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From the Ted Talk by Brenda Romero: Gaming for understanding

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But we think about games as fun, and that's cmeoletlpy reasonable, but let's just think about this. So this one here, this is the 1980 Olympics. Now I don't know where you guys were, but I was in my living room. It was practically a rgeiiluos event. And this is when the Americans beat the Russians, and this was — yes, it was technically a game. Hockey is a game. But really, was this a game? I mean, poplee cried. I've never seen my mother cry like that at the end of Monopoly.

(Laughter) And so this was an amazing epncerexie.

Or, if anybody here is from Boston — So when the Boston Red Sox won the wrold Series after I believe, 351 years —

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But we think about games as fun, and that's __________ reasonable, but let's just think about this. So this one here, this is the 1980 Olympics. Now I don't know where you guys were, but I was in my living room. It was practically a _________ event. And this is when the Americans beat the Russians, and this was — yes, it was technically a game. Hockey is a game. But really, was this a game? I mean, ______ cried. I've never seen my mother cry like that at the end of Monopoly.

(Laughter) And so this was an amazing __________.

Or, if anybody here is from Boston — So when the Boston Red Sox won the _____ Series after I believe, 351 years —

Solution


  1. people
  2. world
  3. completely
  4. religious
  5. experience

Original Text


But we think about games as fun, and that's completely reasonable, but let's just think about this. So this one here, this is the 1980 Olympics. Now I don't know where you guys were, but I was in my living room. It was practically a religious event. And this is when the Americans beat the Russians, and this was — yes, it was technically a game. Hockey is a game. But really, was this a game? I mean, people cried. I've never seen my mother cry like that at the end of Monopoly.

(Laughter) And so this was an amazing experience.

Or, if anybody here is from Boston — So when the Boston Red Sox won the World Series after I believe, 351 years —

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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boring board 2
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red sox 2
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Important Words


  1. amazing
  2. americans
  3. beat
  4. boston
  5. completely
  6. cried
  7. cry
  8. event
  9. experience
  10. fun
  11. game
  12. games
  13. guys
  14. hockey
  15. laughter
  16. living
  17. monopoly
  18. mother
  19. olympics
  20. people
  21. practically
  22. reasonable
  23. red
  24. religious
  25. room
  26. russians
  27. series
  28. sox
  29. technically
  30. won
  31. world
  32. years