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From the Ted Talk by Kelli Anderson: Design to challenge reality

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

And they thought I was czary.

Meanwhile, Mike and Karen were rinreodcg a song, which they had mastered to a clear flexi disc. I had this black-and-white character printed on it, so that way, when the disc is tenrud, it completes the couple in all of these different guises.

(Laughter)

So we did it, we really did it! We made a paper rroecd player — 200 recipient-operated paper record players. This is an actual recording of how it sounds. And then it seeugs into the real song for csoaoipmrn.

(Music and singing)

(Music ends)

We were so excited when we finally got that to work.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

And they thought I was _____.

Meanwhile, Mike and Karen were _________ a song, which they had mastered to a clear flexi disc. I had this black-and-white character printed on it, so that way, when the disc is ______, it completes the couple in all of these different guises.

(Laughter)

So we did it, we really did it! We made a paper ______ player — 200 recipient-operated paper record players. This is an actual recording of how it sounds. And then it ______ into the real song for __________.

(Music and singing)

(Music ends)

We were so excited when we finally got that to work.

Solution


  1. crazy
  2. recording
  3. comparison
  4. turned
  5. record
  6. segues

Original Text


(Laughter)

And they thought I was crazy.

Meanwhile, Mike and Karen were recording a song, which they had mastered to a clear flexi disc. I had this black-and-white character printed on it, so that way, when the disc is turned, it completes the couple in all of these different guises.

(Laughter)

So we did it, we really did it! We made a paper record player — 200 recipient-operated paper record players. This is an actual recording of how it sounds. And then it segues into the real song for comparison.

(Music and singing)

(Music ends)

We were so excited when we finally got that to work.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
record player 3
paper record 3
utopian future 3
hidden talents 2
holiday card 2
recursive experience 2
york city 2
making amends 2


Important Words


  1. actual
  2. character
  3. clear
  4. comparison
  5. completes
  6. couple
  7. crazy
  8. disc
  9. ends
  10. excited
  11. finally
  12. flexi
  13. guises
  14. karen
  15. laughter
  16. mastered
  17. mike
  18. music
  19. paper
  20. player
  21. players
  22. printed
  23. real
  24. record
  25. recording
  26. segues
  27. singing
  28. song
  29. sounds
  30. thought
  31. turned
  32. work