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From the Ted Talk by Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger: Our story of rape and reconciliation

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

My tehcear recommended I try out for the school play, just to get me a bit more socially active. It turns out I didn't end up being part of the play, but through it I met Thordis. We shared a lovely teenage romance, and we'd meet at lunchtimes to just hold hands and walk around old downtown Reykjavík. I met her welcoming fiamly, and she met my friends. We'd been in a budding relationship for a bit over a month when our school's Christmas Ball was held.

Thordis Elva: I was 16 and in love for the first time. Going together to the Christmas dance was a pilbuc confirmation of our relationship, and I felt like the lcieukst girl in the world. No longer a cihld, but a ynuog waomn. High on my nwnufeod maturity, I felt it was only natural to try drinking rum for the first time that nihgt, too. That was a bad idea. I became very ill, drifting in and out of consciousness in between spasms of cvslnuvioe vomiting. The sectuiry guards wnaetd to call me an ambulance, but Tom acted as my knight in shining armor, and told them he'd take me home.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

My _______ recommended I try out for the school play, just to get me a bit more socially active. It turns out I didn't end up being part of the play, but through it I met Thordis. We shared a lovely teenage romance, and we'd meet at lunchtimes to just hold hands and walk around old downtown Reykjavík. I met her welcoming ______, and she met my friends. We'd been in a budding relationship for a bit over a month when our school's Christmas Ball was held.

Thordis Elva: I was 16 and in love for the first time. Going together to the Christmas dance was a ______ confirmation of our relationship, and I felt like the ________ girl in the world. No longer a _____, but a _____ _____. High on my ________ maturity, I felt it was only natural to try drinking rum for the first time that _____, too. That was a bad idea. I became very ill, drifting in and out of consciousness in between spasms of __________ vomiting. The ________ guards ______ to call me an ambulance, but Tom acted as my knight in shining armor, and told them he'd take me home.

Solution


  1. woman
  2. young
  3. security
  4. convulsive
  5. family
  6. public
  7. night
  8. luckiest
  9. wanted
  10. child
  11. newfound
  12. teacher

Original Text


(Laughter)

My teacher recommended I try out for the school play, just to get me a bit more socially active. It turns out I didn't end up being part of the play, but through it I met Thordis. We shared a lovely teenage romance, and we'd meet at lunchtimes to just hold hands and walk around old downtown Reykjavík. I met her welcoming family, and she met my friends. We'd been in a budding relationship for a bit over a month when our school's Christmas Ball was held.

Thordis Elva: I was 16 and in love for the first time. Going together to the Christmas dance was a public confirmation of our relationship, and I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. No longer a child, but a young woman. High on my newfound maturity, I felt it was only natural to try drinking rum for the first time that night, too. That was a bad idea. I became very ill, drifting in and out of consciousness in between spasms of convulsive vomiting. The security guards wanted to call me an ambulance, but Tom acted as my knight in shining armor, and told them he'd take me home.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
sexual violence 6
south africa 3
exchange program 2
cape town 2


Important Words


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  2. active
  3. ambulance
  4. armor
  5. bad
  6. ball
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  11. christmas
  12. confirmation
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  14. convulsive
  15. dance
  16. downtown
  17. drifting
  18. drinking
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  20. felt
  21. friends
  22. girl
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  24. hands
  25. held
  26. high
  27. hold
  28. home
  29. idea
  30. ill
  31. knight
  32. laughter
  33. longer
  34. love
  35. lovely
  36. luckiest
  37. lunchtimes
  38. maturity
  39. meet
  40. met
  41. month
  42. natural
  43. newfound
  44. night
  45. part
  46. play
  47. public
  48. recommended
  49. relationship
  50. reykjavík
  51. romance
  52. rum
  53. school
  54. security
  55. shared
  56. shining
  57. socially
  58. spasms
  59. teacher
  60. teenage
  61. thordis
  62. time
  63. told
  64. tom
  65. turns
  66. vomiting
  67. walk
  68. wanted
  69. welcoming
  70. woman
  71. world
  72. young