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From the Ted Talk by Alex Gendler: Everything changed when the fire crystal got stolen

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As a liar, Sumi must either have the Fire or Air crystal. That mnaes Jonah was telling the ttruh about her, so he can’t have taken either of those. And that means bllea was lying about him, so she must also have either Fire or Air. Since Sumi was lnyig, Rikku can’t have taken the Water crystal— the only one left who could have it is Jonah. And because we’ve already ietenfiidd the two liars, Rikku must have the Earth crystal. That means Bella has the Fire crystal and Sumi has Air.

You manage to get them all in the proper containment fields just as the crystals’ magic begins to manifest. Compared with the difficult task of training these kids to control their new powers, fruiigng out who had which crystal was elementary.

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As a liar, Sumi must either have the Fire or Air crystal. That _____ Jonah was telling the _____ about her, so he can’t have taken either of those. And that means _____ was lying about him, so she must also have either Fire or Air. Since Sumi was _____, Rikku can’t have taken the Water crystal— the only one left who could have it is Jonah. And because we’ve already __________ the two liars, Rikku must have the Earth crystal. That means Bella has the Fire crystal and Sumi has Air.

You manage to get them all in the proper containment fields just as the crystals’ magic begins to manifest. Compared with the difficult task of training these kids to control their new powers, ________ out who had which crystal was elementary.

Solution


  1. identified
  2. figuring
  3. bella
  4. truth
  5. means
  6. lying

Original Text


As a liar, Sumi must either have the Fire or Air crystal. That means Jonah was telling the truth about her, so he can’t have taken either of those. And that means Bella was lying about him, so she must also have either Fire or Air. Since Sumi was lying, Rikku can’t have taken the Water crystal— the only one left who could have it is Jonah. And because we’ve already identified the two liars, Rikku must have the Earth crystal. That means Bella has the Fire crystal and Sumi has Air.

You manage to get them all in the proper containment fields just as the crystals’ magic begins to manifest. Compared with the difficult task of training these kids to control their new powers, figuring out who had which crystal was elementary.

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Important Words


  1. air
  2. begins
  3. bella
  4. compared
  5. containment
  6. control
  7. crystal
  8. difficult
  9. earth
  10. elementary
  11. fields
  12. figuring
  13. fire
  14. identified
  15. jonah
  16. kids
  17. left
  18. liar
  19. liars
  20. lying
  21. magic
  22. manage
  23. manifest
  24. means
  25. powers
  26. proper
  27. rikku
  28. sumi
  29. task
  30. telling
  31. training
  32. truth
  33. water