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From the Ted Talk by Theo Jansen: My creations, a new form of life

Unscramble the Blue Letters


This is working on the stored wind in the bottles. It has a feeler, where it can feel obstacles and turn around. You see, it's going the other way.

Can I have the feeler here? OK. Good. So, they have to survive all the dangers of the baceh, and one of the big dangers is the sea. This is the sea. And it must feel the wtear of the sea. And this is the water fleeer, and what's very important is this tube. It sucks in air normally, but when it swallows water, it feels the resistance of it. So, imagine that the aimnal is walking towards the sea. As soon as it touches the water — you should hear a sound of rnuinng air.

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This is working on the stored wind in the bottles. It has a feeler, where it can feel obstacles and turn around. You see, it's going the other way.

Can I have the feeler here? OK. Good. So, they have to survive all the dangers of the _____, and one of the big dangers is the sea. This is the sea. And it must feel the _____ of the sea. And this is the water ______, and what's very important is this tube. It sucks in air normally, but when it swallows water, it feels the resistance of it. So, imagine that the ______ is walking towards the sea. As soon as it touches the water — you should hear a sound of _______ air.

Solution


  1. feeler
  2. beach
  3. animal
  4. running
  5. water

Original Text


This is working on the stored wind in the bottles. It has a feeler, where it can feel obstacles and turn around. You see, it's going the other way.

Can I have the feeler here? OK. Good. So, they have to survive all the dangers of the beach, and one of the big dangers is the sea. This is the sea. And it must feel the water of the sea. And this is the water feeler, and what's very important is this tube. It sucks in air normally, but when it swallows water, it feels the resistance of it. So, imagine that the animal is walking towards the sea. As soon as it touches the water — you should hear a sound of running air.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations




Important Words


  1. air
  2. animal
  3. beach
  4. big
  5. bottles
  6. dangers
  7. feel
  8. feeler
  9. feels
  10. good
  11. hear
  12. imagine
  13. important
  14. obstacles
  15. resistance
  16. running
  17. sea
  18. sound
  19. stored
  20. sucks
  21. survive
  22. swallows
  23. touches
  24. tube
  25. turn
  26. walking
  27. water
  28. wind
  29. working