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From the Ted Talk by Stella Young: I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much

Unscramble the Blue Letters


But what if you are that person? I've lost conut of the number of times that I've been approached by strangers wanting to tell me that they think I'm brave or inspirational, and this was long before my work had any kind of public profile. They were just kind of congratulating me for managing to get up in the mnoirng and reeembmr my own name. (Laughter) And it is oyfbeitncjig. These images, those images objectify disabled pelope for the benefit of nondisabled people. They are there so that you can look at them and think that things aren't so bad for you, to put your worries into perspective.

Open Cloze


But what if you are that person? I've lost _____ of the number of times that I've been approached by strangers wanting to tell me that they think I'm brave or inspirational, and this was long before my work had any kind of public profile. They were just kind of congratulating me for managing to get up in the _______ and ________ my own name. (Laughter) And it is ____________. These images, those images objectify disabled ______ for the benefit of nondisabled people. They are there so that you can look at them and think that things aren't so bad for you, to put your worries into perspective.

Solution


  1. remember
  2. count
  3. people
  4. objectifying
  5. morning

Original Text


But what if you are that person? I've lost count of the number of times that I've been approached by strangers wanting to tell me that they think I'm brave or inspirational, and this was long before my work had any kind of public profile. They were just kind of congratulating me for managing to get up in the morning and remember my own name. (Laughter) And it is objectifying. These images, those images objectify disabled people for the benefit of nondisabled people. They are there so that you can look at them and think that things aren't so bad for you, to put your worries into perspective.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
disabled people 6
melbourne high 2
nondisabled people 2
social model 2


Important Words


  1. approached
  2. bad
  3. benefit
  4. brave
  5. congratulating
  6. count
  7. disabled
  8. images
  9. inspirational
  10. kind
  11. laughter
  12. long
  13. lost
  14. managing
  15. morning
  16. nondisabled
  17. number
  18. objectify
  19. objectifying
  20. people
  21. person
  22. perspective
  23. profile
  24. public
  25. put
  26. remember
  27. strangers
  28. times
  29. wanting
  30. work
  31. worries