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From the Ted Talk by Chance Coughenour: How your pictures can help reclaim lost history

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Because we're not only lnsoig cultural hertagie to natural disasters and in war, but we're also losing it to something else. Any idea, just looking at these two pictures? Maybe it's a little difficult to remember, but only a few weeks ago, this was the example of huamn destruction by human stupidity. Because a tourist in lbsion wanted to climb onto this statue and take a selfie with it —

(lghuaetr)

and pulled it down with him. So we're already finindg prhagtpoohs to complete a digital reconstruction of this.

We need to remember that the destruction of cultural heritage isn't a recent phenomenon. In the 16th century, European priests and explorers burned thousands of Maya books in the Americas, of which we only have a hduanfl left. Fast-forward to 2001, when the Taliban blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan.

Open Cloze


Because we're not only ______ cultural ________ to natural disasters and in war, but we're also losing it to something else. Any idea, just looking at these two pictures? Maybe it's a little difficult to remember, but only a few weeks ago, this was the example of _____ destruction by human stupidity. Because a tourist in ______ wanted to climb onto this statue and take a selfie with it —

(________)

and pulled it down with him. So we're already _______ ___________ to complete a digital reconstruction of this.

We need to remember that the destruction of cultural heritage isn't a recent phenomenon. In the 16th century, European priests and explorers burned thousands of Maya books in the Americas, of which we only have a _______ left. Fast-forward to 2001, when the Taliban blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan.

Solution


  1. human
  2. handful
  3. laughter
  4. lisbon
  5. heritage
  6. losing
  7. photographs
  8. finding

Original Text


Because we're not only losing cultural heritage to natural disasters and in war, but we're also losing it to something else. Any idea, just looking at these two pictures? Maybe it's a little difficult to remember, but only a few weeks ago, this was the example of human destruction by human stupidity. Because a tourist in Lisbon wanted to climb onto this statue and take a selfie with it —

(Laughter)

and pulled it down with him. So we're already finding photographs to complete a digital reconstruction of this.

We need to remember that the destruction of cultural heritage isn't a recent phenomenon. In the 16th century, European priests and explorers burned thousands of Maya books in the Americas, of which we only have a handful left. Fast-forward to 2001, when the Taliban blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
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Important Words


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