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From the Ted Talk by Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


it is the thought that cntuos."

(Laughter)

(Applause)

"And in conclusion, win some, lose some."

(Laughter)

But what hpeenpad was, when the white guy flew his plnae into the building, I know all my Middle Eastern and Muslim friends in the States were wniachtg TV, going, "Please, don't be Middle Eastern. Don't be Hassan or Hussein." And the name came out: Jack. I'm like, "Woooo! That's not one of us!" But I kept watching the news in case they came back, and were like, "Before he did it, he converted to Islam." "Damn it! Why Jack? Why?"

But the fact is, I've been lucky to get a chance to pferrom all over the world, and I did a lot of sohws in the Middle East. I just did a seven-country solo tour. I was in Oman, and I was in Saudi Arabia. I was in daubi. And it's great, there's good people everywhere. And you learn great things about these places. I encourage people always to go visit these pleacs. For example, Dubai — cool place. They're obsessed with having the bsgeigt, tallest, longest, as we all know. They have a mall there, the Dubai Mall. It is so big, they have taxis in the mall. I was walking. I heard, "Beep! Beep!" I'm like, "What are you doing here?" He goes, "I'm going to the Zara store. It's three mlies away. Out of my way. Out of my way. Out of my way."

Open Cloze


it is the thought that ______."

(Laughter)

(Applause)

"And in conclusion, win some, lose some."

(Laughter)

But what ________ was, when the white guy flew his _____ into the building, I know all my Middle Eastern and Muslim friends in the States were ________ TV, going, "Please, don't be Middle Eastern. Don't be Hassan or Hussein." And the name came out: Jack. I'm like, "Woooo! That's not one of us!" But I kept watching the news in case they came back, and were like, "Before he did it, he converted to Islam." "Damn it! Why Jack? Why?"

But the fact is, I've been lucky to get a chance to _______ all over the world, and I did a lot of _____ in the Middle East. I just did a seven-country solo tour. I was in Oman, and I was in Saudi Arabia. I was in _____. And it's great, there's good people everywhere. And you learn great things about these places. I encourage people always to go visit these ______. For example, Dubai — cool place. They're obsessed with having the _______, tallest, longest, as we all know. They have a mall there, the Dubai Mall. It is so big, they have taxis in the mall. I was walking. I heard, "Beep! Beep!" I'm like, "What are you doing here?" He goes, "I'm going to the Zara store. It's three _____ away. Out of my way. Out of my way. Out of my way."

Solution


  1. dubai
  2. shows
  3. places
  4. miles
  5. watching
  6. perform
  7. counts
  8. biggest
  9. happened
  10. plane

Original Text


it is the thought that counts."

(Laughter)

(Applause)

"And in conclusion, win some, lose some."

(Laughter)

But what happened was, when the white guy flew his plane into the building, I know all my Middle Eastern and Muslim friends in the States were watching TV, going, "Please, don't be Middle Eastern. Don't be Hassan or Hussein." And the name came out: Jack. I'm like, "Woooo! That's not one of us!" But I kept watching the news in case they came back, and were like, "Before he did it, he converted to Islam." "Damn it! Why Jack? Why?"

But the fact is, I've been lucky to get a chance to perform all over the world, and I did a lot of shows in the Middle East. I just did a seven-country solo tour. I was in Oman, and I was in Saudi Arabia. I was in Dubai. And it's great, there's good people everywhere. And you learn great things about these places. I encourage people always to go visit these places. For example, Dubai — cool place. They're obsessed with having the biggest, tallest, longest, as we all know. They have a mall there, the Dubai Mall. It is so big, they have taxis in the mall. I was walking. I heard, "Beep! Beep!" I'm like, "What are you doing here?" He goes, "I'm going to the Zara store. It's three miles away. Out of my way. Out of my way. Out of my way."

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Important Words


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  3. big
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  25. hussein
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  27. jack
  28. laughter
  29. learn
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  31. lose
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  43. place
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  46. saudi
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  51. tallest
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  58. watching
  59. white
  60. win
  61. world
  62. zara