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From the Ted Talk by Einstein the Parrot: A talking, squawking parrot

Unscramble the Blue Letters


E: Oh, my God! My God! My God!

SW: Yeah. She would get really, really excited. (Laughter) That is one big peanut. Since Einstein is a bird, she's very interested in things that fly. She thinks Burt Rutan is very impressive.

E: Ooh.

SW: Yeah. She especially likes his latest achievement, SpaceShipOne.

Einstein, would you like to ride in Burt's spaceship? E: [Spaceship nsoie] SW: Even if it doesn't have a leasr?

E: [Laser noise] (Laughter)

SW: Yeah, yeah. That was pretty fnnuy, Einstein. Now, eeitnsin also tkhnis, you know, working in caves and travelling through space — it's all very dangerous jobs. It would be very daogeruns if you fell down.

Open Cloze


E: Oh, my God! My God! My God!

SW: Yeah. She would get really, really excited. (Laughter) That is one big peanut. Since Einstein is a bird, she's very interested in things that fly. She thinks Burt Rutan is very impressive.

E: Ooh.

SW: Yeah. She especially likes his latest achievement, SpaceShipOne.

Einstein, would you like to ride in Burt's spaceship? E: [Spaceship _____] SW: Even if it doesn't have a _____?

E: [Laser noise] (Laughter)

SW: Yeah, yeah. That was pretty _____, Einstein. Now, ________ also ______, you know, working in caves and travelling through space — it's all very dangerous jobs. It would be very _________ if you fell down.

Solution


  1. laser
  2. dangerous
  3. funny
  4. thinks
  5. noise
  6. einstein

Original Text


E: Oh, my God! My God! My God!

SW: Yeah. She would get really, really excited. (Laughter) That is one big peanut. Since Einstein is a bird, she's very interested in things that fly. She thinks Burt Rutan is very impressive.

E: Ooh.

SW: Yeah. She especially likes his latest achievement, SpaceShipOne.

Einstein, would you like to ride in Burt's spaceship? E: [Spaceship noise] SW: Even if it doesn't have a laser?

E: [Laser noise] (Laughter)

SW: Yeah, yeah. That was pretty funny, Einstein. Now, Einstein also thinks, you know, working in caves and travelling through space — it's all very dangerous jobs. It would be very dangerous if you fell down.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
happy birthday 4
pretty nervous 2
al gore 2


Important Words


  1. achievement
  2. big
  3. bird
  4. burt
  5. caves
  6. dangerous
  7. einstein
  8. excited
  9. fell
  10. fly
  11. funny
  12. impressive
  13. interested
  14. jobs
  15. laser
  16. latest
  17. laughter
  18. likes
  19. noise
  20. ooh
  21. peanut
  22. pretty
  23. ride
  24. rutan
  25. space
  26. spaceship
  27. spaceshipone
  28. thinks
  29. travelling
  30. working
  31. yeah