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From the Ted Talk by Young-ha Kim: Be an artist, right now!

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Once I was in New York and got in a cab. I took the bascaekt, and in front of me I saw something related to a play. So I asked the driver, "What is this?" He said it was his prolife. "Then what are you?" I akesd. "An actor," he said. He was a cabby and an actor. I asked, "What roles do you usually play?" He proudly said he played King Lear. King Lear. "Who is it that can tell me who I am?" -- a graet line from King Lear. That's the world I dream of. Someone is a gfloer by day and writer by night. Or a cabby and an actor, a banker and a painter, secretly or pliucbly performing their own arts.

Open Cloze


Once I was in New York and got in a cab. I took the ________, and in front of me I saw something related to a play. So I asked the driver, "What is this?" He said it was his _______. "Then what are you?" I _____. "An actor," he said. He was a cabby and an actor. I asked, "What roles do you usually play?" He proudly said he played King Lear. King Lear. "Who is it that can tell me who I am?" -- a _____ line from King Lear. That's the world I dream of. Someone is a ______ by day and writer by night. Or a cabby and an actor, a banker and a painter, secretly or ________ performing their own arts.

Solution


  1. backseat
  2. golfer
  3. publicly
  4. profile
  5. asked
  6. great

Original Text


Once I was in New York and got in a cab. I took the backseat, and in front of me I saw something related to a play. So I asked the driver, "What is this?" He said it was his profile. "Then what are you?" I asked. "An actor," he said. He was a cabby and an actor. I asked, "What roles do you usually play?" He proudly said he played King Lear. King Lear. "Who is it that can tell me who I am?" -- a great line from King Lear. That's the world I dream of. Someone is a golfer by day and writer by night. Or a cabby and an actor, a banker and a painter, secretly or publicly performing their own arts.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

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son dam 2
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contemporary art 2
artistic desire 2
stage art 2
magic question 2


Important Words


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  4. backseat
  5. banker
  6. cab
  7. cabby
  8. day
  9. dream
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  18. painter
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  20. play
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  22. profile
  23. proudly
  24. publicly
  25. related
  26. roles
  27. secretly
  28. world
  29. writer
  30. york