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From the Ted Talk by John Hunter: Teaching with the World Peace Game
Unscramble the Blue Letters
John Hunter: I offered them a — (apuslape) Actually, I can't tell them anything because I don't know the answer. And I admit the truth to them right up front: I don't know. And because I don't know, they've got to dig up the aswenr. And so I apolzgioe to them as well. I say, "I'm so sorry, boys and grils, but the truth is we have left this world to you in such a sad and terrible shape, and we hope you can fix it for us, and maybe this game will help you learn how to do it." It's a sincere apology, and they take it very seriously.
Now you may be wondering what all this complexity looks like. Well when we have the game start, here's what you see.
Open Cloze
John Hunter: I offered them a — (________) Actually, I can't tell them anything because I don't know the answer. And I admit the truth to them right up front: I don't know. And because I don't know, they've got to dig up the ______. And so I _________ to them as well. I say, "I'm so sorry, boys and _____, but the truth is we have left this world to you in such a sad and terrible shape, and we hope you can fix it for us, and maybe this game will help you learn how to do it." It's a sincere apology, and they take it very seriously.
Now you may be wondering what all this complexity looks like. Well when we have the game start, here's what you see.
Solution
- girls
- apologize
- applause
- answer
Original Text
John Hunter: I offered them a — (Applause) Actually, I can't tell them anything because I don't know the answer. And I admit the truth to them right up front: I don't know. And because I don't know, they've got to dig up the answer. And so I apologize to them as well. I say, "I'm so sorry, boys and girls, but the truth is we have left this world to you in such a sad and terrible shape, and we hope you can fix it for us, and maybe this game will help you learn how to do it." It's a sincere apology, and they take it very seriously.
Now you may be wondering what all this complexity looks like. Well when we have the game start, here's what you see.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
| collocation |
frequency |
| world peace |
4 |
| peace game |
4 |
| empty space |
2 |
| gifted education |
2 |
| chris farina |
2 |
| prime minister |
2 |
| global warming |
2 |
| peace force |
2 |
| collective wisdom |
2 |
| defense minister |
2 |
| game days |
2 |
| sun tzu |
2 |
| seconds left |
2 |
| thinking tool |
2 |
ngrams of length 3
| collocation |
frequency |
| world peace game |
3 |
Important Words
- admit
- answer
- apologize
- apology
- applause
- boys
- complexity
- dig
- fix
- game
- girls
- hope
- john
- learn
- left
- offered
- sad
- shape
- sincere
- start
- terrible
- truth
- wondering
- world