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From the Ted Talk by Jeff Bezos: The electricity metaphor for the web's future

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(ltgheuar)

This is the electric tie press, which never really did cacth on. People, I guess, decedid that they would not wrinkle their ties. These never really cuhagt on either: the electric shoe warmer and dierr. Never a big seller. This came in, like, six different colors.

(Laughter)

I don't know why. But I thought, you know, sometimes it's just not the right time for an invention; maybe it's time to give this one another shot. So I thought we could build a Super Bowl ad for this. We'd need the right partner. And I thought that really — (Laughter) I thought that would really work, to give that another shot. Now, the tteasor was huge because they used to make toast on open fires, and it took a lot of time and attention. I want to point out one thing. This is — you guys know what this is. They hadn't invented the electric socket yet. So this was — remember, they didn't wire the houses for ercteilcity. They weird them for lighting. So your — your appliances would plug in. They would — each room typically had a lgiht bulb sekcot at the top. And you'd plug it in there.

Open Cloze


(________)

This is the electric tie press, which never really did _____ on. People, I guess, _______ that they would not wrinkle their ties. These never really ______ on either: the electric shoe warmer and _____. Never a big seller. This came in, like, six different colors.

(Laughter)

I don't know why. But I thought, you know, sometimes it's just not the right time for an invention; maybe it's time to give this one another shot. So I thought we could build a Super Bowl ad for this. We'd need the right partner. And I thought that really — (Laughter) I thought that would really work, to give that another shot. Now, the _______ was huge because they used to make toast on open fires, and it took a lot of time and attention. I want to point out one thing. This is — you guys know what this is. They hadn't invented the electric socket yet. So this was — remember, they didn't wire the houses for ___________. They _____ them for lighting. So your — your appliances would plug in. They would — each room typically had a _____ bulb ______ at the top. And you'd plug it in there.

Solution


  1. wired
  2. catch
  3. decided
  4. light
  5. laughter
  6. toaster
  7. drier
  8. socket
  9. electricity
  10. caught

Original Text


(Laughter)

This is the electric tie press, which never really did catch on. People, I guess, decided that they would not wrinkle their ties. These never really caught on either: the electric shoe warmer and drier. Never a big seller. This came in, like, six different colors.

(Laughter)

I don't know why. But I thought, you know, sometimes it's just not the right time for an invention; maybe it's time to give this one another shot. So I thought we could build a Super Bowl ad for this. We'd need the right partner. And I thought that really — (Laughter) I thought that would really work, to give that another shot. Now, the toaster was huge because they used to make toast on open fires, and it took a lot of time and attention. I want to point out one thing. This is — you guys know what this is. They hadn't invented the electric socket yet. So this was — remember, they didn't wire the houses for electricity. They wired them for lighting. So your — your appliances would plug in. They would — each room typically had a light bulb socket at the top. And you'd plug it in there.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  27. partner
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  30. point
  31. press
  32. remember
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  34. seller
  35. shoe
  36. shot
  37. socket
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  40. tie
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  42. time
  43. toast
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  50. work
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