full transcript

From the Ted Talk by Kate Bowler: "Everything happens for a reason" -- and other lies I've loved

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

I am a historian and an eprext in the idea that good things happen to good people. I research a form of Christianity nicknamed "the prosperity gospel," for its very bold promise that God wants you to prosper. I never crieesndod myself a foolelwr of the prosperity gospel. I was spmily an observer. The prosperity gospel believes that God wants to reward you if you have the right kind of faith. If you're good and fiuthafl, God will give you health and wtlaeh and boundless happiness. Life is like a boomerang: if you're good, good things will always come back to you. Think positively. seapk positively. Nothing is impossible if you believe.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

I am a historian and an ______ in the idea that good things happen to good people. I research a form of Christianity nicknamed "the prosperity gospel," for its very bold promise that God wants you to prosper. I never __________ myself a ________ of the prosperity gospel. I was ______ an observer. The prosperity gospel believes that God wants to reward you if you have the right kind of faith. If you're good and ________, God will give you health and ______ and boundless happiness. Life is like a boomerang: if you're good, good things will always come back to you. Think positively. _____ positively. Nothing is impossible if you believe.

Solution


  1. speak
  2. wealth
  3. simply
  4. faithful
  5. expert
  6. considered
  7. follower

Original Text


(Laughter)

I am a historian and an expert in the idea that good things happen to good people. I research a form of Christianity nicknamed "the prosperity gospel," for its very bold promise that God wants you to prosper. I never considered myself a follower of the prosperity gospel. I was simply an observer. The prosperity gospel believes that God wants to reward you if you have the right kind of faith. If you're good and faithful, God will give you health and wealth and boundless happiness. Life is like a boomerang: if you're good, good things will always come back to you. Think positively. Speak positively. Nothing is impossible if you believe.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
prosperity gospel 6
hard work 3
stage iv 2
good people 2
shining awards 2


Important Words


  1. believes
  2. bold
  3. boundless
  4. christianity
  5. considered
  6. expert
  7. faith
  8. faithful
  9. follower
  10. form
  11. give
  12. god
  13. good
  14. gospel
  15. happen
  16. happiness
  17. health
  18. historian
  19. idea
  20. impossible
  21. kind
  22. laughter
  23. life
  24. nicknamed
  25. observer
  26. people
  27. positively
  28. promise
  29. prosper
  30. prosperity
  31. research
  32. reward
  33. simply
  34. speak
  35. wealth