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From the Ted Talk by Alex Rosenthal: The Prison Break | Think Like A Coder, Ep 1

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Upon emerging from stasis, etihc is the unfortunate recipient of three surprises.

The first: a prison cell.

The second: ctomlepe amnseia.

And the third: a mysterious segartnr has gotten stuck squeezing through the bars on her window.

His name is Hedge, and he has come to help Ethic save the world. But first they have to barek out of jail.

Hedge trnus his hand into a lockpick and outlines the challenge ahead.

Each lock in the prison works in the same unusual way. Inside the kohelye is a red dial that can be rotated to one of 100 pnsitoios numbered 1 through 100. The key for a given cell spins the dial to the right position, which, when stopped there, makes it turn green and unlocks the door. It would be out of the question to steal keys from a guard, but Hedge has a better idea.

Open Cloze


Upon emerging from stasis, _____ is the unfortunate recipient of three surprises.

The first: a prison cell.

The second: ________ _______.

And the third: a mysterious ________ has gotten stuck squeezing through the bars on her window.

His name is Hedge, and he has come to help Ethic save the world. But first they have to _____ out of jail.

Hedge _____ his hand into a lockpick and outlines the challenge ahead.

Each lock in the prison works in the same unusual way. Inside the _______ is a red dial that can be rotated to one of 100 _________ numbered 1 through 100. The key for a given cell spins the dial to the right position, which, when stopped there, makes it turn green and unlocks the door. It would be out of the question to steal keys from a guard, but Hedge has a better idea.

Solution


  1. stranger
  2. keyhole
  3. positions
  4. complete
  5. turns
  6. break
  7. amnesia
  8. ethic

Original Text


Upon emerging from stasis, Ethic is the unfortunate recipient of three surprises.

The first: a prison cell.

The second: complete amnesia.

And the third: a mysterious stranger has gotten stuck squeezing through the bars on her window.

His name is Hedge, and he has come to help Ethic save the world. But first they have to break out of jail.

Hedge turns his hand into a lockpick and outlines the challenge ahead.

Each lock in the prison works in the same unusual way. Inside the keyhole is a red dial that can be rotated to one of 100 positions numbered 1 through 100. The key for a given cell spins the dial to the right position, which, when stopped there, makes it turn green and unlocks the door. It would be out of the question to steal keys from a guard, but Hedge has a better idea.

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