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From the Ted Talk by Paul Pholeros: How to reduce poverty? Fix homes

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And I hope most of you are tkhniing, "What? That sounds spmlie."

Now, I'm going to ask you all a very personal question. This morning before you came, who could have had a wash using a shower? I'm not going to ask if you had a shoewr, because I'm too potlie. That's it.

(Laughter)

All right, I think it's fair to say most people here could have had a shower this morning.

I'm going to ask you to do some more work. I want you all to select one of the houses of the 25 houses you see on the screen. I want you to select one of them and note the position of that house and keep that in your head. Have you all got a house? I'm going to ask you to live there for a few months, so make sure you've got it right. It's in the northwest of wteresn Australia, very pleasant place.

Open Cloze


And I hope most of you are ________, "What? That sounds ______."

Now, I'm going to ask you all a very personal question. This morning before you came, who could have had a wash using a shower? I'm not going to ask if you had a ______, because I'm too ______. That's it.

(Laughter)

All right, I think it's fair to say most people here could have had a shower this morning.

I'm going to ask you to do some more work. I want you all to select one of the houses of the 25 houses you see on the screen. I want you to select one of them and note the position of that house and keep that in your head. Have you all got a house? I'm going to ask you to live there for a few months, so make sure you've got it right. It's in the northwest of _______ Australia, very pleasant place.

Solution


  1. shower
  2. western
  3. simple
  4. polite
  5. thinking

Original Text


And I hope most of you are thinking, "What? That sounds simple."

Now, I'm going to ask you all a very personal question. This morning before you came, who could have had a wash using a shower? I'm not going to ask if you had a shower, because I'm too polite. That's it.

(Laughter)

All right, I think it's fair to say most people here could have had a shower this morning.

I'm going to ask you to do some more work. I want you all to select one of the houses of the 25 houses you see on the screen. I want you to select one of them and note the position of that house and keep that in your head. Have you all got a house? I'm going to ask you to live there for a few months, so make sure you've got it right. It's in the northwest of Western Australia, very pleasant place.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. australia
  2. fair
  3. head
  4. hope
  5. house
  6. houses
  7. laughter
  8. live
  9. months
  10. morning
  11. northwest
  12. note
  13. people
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  15. place
  16. pleasant
  17. polite
  18. position
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  20. screen
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  22. shower
  23. simple
  24. sounds
  25. thinking
  26. wash
  27. western
  28. work