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From the Ted Talk by Al Gore: Averting the climate crisis

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

But what it teurnd out to be, was that my staff was extremely upset because one of the wire services in nreiiga had already written a srtoy about my speech, and it had already been printed in cities all across the United States of America. It was printed in Monterey, I checked.

(Laughter)

And the story began, "Former Vice pieesdnrt Al Gore announced in Nigeria ydsaeetry," quote: 'My wife Tipper and I have opened a low-cost failmy restaurant'" —

(ltuheagr)

"'named Shoney's, and we are running it ourselves.'"

(Laughter)

Before I could get back to U.S. soil, David Letterman and Jay Leno had already started in on — one of them had me in a big white chef's hat, Tipper was saying, "One more burger with fries!"

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

But what it ______ out to be, was that my staff was extremely upset because one of the wire services in _______ had already written a _____ about my speech, and it had already been printed in cities all across the United States of America. It was printed in Monterey, I checked.

(Laughter)

And the story began, "Former Vice _________ Al Gore announced in Nigeria _________," quote: 'My wife Tipper and I have opened a low-cost ______ restaurant'" —

(________)

"'named Shoney's, and we are running it ourselves.'"

(Laughter)

Before I could get back to U.S. soil, David Letterman and Jay Leno had already started in on — one of them had me in a big white chef's hat, Tipper was saying, "One more burger with fries!"

Solution


  1. president
  2. yesterday
  3. laughter
  4. family
  5. turned
  6. story
  7. nigeria

Original Text


(Laughter)

But what it turned out to be, was that my staff was extremely upset because one of the wire services in Nigeria had already written a story about my speech, and it had already been printed in cities all across the United States of America. It was printed in Monterey, I checked.

(Laughter)

And the story began, "Former Vice President Al Gore announced in Nigeria yesterday," quote: 'My wife Tipper and I have opened a low-cost family restaurant'" —

(Laughter)

"'named Shoney's, and we are running it ourselves.'"

(Laughter)

Before I could get back to U.S. soil, David Letterman and Jay Leno had already started in on — one of them had me in a big white chef's hat, Tipper was saying, "One more burger with fries!"

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
united states 3
family restaurant 2
vice president 2
president al 2
al gore 2
slide show 2
global warming 2
warming pollution 2
carbon dioxide 2
dioxide emissions 2
carbon calculator 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
vice president al 2
president al gore 2
global warming pollution 2
carbon dioxide emissions 2

Important Words


  1. al
  2. america
  3. announced
  4. began
  5. big
  6. burger
  7. checked
  8. cities
  9. david
  10. extremely
  11. family
  12. gore
  13. hat
  14. jay
  15. laughter
  16. leno
  17. letterman
  18. monterey
  19. nigeria
  20. opened
  21. president
  22. printed
  23. running
  24. services
  25. soil
  26. speech
  27. staff
  28. started
  29. states
  30. story
  31. tipper
  32. turned
  33. united
  34. upset
  35. vice
  36. white
  37. wife
  38. wire
  39. written
  40. yesterday