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From the Ted Talk by Laurel Braitman: Lessons from my father's final days

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And then, as I menientod, when I was 11, really he found out this was going to kill him and quickly. And that's when he dediced that he was going to teach my brother and I all the slikls we would need to know to survive without him. And so while other kids were having play dates after school and riindg their bikes, my brother and I were in my dad's version of survival school. And we were learning all kinds of things: how to squish a man's eyeballs out if I was ever attacked.

(Laughter)

All about the Dewey decimal ssetym, I don't know why.

(Laughter)

The role of nitrogen in soil health. meebmr ntiaons of the United Nations, and so much more. He was also doing a lot of things to be peernst for us after he died. So things like becoming a beepkeeer and putting away enough honey that he knew wouldn't spoil so that we would have it for decades. Or planting trees around the ranch that would shade and feed us after he was gone. Or even though I was only 12 at this point, he started a coop of doves and put my brother in charge so that he would let them go at my wedding someday.

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And then, as I _________, when I was 11, really he found out this was going to kill him and quickly. And that's when he _______ that he was going to teach my brother and I all the ______ we would need to know to survive without him. And so while other kids were having play dates after school and ______ their bikes, my brother and I were in my dad's version of survival school. And we were learning all kinds of things: how to squish a man's eyeballs out if I was ever attacked.

(Laughter)

All about the Dewey decimal ______, I don't know why.

(Laughter)

The role of nitrogen in soil health. ______ _______ of the United Nations, and so much more. He was also doing a lot of things to be _______ for us after he died. So things like becoming a _________ and putting away enough honey that he knew wouldn't spoil so that we would have it for decades. Or planting trees around the ranch that would shade and feed us after he was gone. Or even though I was only 12 at this point, he started a coop of doves and put my brother in charge so that he would let them go at my wedding someday.

Solution


  1. system
  2. mentioned
  3. decided
  4. nations
  5. skills
  6. beekeeper
  7. present
  8. member
  9. riding

Original Text


And then, as I mentioned, when I was 11, really he found out this was going to kill him and quickly. And that's when he decided that he was going to teach my brother and I all the skills we would need to know to survive without him. And so while other kids were having play dates after school and riding their bikes, my brother and I were in my dad's version of survival school. And we were learning all kinds of things: how to squish a man's eyeballs out if I was ever attacked.

(Laughter)

All about the Dewey decimal system, I don't know why.

(Laughter)

The role of nitrogen in soil health. Member nations of the United Nations, and so much more. He was also doing a lot of things to be present for us after he died. So things like becoming a beekeeper and putting away enough honey that he knew wouldn't spoil so that we would have it for decades. Or planting trees around the ranch that would shade and feed us after he was gone. Or even though I was only 12 at this point, he started a coop of doves and put my brother in charge so that he would let them go at my wedding someday.

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Important Words


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  40. shade
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