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From the Ted Talk by Melissa Villaseñor: How I found myself -- by impersonating other people
Unscramble the Blue Letters
(leghautr)
And hot. I should do that all the time, huh?
(Laughter)
I sang a lot of Shakira back then, just, “There’s a she wolf in the csoelt.” And I was kind of wolf-like singing at 13, you know, hairy, pteurby days.
(Laughter)
I looked up to Gwen santefi in high school. I loved Gwen Stefani from No Doubt, and I wanted to look like her. So I shaved my eweorbys real thin to copy her, like in the "Return of Saturn" days, that Gwen. And I tuhoght, "Oh, my friends at school must think I look just like Gwen Stefani." I probably looked more like It, the clown. It was spooky, thin, just, “I kidna always knew I’d end up looking like It.”
Open Cloze
(________)
And hot. I should do that all the time, huh?
(Laughter)
I sang a lot of Shakira back then, just, “There’s a she wolf in the ______.” And I was kind of wolf-like singing at 13, you know, hairy, _______ days.
(Laughter)
I looked up to Gwen _______ in high school. I loved Gwen Stefani from No Doubt, and I wanted to look like her. So I shaved my ________ real thin to copy her, like in the "Return of Saturn" days, that Gwen. And I _______, "Oh, my friends at school must think I look just like Gwen Stefani." I probably looked more like It, the clown. It was spooky, thin, just, “I _____ always knew I’d end up looking like It.”
Solution
- closet
- kinda
- laughter
- thought
- eyebrows
- stefani
- puberty
Original Text
(Laughter)
And hot. I should do that all the time, huh?
(Laughter)
I sang a lot of Shakira back then, just, “There’s a she wolf in the closet.” And I was kind of wolf-like singing at 13, you know, hairy, puberty days.
(Laughter)
I looked up to Gwen Stefani in high school. I loved Gwen Stefani from No Doubt, and I wanted to look like her. So I shaved my eyebrows real thin to copy her, like in the "Return of Saturn" days, that Gwen. And I thought, "Oh, my friends at school must think I look just like Gwen Stefani." I probably looked more like It, the clown. It was spooky, thin, just, “I kinda always knew I’d end up looking like It.”
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
| collocation |
frequency |
| voice impressions |
3 |
| saturday night |
3 |
| night live |
3 |
| melissa villaseñor |
2 |
| ted talk |
2 |
| gwen stefani |
2 |
| owen wilson |
2 |
| making fun |
2 |
| funny position |
2 |
ngrams of length 3
| collocation |
frequency |
| saturday night live |
3 |
Important Words
- closet
- clown
- copy
- days
- doubt
- eyebrows
- friends
- gwen
- hairy
- high
- hot
- huh
- kind
- kinda
- knew
- laughter
- looked
- lot
- loved
- puberty
- real
- sang
- school
- shakira
- shaved
- singing
- spooky
- stefani
- thin
- thought
- time
- wanted
- wolf