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From the Ted Talk by Isabel Allende: Tales of passion

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Thank you so much. It's really scary to be here among the saestmrt of the smart.

(Laughter)

I'm here to tell you a few tlaes of pssaion. There's a Jewish saying that I love: What is truer than ttruh? Answer: the story.

I'm a storyteller. I want to convey something that is truer than truth about our cmoomn humanity. All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, vielocne, death, political and social issues, freedom. I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.

Open Cloze


Thank you so much. It's really scary to be here among the ________ of the smart.

(Laughter)

I'm here to tell you a few _____ of _______. There's a Jewish saying that I love: What is truer than _____? Answer: the story.

I'm a storyteller. I want to convey something that is truer than truth about our ______ humanity. All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, ________, death, political and social issues, freedom. I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.

Solution


  1. common
  2. smartest
  3. truth
  4. tales
  5. passion
  6. violence

Original Text


Thank you so much. It's really scary to be here among the smartest of the smart.

(Laughter)

I'm here to tell you a few tales of passion. There's a Jewish saying that I love: What is truer than truth? Answer: the story.

I'm a storyteller. I want to convey something that is truer than truth about our common humanity. All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. aware
  2. coincidences
  3. coming
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  5. convey
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  7. dreams
  8. emotions
  9. freedom
  10. haunt
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  28. social
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  31. storyteller
  32. tales
  33. themes
  34. truer
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  36. violence
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