different and it's confusing, okay? In Lebanon, they do three. In epygt, they do two. I was in Lebanon, I got used to three. I went to Egypt. I went to say hello to this one Egyptian guy, I went, one, two. I went for three — He wasn't into it.
Open Cloze
(Cheering)
Lebanese, yeah.
The Middle East is going crazy. You know the Middle East is going crazy when Lebanon is the most ________ place in the region.
(Laughter) (Applause)
Who would have _______?
(Laughter)
Oh my gosh.
No, there's serious issues in the ______. Some people don't want to talk about them. I'm here to talk about them tonight. Ladies and gentlemen of the ______ East, here's a serious issue. When we see each other, when we say hello, how many kisses are we going to do?
(Laughter)
Every country is different and it's confusing, okay? In Lebanon, they do three. In _____, they do two. I was in Lebanon, I got used to three. I went to Egypt. I went to say hello to this one Egyptian guy, I went, one, two. I went for three — He wasn't into it.
Solution
- middle
- region
- thought
- egypt
- peaceful
Original Text
(Cheering)
Lebanese, yeah.
The Middle East is going crazy. You know the Middle East is going crazy when Lebanon is the most peaceful place in the region.
(Laughter) (Applause)
Who would have thought?
(Laughter)
Oh my gosh.
No, there's serious issues in the region. Some people don't want to talk about them. I'm here to talk about them tonight. Ladies and gentlemen of the Middle East, here's a serious issue. When we see each other, when we say hello, how many kisses are we going to do?
(Laughter)
Every country is different and it's confusing, okay? In Lebanon, they do three. In Egypt, they do two. I was in Lebanon, I got used to three. I went to Egypt. I went to say hello to this one Egyptian guy, I went, one, two. I went for three — He wasn't into it.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
| collocation |
frequency |
| middle east |
5 |
| middle eastern |
3 |
| safest place |
2 |
Important Words
- applause
- cheering
- confusing
- country
- crazy
- east
- egypt
- egyptian
- gentlemen
- gosh
- guy
- issue
- issues
- kisses
- ladies
- laughter
- lebanese
- lebanon
- middle
- peaceful
- people
- place
- region
- talk
- thought
- tonight
- yeah