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From the Ted Talk by David Finnigan: A controversial play — and what it taught me about the psychology of climate

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Hi, I’m David. I'm a playwright from Ngunnawal country, the unceded lands of the Ngunnawal people in shatusoet Australia. I come from a family of climate scientists, and in 2014 I wrote a play enteiltd "Kill Climate Deniers."

(Laughter)

The play follows the story of a group of eco-terrorists who take over Australia's pnmraaelit House during a Fleetwood Mac concert and hold the entire government hostage, dmeidanng an itsnnat end to ctalime change. So the story is ridiculous, but I wanted the play to start a conversation about what happens when the unstoppable force of climate change meets the iomvabmle object of politics.

Open Cloze


Hi, I’m David. I'm a playwright from Ngunnawal country, the unceded lands of the Ngunnawal people in _________ Australia. I come from a family of climate scientists, and in 2014 I wrote a play ________ "Kill Climate Deniers."

(Laughter)

The play follows the story of a group of eco-terrorists who take over Australia's __________ House during a Fleetwood Mac concert and hold the entire government hostage, _________ an _______ end to _______ change. So the story is ridiculous, but I wanted the play to start a conversation about what happens when the unstoppable force of climate change meets the _________ object of politics.

Solution


  1. immovable
  2. parliament
  3. southeast
  4. instant
  5. climate
  6. entitled
  7. demanding

Original Text


Hi, I’m David. I'm a playwright from Ngunnawal country, the unceded lands of the Ngunnawal people in southeast Australia. I come from a family of climate scientists, and in 2014 I wrote a play entitled "Kill Climate Deniers."

(Laughter)

The play follows the story of a group of eco-terrorists who take over Australia's Parliament House during a Fleetwood Mac concert and hold the entire government hostage, demanding an instant end to climate change. So the story is ridiculous, but I wanted the play to start a conversation about what happens when the unstoppable force of climate change meets the immovable object of politics.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
climate change 6
climate deniers 6
climate denial 3
parliament house 2
fleetwood mac 2
mac concert 2
entire government 2
denial began 2
real climate 2
normal people 2
theater company 2
climate science 2
high school 2
school teacher 2
massage therapist 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
fleetwood mac concert 2
climate denial began 2
real climate deniers 2
high school teacher 2

Important Words


  1. australia
  2. change
  3. climate
  4. concert
  5. conversation
  6. country
  7. david
  8. demanding
  9. deniers
  10. entire
  11. entitled
  12. family
  13. fleetwood
  14. force
  15. government
  16. group
  17. hold
  18. hostage
  19. house
  20. immovable
  21. instant
  22. lands
  23. laughter
  24. mac
  25. meets
  26. ngunnawal
  27. object
  28. parliament
  29. people
  30. play
  31. playwright
  32. politics
  33. ridiculous
  34. scientists
  35. southeast
  36. start
  37. story
  38. unceded
  39. unstoppable
  40. wanted
  41. wrote