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From the Ted Talk by Ze Frank: Are you human?


Unscramble the Blue Letters


Have you ever broken something in real life, and then found yourself looking for an "undo" btuotn in real life?

Have you ever misplaced your TED bagde and then immediately started imagining what a three-day Vancouver vacation might look like?

Have you ever marveled at how someone you thought was so ordinary could suddenly become so beautiful?

Have you ever sretad at your phone smiling like an idiot while texting with someone? Have you ever subsequently texted that person the phrase "I'm staring at the phone smiling like an idiot"?

Have you ever been tptmeed to, and then gave in to the temptation, of looking through someone else's pnhoe?

Open Cloze


Have you ever broken something in real life, and then found yourself looking for an "undo" ______ in real life?

Have you ever misplaced your TED _____ and then immediately started imagining what a three-day Vancouver vacation might look like?

Have you ever marveled at how someone you thought was so ordinary could suddenly become so beautiful?

Have you ever ______ at your phone smiling like an idiot while texting with someone? Have you ever subsequently texted that person the phrase "I'm staring at the phone smiling like an idiot"?

Have you ever been _______ to, and then gave in to the temptation, of looking through someone else's _____?

Solution


  1. stared
  2. button
  3. tempted
  4. phone
  5. badge

Original Text


Have you ever broken something in real life, and then found yourself looking for an "undo" button in real life?

Have you ever misplaced your TED badge and then immediately started imagining what a three-day Vancouver vacation might look like?

Have you ever marveled at how someone you thought was so ordinary could suddenly become so beautiful?

Have you ever stared at your phone smiling like an idiot while texting with someone? Have you ever subsequently texted that person the phrase "I'm staring at the phone smiling like an idiot"?

Have you ever been tempted to, and then gave in to the temptation, of looking through someone else's phone?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
phone smiling 2



Important Words


  1. badge
  2. beautiful
  3. broken
  4. button
  5. gave
  6. idiot
  7. imagining
  8. immediately
  9. life
  10. marveled
  11. misplaced
  12. ordinary
  13. person
  14. phone
  15. phrase
  16. real
  17. smiling
  18. stared
  19. staring
  20. started
  21. subsequently
  22. suddenly
  23. ted
  24. temptation
  25. tempted
  26. texted
  27. texting
  28. thought
  29. vacation
  30. vancouver