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From the Ted Talk by Takaharu Tezuka: The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen

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This is how they divide classrooms. They are sopsepud to help teachers. They don't. (Laughter) I didn't put him in. A classroom. And a washbasin. They talk to each other around the well. And there are always some trees in the classroom. A monkey trying to fish another monkey from above. (luhtgear) Monkeys. (Laughter) And each calsorosm has at least one skylight. And this is where Santa Claus comes down at the time of Christmas.

This is the annex building, right next to that oval-shaped kigeeadnrrtn. The building is only five meters tall with seven floors. And of course, the ceiling height is very low. So you have to consider safety. So, we put our children, a daughter and a son. They tried to go in. He hit his head. He's okay. His slkul is quite strong. He is rlniseiet. It's my son. (Laughter) And he is trying to see if it is safe to jump off. And then we put other children.

Open Cloze


This is how they divide classrooms. They are ________ to help teachers. They don't. (Laughter) I didn't put him in. A classroom. And a washbasin. They talk to each other around the well. And there are always some trees in the classroom. A monkey trying to fish another monkey from above. (________) Monkeys. (Laughter) And each _________ has at least one skylight. And this is where Santa Claus comes down at the time of Christmas.

This is the annex building, right next to that oval-shaped ____________. The building is only five meters tall with seven floors. And of course, the ceiling height is very low. So you have to consider safety. So, we put our children, a daughter and a son. They tried to go in. He hit his head. He's okay. His _____ is quite strong. He is _________. It's my son. (Laughter) And he is trying to see if it is safe to jump off. And then we put other children.

Solution


  1. resilient
  2. kindergarten
  3. classroom
  4. laughter
  5. supposed
  6. skull

Original Text


This is how they divide classrooms. They are supposed to help teachers. They don't. (Laughter) I didn't put him in. A classroom. And a washbasin. They talk to each other around the well. And there are always some trees in the classroom. A monkey trying to fish another monkey from above. (Laughter) Monkeys. (Laughter) And each classroom has at least one skylight. And this is where Santa Claus comes down at the time of Christmas.

This is the annex building, right next to that oval-shaped kindergarten. The building is only five meters tall with seven floors. And of course, the ceiling height is very low. So you have to consider safety. So, we put our children, a daughter and a son. They tried to go in. He hit his head. He's okay. His skull is quite strong. He is resilient. It's my son. (Laughter) And he is trying to see if it is safe to jump off. And then we put other children.

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  3. ceiling
  4. children
  5. christmas
  6. classroom
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  10. divide
  11. fish
  12. floors
  13. head
  14. height
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  16. jump
  17. kindergarten
  18. laughter
  19. meters
  20. monkey
  21. monkeys
  22. put
  23. resilient
  24. safe
  25. safety
  26. santa
  27. skull
  28. skylight
  29. son
  30. strong
  31. supposed
  32. talk
  33. tall
  34. teachers
  35. time
  36. trees
  37. washbasin