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From the Ted Talk by Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

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And again, my left hemisphere comes onilne and it says, "Hey! You've got to pay attention. We've got to get help." And I'm thinking, "I've got to get help. I've got to fcuos." So I get out of the shower and I mechanically dress and I'm walking around my apartment, and I'm thinking, "I've got to get to work. Can I drive?"

And in that mnomet, my right arm went totally paralyzed by my side. Then I realized, "Oh my gosh! I'm having a stroke!" And the next thing my brain says to me is, Wow! This is so cool!

(Laughter)

This is so cool! How many biarn scientists have the opportunity to study their own brain from the inside out?"

Open Cloze


And again, my left hemisphere comes ______ and it says, "Hey! You've got to pay attention. We've got to get help." And I'm thinking, "I've got to get help. I've got to _____." So I get out of the shower and I mechanically dress and I'm walking around my apartment, and I'm thinking, "I've got to get to work. Can I drive?"

And in that ______, my right arm went totally paralyzed by my side. Then I realized, "Oh my gosh! I'm having a stroke!" And the next thing my brain says to me is, Wow! This is so cool!

(Laughter)

This is so cool! How many _____ scientists have the opportunity to study their own brain from the inside out?"

Solution


  1. moment
  2. online
  3. focus
  4. brain

Original Text


And again, my left hemisphere comes online and it says, "Hey! You've got to pay attention. We've got to get help." And I'm thinking, "I've got to get help. I've got to focus." So I get out of the shower and I mechanically dress and I'm walking around my apartment, and I'm thinking, "I've got to get to work. Can I drive?"

And in that moment, my right arm went totally paralyzed by my side. Then I realized, "Oh my gosh! I'm having a stroke!" And the next thing my brain says to me is, Wow! This is so cool!

(Laughter)

This is so cool! How many brain scientists have the opportunity to study their own brain from the inside out?"

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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business card 2
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Important Words


  1. apartment
  2. arm
  3. attention
  4. brain
  5. dress
  6. drive
  7. focus
  8. hemisphere
  9. laughter
  10. left
  11. mechanically
  12. moment
  13. online
  14. opportunity
  15. paralyzed
  16. pay
  17. realized
  18. scientists
  19. shower
  20. side
  21. study
  22. thinking
  23. totally
  24. walking
  25. work