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From the Ted Talk by eL Seed: Street art with a message of hope and peace

Unscramble the Blue Letters


In suoth Africa, in Cape Town, the lcoal community of Philippi offered me the only concrete wall of the slum. It was a school, and I wrote on it a quote from nelosn Mandela, saying, "[in Arabic]," which means, "It seems impossible until it's done." Then this guy came to me and said, "Man, why you don't write in English?" and I replied to him, "I would consider your concern legit if you asked me why I didn't wirte in Zulu."

In Paris, once, there was this event, and someone gave his wall to be pteiand. And when he saw I was painting in Arabic, he got so mad — actually, hysterical — and he asked for the wall to be erased. I was mad and disappointed. But a week later, the organizer of the event aeksd me to come back, and he told me that there was a wall right in fornt of this guy's house. So, this guy — (laheutgr) like, was focred to see it every day. At the beginning, I was going to write, "[In Arabic]," which means, "In your face," but — (Laughter) I decided to be smarter and I wrote, "[In arbiac]," which means, "Open your heart."

Open Cloze


In _____ Africa, in Cape Town, the _____ community of Philippi offered me the only concrete wall of the slum. It was a school, and I wrote on it a quote from ______ Mandela, saying, "[in Arabic]," which means, "It seems impossible until it's done." Then this guy came to me and said, "Man, why you don't write in English?" and I replied to him, "I would consider your concern legit if you asked me why I didn't _____ in Zulu."

In Paris, once, there was this event, and someone gave his wall to be _______. And when he saw I was painting in Arabic, he got so mad — actually, hysterical — and he asked for the wall to be erased. I was mad and disappointed. But a week later, the organizer of the event _____ me to come back, and he told me that there was a wall right in _____ of this guy's house. So, this guy — (________) like, was ______ to see it every day. At the beginning, I was going to write, "[In Arabic]," which means, "In your face," but — (Laughter) I decided to be smarter and I wrote, "[In ______]," which means, "Open your heart."

Solution


  1. painted
  2. write
  3. nelson
  4. laughter
  5. arabic
  6. forced
  7. asked
  8. south
  9. local
  10. front

Original Text


In South Africa, in Cape Town, the local community of Philippi offered me the only concrete wall of the slum. It was a school, and I wrote on it a quote from Nelson Mandela, saying, "[in Arabic]," which means, "It seems impossible until it's done." Then this guy came to me and said, "Man, why you don't write in English?" and I replied to him, "I would consider your concern legit if you asked me why I didn't write in Zulu."

In Paris, once, there was this event, and someone gave his wall to be painted. And when he saw I was painting in Arabic, he got so mad — actually, hysterical — and he asked for the wall to be erased. I was mad and disappointed. But a week later, the organizer of the event asked me to come back, and he told me that there was a wall right in front of this guy's house. So, this guy — (Laughter) like, was forced to see it every day. At the beginning, I was going to write, "[In Arabic]," which means, "In your face," but — (Laughter) I decided to be smarter and I wrote, "[In Arabic]," which means, "Open your heart."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
write messages 3
local community 3
arabic script 3


Important Words


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  29. means
  30. nelson
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  35. paris
  36. philippi
  37. quote
  38. replied
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  40. slum
  41. smarter
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  43. told
  44. town
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  48. wrote
  49. zulu