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From the Ted Talk by Arianna Huffington: How to succeed? Get more sleep

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

And we've had far too many ibcrgees hitting our Titanics. In fact, I have a feeling that if Lehman Brothers was lemahn Brothers and Sisters, they might still be around.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

While all the borehtrs were busy just being hyper-connected 24/7, maybe a sister would have noticed the iceberg, because she would have woken up from a seven-and-a-half- or eight-hour sleep, and have been able to see the big picture.

So as we are facing all the multiple crises in our wrold at the moment, what is good for us on a personal level, what's going to bring more joy, gratitude, effectiveness in our lives and be the best for our own careers, is also what is best for the world. So I urge you to shut your eyes, and discover the great iedas that lie inside us; to shut your engines and discover the power of sleep.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

And we've had far too many ________ hitting our Titanics. In fact, I have a feeling that if Lehman Brothers was ______ Brothers and Sisters, they might still be around.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

While all the ________ were busy just being hyper-connected 24/7, maybe a sister would have noticed the iceberg, because she would have woken up from a seven-and-a-half- or eight-hour sleep, and have been able to see the big picture.

So as we are facing all the multiple crises in our _____ at the moment, what is good for us on a personal level, what's going to bring more joy, gratitude, effectiveness in our lives and be the best for our own careers, is also what is best for the world. So I urge you to shut your eyes, and discover the great _____ that lie inside us; to shut your engines and discover the power of sleep.

Solution


  1. lehman
  2. ideas
  3. world
  4. icebergs
  5. brothers

Original Text


(Laughter)

And we've had far too many icebergs hitting our Titanics. In fact, I have a feeling that if Lehman Brothers was Lehman Brothers and Sisters, they might still be around.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

While all the brothers were busy just being hyper-connected 24/7, maybe a sister would have noticed the iceberg, because she would have woken up from a seven-and-a-half- or eight-hour sleep, and have been able to see the big picture.

So as we are facing all the multiple crises in our world at the moment, what is good for us on a personal level, what's going to bring more joy, gratitude, effectiveness in our lives and be the best for our own careers, is also what is best for the world. So I urge you to shut your eyes, and discover the great ideas that lie inside us; to shut your engines and discover the power of sleep.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
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Important Words


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  5. busy
  6. careers
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  9. effectiveness
  10. engines
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  21. ideas
  22. joy
  23. laughter
  24. lehman
  25. level
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  27. lives
  28. moment
  29. multiple
  30. noticed
  31. personal
  32. picture
  33. power
  34. shut
  35. sister
  36. sisters
  37. sleep
  38. titanics
  39. urge
  40. woken
  41. world