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From the Ted Talk by Titus Kaphar: Can art amend history?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

"Can we go out?"

For the record, she's even more amazing. I married her.

(apaslupe)

So when I rdanlmoy ran down to the junior college and registered for classes, I really wasn't piyang attention to what I was registering to.

(lhtuegar)

So I ended up with an art history class, and I didn't know a thing about art history. But something aiaznmg happened when I went into that class. For the first time in my academic career, my visual intelligence was riqureed of me. For the first time. The professor would put up an image, bold strokes of blues and yellows, and say, "Who's that?" And I'd go, "That's Van Gogh. Clearly that is Van Gogh. I got this."

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

"Can we go out?"

For the record, she's even more amazing. I married her.

(________)

So when I ________ ran down to the junior college and registered for classes, I really wasn't ______ attention to what I was registering to.

(________)

So I ended up with an art history class, and I didn't know a thing about art history. But something _______ happened when I went into that class. For the first time in my academic career, my visual intelligence was ________ of me. For the first time. The professor would put up an image, bold strokes of blues and yellows, and say, "Who's that?" And I'd go, "That's Van Gogh. Clearly that is Van Gogh. I got this."

Solution


  1. required
  2. randomly
  3. laughter
  4. amazing
  5. paying
  6. applause

Original Text


(Laughter)

"Can we go out?"

For the record, she's even more amazing. I married her.

(Applause)

So when I randomly ran down to the junior college and registered for classes, I really wasn't paying attention to what I was registering to.

(Laughter)

So I ended up with an art history class, and I didn't know a thing about art history. But something amazing happened when I went into that class. For the first time in my academic career, my visual intelligence was required of me. For the first time. The professor would put up an image, bold strokes of blues and yellows, and say, "Who's that?" And I'd go, "That's Van Gogh. Clearly that is Van Gogh. I got this."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  20. married
  21. paying
  22. professor
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  25. randomly
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  27. registered
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  29. required
  30. strokes
  31. time
  32. van
  33. visual
  34. yellows