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From the Ted Talk by Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And then two weeks ago yesterday, she posted this. A post that read: "Goodbye." And she said, "I'm very sorry to tell you this, but my head teacher pulled me out of class today and told me I'm not allowed to take pictures in the lunch room anymore. I really enjoyed doing this. Thank you for reading. Goodbye."

You can guess what happened next, right? (lahetgur) The ourtgae was so swift, so voluminous, so unanimous, that the Council of Argyll and Bute rveeserd themselves the same day and said, "We would, we would never censor a nine-year-old." (Laughter) Except, of course, this mnrniog. (Laughter) And this brings up the qutoisen, what made them think they could get away with something like that? (Laughter) And the answer is, all of haumn history prior to now.

Open Cloze


And then two weeks ago yesterday, she posted this. A post that read: "Goodbye." And she said, "I'm very sorry to tell you this, but my head teacher pulled me out of class today and told me I'm not allowed to take pictures in the lunch room anymore. I really enjoyed doing this. Thank you for reading. Goodbye."

You can guess what happened next, right? (________) The _______ was so swift, so voluminous, so unanimous, that the Council of Argyll and Bute ________ themselves the same day and said, "We would, we would never censor a nine-year-old." (Laughter) Except, of course, this _______. (Laughter) And this brings up the ________, what made them think they could get away with something like that? (Laughter) And the answer is, all of _____ history prior to now.

Solution


  1. human
  2. question
  3. outrage
  4. laughter
  5. morning
  6. reversed

Original Text


And then two weeks ago yesterday, she posted this. A post that read: "Goodbye." And she said, "I'm very sorry to tell you this, but my head teacher pulled me out of class today and told me I'm not allowed to take pictures in the lunch room anymore. I really enjoyed doing this. Thank you for reading. Goodbye."

You can guess what happened next, right? (Laughter) The outrage was so swift, so voluminous, so unanimous, that the Council of Argyll and Bute reversed themselves the same day and said, "We would, we would never censor a nine-year-old." (Laughter) Except, of course, this morning. (Laughter) And this brings up the question, what made them think they could get away with something like that? (Laughter) And the answer is, all of human history prior to now.

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