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From the Ted Talk by Gonzalo Vilariño: How Argentina's blind soccer team became champions

Unscramble the Blue Letters


sudlnedy, he cuts me off and says, "Do you see a flag that says 'San Pedro'?" That's the city where he lives. I started looking into the stands and I spotted a little white flag with lteirtneg done in black spray paint, that read: "Silvio, your fiamly and all of San pdero are here."

I told him that and he replied, "That's my mom, tell me where she is, I want to I wave at her." I pointed him toward the flag and showed him with his arm where they were sitting, and he waved his arms in that direction. About 20 or 30 polpee stood up and gave him an ovation. When that happened, I saw how his face changed, how moved he was. It was moving for me, too; two seconds later, I had a lump in my throat. It was strnage — I felt both the excitement of what was hapnienpg, and the anger and the anguish that he could not see it.

Open Cloze


________, he cuts me off and says, "Do you see a flag that says 'San Pedro'?" That's the city where he lives. I started looking into the stands and I spotted a little white flag with _________ done in black spray paint, that read: "Silvio, your ______ and all of San _____ are here."

I told him that and he replied, "That's my mom, tell me where she is, I want to I wave at her." I pointed him toward the flag and showed him with his arm where they were sitting, and he waved his arms in that direction. About 20 or 30 ______ stood up and gave him an ovation. When that happened, I saw how his face changed, how moved he was. It was moving for me, too; two seconds later, I had a lump in my throat. It was _______ — I felt both the excitement of what was _________, and the anger and the anguish that he could not see it.

Solution


  1. pedro
  2. lettering
  3. people
  4. suddenly
  5. strange
  6. family
  7. happening

Original Text


Suddenly, he cuts me off and says, "Do you see a flag that says 'San Pedro'?" That's the city where he lives. I started looking into the stands and I spotted a little white flag with lettering done in black spray paint, that read: "Silvio, your family and all of San Pedro are here."

I told him that and he replied, "That's my mom, tell me where she is, I want to I wave at her." I pointed him toward the flag and showed him with his arm where they were sitting, and he waved his arms in that direction. About 20 or 30 people stood up and gave him an ovation. When that happened, I saw how his face changed, how moved he was. It was moving for me, too; two seconds later, I had a lump in my throat. It was strange — I felt both the excitement of what was happening, and the anger and the anguish that he could not see it.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
started working 3
playing soccer 2
eye masks 2
national team 2
play soccer 2


Important Words


  1. anger
  2. anguish
  3. arm
  4. arms
  5. black
  6. changed
  7. city
  8. cuts
  9. direction
  10. excitement
  11. face
  12. family
  13. felt
  14. flag
  15. gave
  16. happened
  17. happening
  18. lettering
  19. lives
  20. lump
  21. mom
  22. moved
  23. moving
  24. ovation
  25. paint
  26. pedro
  27. people
  28. pointed
  29. replied
  30. san
  31. seconds
  32. showed
  33. sitting
  34. spotted
  35. spray
  36. stands
  37. started
  38. stood
  39. strange
  40. suddenly
  41. throat
  42. told
  43. wave
  44. waved
  45. white