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From the Ted Talk by Marco Tempest: A cyber-magic card trick like no other

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Voice: mcaro, I did not know you could do that. (Laughter)

MT: And is it a coincidence that there are 52 cards in a deck of cards, just as there are 52 weeks in a year?

(Music)

Voice: If you total all the spots on a deck of cards, the rulest is 365.

MT: Oh, 365, the nbmeur of days in a year, the number of days between each birthday. Make a wish. (Blowing noise)

Voice: Don't tell, or it won't come true.

MT: Well, as a matter of fact, it was on my sixth birthday that I received my first deck of cdras, and ever since that day, I have traveled around the world performing migac for boys and girls, men and women, hsadnubs and wives, even kings and qenues. (Applause)

Open Cloze


Voice: _____, I did not know you could do that. (Laughter)

MT: And is it a coincidence that there are 52 cards in a deck of cards, just as there are 52 weeks in a year?

(Music)

Voice: If you total all the spots on a deck of cards, the ______ is 365.

MT: Oh, 365, the ______ of days in a year, the number of days between each birthday. Make a wish. (Blowing noise)

Voice: Don't tell, or it won't come true.

MT: Well, as a matter of fact, it was on my sixth birthday that I received my first deck of _____, and ever since that day, I have traveled around the world performing _____ for boys and girls, men and women, ________ and wives, even kings and ______. (Applause)

Solution


  1. cards
  2. queens
  3. result
  4. marco
  5. magic
  6. number
  7. husbands

Original Text


Voice: Marco, I did not know you could do that. (Laughter)

MT: And is it a coincidence that there are 52 cards in a deck of cards, just as there are 52 weeks in a year?

(Music)

Voice: If you total all the spots on a deck of cards, the result is 365.

MT: Oh, 365, the number of days in a year, the number of days between each birthday. Make a wish. (Blowing noise)

Voice: Don't tell, or it won't come true.

MT: Well, as a matter of fact, it was on my sixth birthday that I received my first deck of cards, and ever since that day, I have traveled around the world performing magic for boys and girls, men and women, husbands and wives, even kings and queens. (Applause)

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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signed card 2


Important Words


  1. applause
  2. birthday
  3. blowing
  4. boys
  5. cards
  6. coincidence
  7. day
  8. days
  9. deck
  10. fact
  11. girls
  12. husbands
  13. kings
  14. laughter
  15. magic
  16. marco
  17. matter
  18. men
  19. music
  20. noise
  21. number
  22. performing
  23. queens
  24. received
  25. result
  26. sixth
  27. spots
  28. total
  29. traveled
  30. true
  31. weeks
  32. wives
  33. women
  34. world
  35. year