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From the Ted Talk by Pau Aleikum Garcia: Can AI preserve your most precious memories?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


A year ago, I was in front of cmaren, a 90-year-old woamn from Barcelona. I asked her, "Carmen, what is your earliest memory?" Now, for someone who has almost seen a century unfold, this can be a difficult question. I was half expecting her to say, "Son, my earliest memory is of you asking me this question."

(Laughter)

But the ttruh was that it was from 1941. She was six years old, and her mother would pay another family so they could enter their house and go up to their balcony. What was particular about that bncaoly was that it was facing La Modelo prison. During that time, during the Spanish dictatorship in Spain, it was a political prison and her faehtr, a doctor for the antifascist fnort, was a prisoner there. So the only way they could see each other was from that balcony to the window of the prison. And that was her elreaist memory of him. Between bars, through that street.

Open Cloze


A year ago, I was in front of ______, a 90-year-old _____ from Barcelona. I asked her, "Carmen, what is your earliest memory?" Now, for someone who has almost seen a century unfold, this can be a difficult question. I was half expecting her to say, "Son, my earliest memory is of you asking me this question."

(Laughter)

But the _____ was that it was from 1941. She was six years old, and her mother would pay another family so they could enter their house and go up to their balcony. What was particular about that _______ was that it was facing La Modelo prison. During that time, during the Spanish dictatorship in Spain, it was a political prison and her ______, a doctor for the antifascist _____, was a prisoner there. So the only way they could see each other was from that balcony to the window of the prison. And that was her ________ memory of him. Between bars, through that street.

Solution


  1. woman
  2. earliest
  3. truth
  4. carmen
  5. balcony
  6. father
  7. front

Original Text


A year ago, I was in front of Carmen, a 90-year-old woman from Barcelona. I asked her, "Carmen, what is your earliest memory?" Now, for someone who has almost seen a century unfold, this can be a difficult question. I was half expecting her to say, "Son, my earliest memory is of you asking me this question."

(Laughter)

But the truth was that it was from 1941. She was six years old, and her mother would pay another family so they could enter their house and go up to their balcony. What was particular about that balcony was that it was facing La Modelo prison. During that time, during the Spanish dictatorship in Spain, it was a political prison and her father, a doctor for the antifascist front, was a prisoner there. So the only way they could see each other was from that balcony to the window of the prison. And that was her earliest memory of him. Between bars, through that street.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
synthetic memories 6
visual memories 5
generative ai 3
reminiscence therapy 3
earliest memory 2
long time 2
lose visual 2
nursing home 2
pilot experiment 2
family members 2
told david 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
lose visual memories 2

Important Words


  1. antifascist
  2. asked
  3. balcony
  4. barcelona
  5. bars
  6. carmen
  7. century
  8. dictatorship
  9. difficult
  10. doctor
  11. earliest
  12. enter
  13. expecting
  14. facing
  15. family
  16. father
  17. front
  18. house
  19. la
  20. laughter
  21. memory
  22. modelo
  23. mother
  24. pay
  25. political
  26. prison
  27. prisoner
  28. question
  29. spain
  30. spanish
  31. street
  32. time
  33. truth
  34. unfold
  35. window
  36. woman
  37. year
  38. years