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From the Ted Talk by Alex Rosenthal: The Resistance | Think Like A Coder, Ep 2

Unscramble the Blue Letters


After breaking Ethic out of posirn, Hedge flies them both towards a frontier settlement in the shadow of the bdaeairbrrr, the great wall that encircles the nation.

All the settlers there will soon gather for the molnthy feeding. The people of the wall spend their days gathering up works of art and literature, from all across the land. On feeding day, the furnace-bots aivrre, rnaeuvos. If they eat, the lights stay on, and the food gets dileevred. If they starve, the people do too.

Hedge’s fuel supply runs out just as he and Ethic reach the osittruks of town, and they come in for a crash landing. Luckily, everyone is too busy ppriarneg for the feeding to notice.

Open Cloze


After breaking Ethic out of ______, Hedge flies them both towards a frontier settlement in the shadow of the ___________, the great wall that encircles the nation.

All the settlers there will soon gather for the _______ feeding. The people of the wall spend their days gathering up works of art and literature, from all across the land. On feeding day, the furnace-bots ______, ________. If they eat, the lights stay on, and the food gets _________. If they starve, the people do too.

Hedge’s fuel supply runs out just as he and Ethic reach the _________ of town, and they come in for a crash landing. Luckily, everyone is too busy _________ for the feeding to notice.

Solution


  1. delivered
  2. monthly
  3. outskirts
  4. bradbarrier
  5. prison
  6. preparing
  7. arrive
  8. ravenous

Original Text


After breaking Ethic out of prison, Hedge flies them both towards a frontier settlement in the shadow of the Bradbarrier, the great wall that encircles the nation.

All the settlers there will soon gather for the monthly feeding. The people of the wall spend their days gathering up works of art and literature, from all across the land. On feeding day, the furnace-bots arrive, ravenous. If they eat, the lights stay on, and the food gets delivered. If they starve, the people do too.

Hedge’s fuel supply runs out just as he and Ethic reach the outskirts of town, and they come in for a crash landing. Luckily, everyone is too busy preparing for the feeding to notice.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
double letter 2
red hair 2
resistance leader 2


Important Words


  1. arrive
  2. art
  3. bradbarrier
  4. breaking
  5. busy
  6. crash
  7. day
  8. days
  9. delivered
  10. eat
  11. encircles
  12. ethic
  13. feeding
  14. flies
  15. food
  16. frontier
  17. fuel
  18. gather
  19. gathering
  20. great
  21. hedge
  22. land
  23. landing
  24. lights
  25. literature
  26. luckily
  27. monthly
  28. nation
  29. notice
  30. outskirts
  31. people
  32. preparing
  33. prison
  34. ravenous
  35. reach
  36. runs
  37. settlement
  38. settlers
  39. shadow
  40. spend
  41. starve
  42. stay
  43. supply
  44. town
  45. wall
  46. works