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From the Ted Talk by Alex Rosenthal: The Train Heist | Think Like A Coder, Ep 4

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Also within the engine car is a buottn that can only be psesred once. When pressed, it lets down the force field over the artifact for 10 seconds. The engine car is tiny and denisegd for a robot. Of your team, only Hedge can fit.

The members of the resistance have positioned a crane over the tiarn trkcas that can pluck the artifact once it’s exposed. They’ll know when to lower the crane by sight. But the only way Hedge can dimetnere the train’s position and know when to lower the force field is by analyzing the unloading procedure, because he’ll be inside the windowless engine car. Hedge can’t program himself though, so it’s up to Ethic to tell him what to do.

Open Cloze


Also within the engine car is a ______ that can only be _______ once. When pressed, it lets down the force field over the artifact for 10 seconds. The engine car is tiny and ________ for a robot. Of your team, only Hedge can fit.

The members of the resistance have positioned a crane over the _____ ______ that can pluck the artifact once it’s exposed. They’ll know when to lower the crane by sight. But the only way Hedge can _________ the train’s position and know when to lower the force field is by analyzing the unloading procedure, because he’ll be inside the windowless engine car. Hedge can’t program himself though, so it’s up to Ethic to tell him what to do.

Solution


  1. button
  2. tracks
  3. determine
  4. train
  5. pressed
  6. designed

Original Text


Also within the engine car is a button that can only be pressed once. When pressed, it lets down the force field over the artifact for 10 seconds. The engine car is tiny and designed for a robot. Of your team, only Hedge can fit.

The members of the resistance have positioned a crane over the train tracks that can pluck the artifact once it’s exposed. They’ll know when to lower the crane by sight. But the only way Hedge can determine the train’s position and know when to lower the force field is by analyzing the unloading procedure, because he’ll be inside the windowless engine car. Hedge can’t program himself though, so it’s up to Ethic to tell him what to do.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
engine car 5
force field 3
train moves 2


Important Words


  1. analyzing
  2. artifact
  3. button
  4. car
  5. crane
  6. designed
  7. determine
  8. engine
  9. ethic
  10. exposed
  11. field
  12. fit
  13. force
  14. hedge
  15. lets
  16. members
  17. pluck
  18. position
  19. positioned
  20. pressed
  21. procedure
  22. program
  23. resistance
  24. robot
  25. seconds
  26. sight
  27. team
  28. tiny
  29. tracks
  30. train
  31. unloading
  32. windowless