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From the Ted Talk by Lewis Pugh: How I swam the North Pole

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And I just, I got so much cidcfneone from him saying that, because he knew me so well. So we carried on sailing and we arrived at the North Pole. And we sepoptd the ship, and it was just as the scientists had predicted. There were open patches of sea everywhere. And I went down into my cabin and I put on my sniwimmg costume. And then the doctor strapped on a chset mointor, which measures my core body temperature and my heart rate. And then we walked out onto the ice.

And I remember looking into the ice, and there were big cunkhs of white ice in there, and the water was completely black. I had never seen blcak wtear before. And it is 4,200 meters deep. And I said to myself, "Lewis, don't look left, don't look right. Just scuttle forward and go for it." And so I now want to show you a short video of what happened there on the ice.

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And I just, I got so much __________ from him saying that, because he knew me so well. So we carried on sailing and we arrived at the North Pole. And we _______ the ship, and it was just as the scientists had predicted. There were open patches of sea everywhere. And I went down into my cabin and I put on my ________ costume. And then the doctor strapped on a _____ _______, which measures my core body temperature and my heart rate. And then we walked out onto the ice.

And I remember looking into the ice, and there were big ______ of white ice in there, and the water was completely black. I had never seen _____ _____ before. And it is 4,200 meters deep. And I said to myself, "Lewis, don't look left, don't look right. Just scuttle forward and go for it." And so I now want to show you a short video of what happened there on the ice.

Solution


  1. black
  2. chunks
  3. chest
  4. confidence
  5. swimming
  6. monitor
  7. stopped
  8. water

Original Text


And I just, I got so much confidence from him saying that, because he knew me so well. So we carried on sailing and we arrived at the North Pole. And we stopped the ship, and it was just as the scientists had predicted. There were open patches of sea everywhere. And I went down into my cabin and I put on my swimming costume. And then the doctor strapped on a chest monitor, which measures my core body temperature and my heart rate. And then we walked out onto the ice.

And I remember looking into the ice, and there were big chunks of white ice in there, and the water was completely black. I had never seen black water before. And it is 4,200 meters deep. And I said to myself, "Lewis, don't look left, don't look right. Just scuttle forward and go for it." And so I now want to show you a short video of what happened there on the ice.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
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young boy 3
late father 2
atomic bomb 2
short period 2
polar bears 2
sea ice 2
world leaders 2
symbolic swim 2
climate change 2
water freezes 2
swimming costume 2
hot shower 2
ten seconds 2


Important Words


  1. arrived
  2. big
  3. black
  4. body
  5. cabin
  6. carried
  7. chest
  8. chunks
  9. completely
  10. confidence
  11. core
  12. costume
  13. deep
  14. doctor
  15. happened
  16. heart
  17. ice
  18. knew
  19. left
  20. measures
  21. meters
  22. monitor
  23. north
  24. open
  25. patches
  26. pole
  27. predicted
  28. put
  29. rate
  30. remember
  31. sailing
  32. scientists
  33. scuttle
  34. sea
  35. ship
  36. short
  37. show
  38. stopped
  39. strapped
  40. swimming
  41. temperature
  42. video
  43. walked
  44. water
  45. white