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From the Ted Talk by David Griffin: How photography connects us

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But then Paul got in the water. And he said he was never really afraid of this. Well, this one female came up to him. She's probably — it's a sahme you can't see it in the photograph, but she's 12 feet long. So, she is pretty significant in size. And Paul said he was never really afraid, because she was more curious about him than threatened. This mhuontig behavior, on the right, was really her way of saying to him, "Hey, look how big I am!" Or you know, "My, what big teeth you have." (Laughter) Then Paul thinks that she simply took pity on him. To her, here was this big, goofy cuetrrae in the water that for some reason didn't seem to be interested in cihansg pgeniuns. So what she did was she started to bring penguins to him, alive, and put them in front of him. She dropped them off, and then they would swim away. She'd kind of look at him, like "What are you doing?" Go back and get them, and then bring them back and drop them in front of him. And she did this over the course of a couple of days, until the point where she got so frustrated with him that she started putting them directly on top of his head. (latuhegr) Which just reustled in a fantastic photograph. (Laughter) Eventually, though, Paul thinks that she just figured that he was never going to sviruve. This is her just puffing out, you know, sntroing out in disgust. (Laughter) And lost interest with him, and went back to what she does best.

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But then Paul got in the water. And he said he was never really afraid of this. Well, this one female came up to him. She's probably — it's a _____ you can't see it in the photograph, but she's 12 feet long. So, she is pretty significant in size. And Paul said he was never really afraid, because she was more curious about him than threatened. This ________ behavior, on the right, was really her way of saying to him, "Hey, look how big I am!" Or you know, "My, what big teeth you have." (Laughter) Then Paul thinks that she simply took pity on him. To her, here was this big, goofy ________ in the water that for some reason didn't seem to be interested in _______ ________. So what she did was she started to bring penguins to him, alive, and put them in front of him. She dropped them off, and then they would swim away. She'd kind of look at him, like "What are you doing?" Go back and get them, and then bring them back and drop them in front of him. And she did this over the course of a couple of days, until the point where she got so frustrated with him that she started putting them directly on top of his head. (________) Which just ________ in a fantastic photograph. (Laughter) Eventually, though, Paul thinks that she just figured that he was never going to _______. This is her just puffing out, you know, ________ out in disgust. (Laughter) And lost interest with him, and went back to what she does best.

Solution


  1. snorting
  2. chasing
  3. resulted
  4. laughter
  5. survive
  6. penguins
  7. creature
  8. mouthing
  9. shame

Original Text


But then Paul got in the water. And he said he was never really afraid of this. Well, this one female came up to him. She's probably — it's a shame you can't see it in the photograph, but she's 12 feet long. So, she is pretty significant in size. And Paul said he was never really afraid, because she was more curious about him than threatened. This mouthing behavior, on the right, was really her way of saying to him, "Hey, look how big I am!" Or you know, "My, what big teeth you have." (Laughter) Then Paul thinks that she simply took pity on him. To her, here was this big, goofy creature in the water that for some reason didn't seem to be interested in chasing penguins. So what she did was she started to bring penguins to him, alive, and put them in front of him. She dropped them off, and then they would swim away. She'd kind of look at him, like "What are you doing?" Go back and get them, and then bring them back and drop them in front of him. And she did this over the course of a couple of days, until the point where she got so frustrated with him that she started putting them directly on top of his head. (Laughter) Which just resulted in a fantastic photograph. (Laughter) Eventually, though, Paul thinks that she just figured that he was never going to survive. This is her just puffing out, you know, snorting out in disgust. (Laughter) And lost interest with him, and went back to what she does best.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. afraid
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  3. behavior
  4. big
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  6. chasing
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  10. days
  11. disgust
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  17. female
  18. figured
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  22. head
  23. interest
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  25. kind
  26. laughter
  27. long
  28. lost
  29. mouthing
  30. paul
  31. penguins
  32. photograph
  33. pity
  34. point
  35. pretty
  36. puffing
  37. put
  38. putting
  39. reason
  40. resulted
  41. shame
  42. significant
  43. simply
  44. size
  45. snorting
  46. started
  47. survive
  48. swim
  49. teeth
  50. thinks
  51. threatened
  52. top
  53. water