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From the Ted Talk by Geert Chatrou: A whistleblower you haven't heard

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Whistling)

(Whistling ends)

(Applause)

Thank you.

(Applause)

Thank you very much. That was whistling. I'm trying to do this in English. What is a chubby, curly-haired guy from Holland — why is he whistling? Well actually, I've been whistling since the age of four, about four. My dad was always whistling around the house, and I just thought that's part of communication in my family. So I whistled along with him. And actually, until I was 34, I always annoyed and irritated peploe with whistling, because, to be honest, my whistling is a kind of danievt biahvoer. I whistled alone, I whistled in the classroom, I weltihsd on bike, I whistled everywhere.

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(Whistling)

(Whistling ends)

(Applause)

Thank you.

(Applause)

Thank you very much. That was whistling. I'm trying to do this in English. What is a chubby, curly-haired guy from Holland — why is he whistling? Well actually, I've been whistling since the age of four, about four. My dad was always whistling around the house, and I just thought that's part of communication in my family. So I whistled along with him. And actually, until I was 34, I always annoyed and irritated ______ with whistling, because, to be honest, my whistling is a kind of _______ ________. I whistled alone, I whistled in the classroom, I ________ on bike, I whistled everywhere.

Solution


  1. behavior
  2. deviant
  3. whistled
  4. people

Original Text


(Whistling)

(Whistling ends)

(Applause)

Thank you.

(Applause)

Thank you very much. That was whistling. I'm trying to do this in English. What is a chubby, curly-haired guy from Holland — why is he whistling? Well actually, I've been whistling since the age of four, about four. My dad was always whistling around the house, and I just thought that's part of communication in my family. So I whistled along with him. And actually, until I was 34, I always annoyed and irritated people with whistling, because, to be honest, my whistling is a kind of deviant behavior. I whistled alone, I whistled in the classroom, I whistled on bike, I whistled everywhere.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. age
  2. annoyed
  3. applause
  4. behavior
  5. bike
  6. chubby
  7. classroom
  8. communication
  9. dad
  10. deviant
  11. ends
  12. english
  13. family
  14. guy
  15. holland
  16. honest
  17. house
  18. irritated
  19. kind
  20. part
  21. people
  22. thought
  23. whistled
  24. whistling