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From the Ted Talk by Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish

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This second fish, it's a different kind of love story. It's the romantic kind, the kind where the more you get to know your fish, you love the fish. I first ate it at a rnearustat in setohrun Spain. A jnslaoriut friend had been tlaikng about this fish for a long time. She kind of set us up. (Laughter) It came to the table a bhgrit, almost shimmering, whtie color. The chef had overcooked it. Like twice over. Amazingly, it was still dluceiois.

Who can make a fish taste good after it's been oeokvcroed? I can't, but this guy can. Let's call him Miguel -- actually his name is Miguel. (Laughter) And no, he didn't cook the fish, and he's not a chef, at least in the way that you and I understand it. He's a biologist at Veta La Palma. It's a fish farm in the shetsutworen corner of Spain. It's at the tip of the Guadalquivir river.

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This second fish, it's a different kind of love story. It's the romantic kind, the kind where the more you get to know your fish, you love the fish. I first ate it at a __________ in ________ Spain. A __________ friend had been _______ about this fish for a long time. She kind of set us up. (Laughter) It came to the table a ______, almost shimmering, _____ color. The chef had overcooked it. Like twice over. Amazingly, it was still _________.

Who can make a fish taste good after it's been __________? I can't, but this guy can. Let's call him Miguel -- actually his name is Miguel. (Laughter) And no, he didn't cook the fish, and he's not a chef, at least in the way that you and I understand it. He's a biologist at Veta La Palma. It's a fish farm in the ____________ corner of Spain. It's at the tip of the Guadalquivir river.

Solution


  1. talking
  2. southwestern
  3. journalist
  4. restaurant
  5. southern
  6. white
  7. overcooked
  8. delicious
  9. bright

Original Text


This second fish, it's a different kind of love story. It's the romantic kind, the kind where the more you get to know your fish, you love the fish. I first ate it at a restaurant in southern Spain. A journalist friend had been talking about this fish for a long time. She kind of set us up. (Laughter) It came to the table a bright, almost shimmering, white color. The chef had overcooked it. Like twice over. Amazingly, it was still delicious.

Who can make a fish taste good after it's been overcooked? I can't, but this guy can. Let's call him Miguel -- actually his name is Miguel. (Laughter) And no, he didn't cook the fish, and he's not a chef, at least in the way that you and I understand it. He's a biologist at Veta La Palma. It's a fish farm in the southwestern corner of Spain. It's at the tip of the Guadalquivir river.

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Important Words


  1. amazingly
  2. ate
  3. biologist
  4. bright
  5. call
  6. chef
  7. color
  8. cook
  9. corner
  10. delicious
  11. farm
  12. fish
  13. friend
  14. good
  15. guadalquivir
  16. guy
  17. journalist
  18. kind
  19. la
  20. laughter
  21. long
  22. love
  23. miguel
  24. overcooked
  25. palma
  26. restaurant
  27. river
  28. romantic
  29. set
  30. shimmering
  31. southern
  32. southwestern
  33. spain
  34. story
  35. table
  36. talking
  37. taste
  38. time
  39. tip
  40. understand
  41. veta
  42. white