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From the Ted Talk by Sarah Parcak: Armchair archaeologist

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DJ: Well, in the middle 50s my hbsnuad and I were in the backyard digging a garden. It was late fall, and we were getting rdaey for next spring. And I saw a strange-looking white rock on the ground. I picked it up and he said, "Let me see that." I showed it to him and he said, "You know what this is?" I told him I didn't. He said, "This is a fissol." And we took out to the creek and started looking for fossils. From then on, there was no turning back.

SP: That's wonderful.

DJ: So then I collected for years. And after all those years, of course I've got all those memories. But that's a type of thing ... It's not just hunting the fiossls but the erpiecxenes. And you just learn and really live and enjoy. And I think the fun is in the hunt. You know, it's like ... Well, like the rbniaow — at the end of the rainbow is a pot of gold. So GlobalXplorer was kind of my rainbow. And even at my age I can ctunoine to hunt for lost civilizations.

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DJ: Well, in the middle 50s my _______ and I were in the backyard digging a garden. It was late fall, and we were getting _____ for next spring. And I saw a strange-looking white rock on the ground. I picked it up and he said, "Let me see that." I showed it to him and he said, "You know what this is?" I told him I didn't. He said, "This is a ______." And we took out to the creek and started looking for fossils. From then on, there was no turning back.

SP: That's wonderful.

DJ: So then I collected for years. And after all those years, of course I've got all those memories. But that's a type of thing ... It's not just hunting the _______ but the ___________. And you just learn and really live and enjoy. And I think the fun is in the hunt. You know, it's like ... Well, like the _______ — at the end of the rainbow is a pot of gold. So GlobalXplorer was kind of my rainbow. And even at my age I can ________ to hunt for lost civilizations.

Solution


  1. continue
  2. husband
  3. ready
  4. fossils
  5. experiences
  6. fossil
  7. rainbow

Original Text


DJ: Well, in the middle 50s my husband and I were in the backyard digging a garden. It was late fall, and we were getting ready for next spring. And I saw a strange-looking white rock on the ground. I picked it up and he said, "Let me see that." I showed it to him and he said, "You know what this is?" I told him I didn't. He said, "This is a fossil." And we took out to the creek and started looking for fossils. From then on, there was no turning back.

SP: That's wonderful.

DJ: So then I collected for years. And after all those years, of course I've got all those memories. But that's a type of thing ... It's not just hunting the fossils but the experiences. And you just learn and really live and enjoy. And I think the fun is in the hunt. You know, it's like ... Well, like the rainbow — at the end of the rainbow is a pot of gold. So GlobalXplorer was kind of my rainbow. And even at my age I can continue to hunt for lost civilizations.

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Important Words


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