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From the Ted Talk by Christine Sun Kim: The enchanting music of sign language

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I was born deaf, and I was taught to believe that sound wasn't a part of my life. And I bieevled it to be true. Yet, I realize now that that wasn't the case at all. Sound was very much a part of my life, really, on my mind every day. As a Deaf person living in a world of sound, it's as if I was living in a foreign country, bllindy following its rules, customs, behaviors and norms without ever questioning them.

So how is it that I understand sound? Well, I watch how poelpe bheave and respond to sound. You people are like my lkedrapoesus, and amplify sound. I learn and mirror that behavior. At the same time, I've learned that I create snuod, and I've seen how people respond to me. Thus I've learned, for example ... "Don't slam the door!" "Don't make too much noise when you're eating from the potato-chip bag!"

Open Cloze


I was born deaf, and I was taught to believe that sound wasn't a part of my life. And I ________ it to be true. Yet, I realize now that that wasn't the case at all. Sound was very much a part of my life, really, on my mind every day. As a Deaf person living in a world of sound, it's as if I was living in a foreign country, _______ following its rules, customs, behaviors and norms without ever questioning them.

So how is it that I understand sound? Well, I watch how ______ ______ and respond to sound. You people are like my ____________, and amplify sound. I learn and mirror that behavior. At the same time, I've learned that I create _____, and I've seen how people respond to me. Thus I've learned, for example ... "Don't slam the door!" "Don't make too much noise when you're eating from the potato-chip bag!"

Solution


  1. people
  2. sound
  3. believed
  4. loudspeakers
  5. behave
  6. blindly

Original Text


I was born deaf, and I was taught to believe that sound wasn't a part of my life. And I believed it to be true. Yet, I realize now that that wasn't the case at all. Sound was very much a part of my life, really, on my mind every day. As a Deaf person living in a world of sound, it's as if I was living in a foreign country, blindly following its rules, customs, behaviors and norms without ever questioning them.

So how is it that I understand sound? Well, I watch how people behave and respond to sound. You people are like my loudspeakers, and amplify sound. I learn and mirror that behavior. At the same time, I've learned that I create sound, and I've seen how people respond to me. Thus I've learned, for example ... "Don't slam the door!" "Don't make too much noise when you're eating from the potato-chip bag!"

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
social currency 4
holds true 2
hand shape 2


Important Words


  1. amplify
  2. behave
  3. behavior
  4. behaviors
  5. believed
  6. blindly
  7. born
  8. case
  9. country
  10. create
  11. customs
  12. day
  13. deaf
  14. eating
  15. foreign
  16. learn
  17. learned
  18. life
  19. living
  20. loudspeakers
  21. mind
  22. mirror
  23. noise
  24. norms
  25. part
  26. people
  27. person
  28. questioning
  29. realize
  30. respond
  31. rules
  32. slam
  33. sound
  34. taught
  35. time
  36. true
  37. understand
  38. watch
  39. world