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From the Ted Talk by Harry Baker: A love poem for lonely prime numbers

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And she was the one he wanted to give his heart to,

She said she felt the same and now she knew the films were half true.

Because that wasn't real love, that love was just a sample,

When it came to real love, they were a prime example.

Cheers.

(Applause)

That was the first poem that I wrote and it was for a prime number-themed poetry night — (Laughter) — which turned out to be a pmire number-themed poetry competition. And I became a prime number-themed poetry cepoottimin wniner, or as I like to call it, a prime minister. (Laughter) And this is how I deievorcsd these things called poetry slams, and if you don't know what a poetry slam is, it was a format come up with in America 30 yreas ago as a way of tricking people into going to prtoey envtes by putting an exciting word like "slam" on the end. (Laughter)

Open Cloze


And she was the one he wanted to give his heart to,

She said she felt the same and now she knew the films were half true.

Because that wasn't real love, that love was just a sample,

When it came to real love, they were a prime example.

Cheers.

(Applause)

That was the first poem that I wrote and it was for a prime number-themed poetry night — (Laughter) — which turned out to be a _____ number-themed poetry competition. And I became a prime number-themed poetry ___________ ______, or as I like to call it, a prime minister. (Laughter) And this is how I __________ these things called poetry slams, and if you don't know what a poetry slam is, it was a format come up with in America 30 _____ ago as a way of tricking people into going to ______ ______ by putting an exciting word like "slam" on the end. (Laughter)

Solution


  1. years
  2. competition
  3. discovered
  4. events
  5. poetry
  6. winner
  7. prime

Original Text


And she was the one he wanted to give his heart to,

She said she felt the same and now she knew the films were half true.

Because that wasn't real love, that love was just a sample,

When it came to real love, they were a prime example.

Cheers.

(Applause)

That was the first poem that I wrote and it was for a prime number-themed poetry night — (Laughter) — which turned out to be a prime number-themed poetry competition. And I became a prime number-themed poetry competition winner, or as I like to call it, a prime minister. (Laughter) And this is how I discovered these things called poetry slams, and if you don't know what a poetry slam is, it was a format come up with in America 30 years ago as a way of tricking people into going to poetry events by putting an exciting word like "slam" on the end. (Laughter)

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