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From the Ted Talk by Matthew A. Wilson: The health benefits of clowning around

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One of my favorite games to play in the hospital is elevator music. I love eolavrtes, because they're a place where paths csros, different worlds meet. It's intimate, uncomfortably queit and just bgngieg for a little playful disruption. The doors clsoe and "The Girl from Ipanema" starts playing on hmmanod organ, because I keep a portable speaker hidden in my pekoct. So for those used to using the silent, sterile elevator, it's a moment of siuprsre. Folks have permission to acknowledge or not this disruption.

The game grows with every stop, because as soon as the elevator stops, the music stops. New passengers get on, and the current passengers get to witness the new psenaesgrs — their surprise — as they hear the elevator music for the first time. You experience the shift of adults standing silently, strangers in an elevator, to apnetttmig to suppress their mirth, to, "Is this a party or an eetalovr," filled with full-on laughter.

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One of my favorite games to play in the hospital is elevator music. I love _________, because they're a place where paths _____, different worlds meet. It's intimate, uncomfortably _____ and just _______ for a little playful disruption. The doors _____ and "The Girl from Ipanema" starts playing on _______ organ, because I keep a portable speaker hidden in my ______. So for those used to using the silent, sterile elevator, it's a moment of ________. Folks have permission to acknowledge or not this disruption.

The game grows with every stop, because as soon as the elevator stops, the music stops. New passengers get on, and the current passengers get to witness the new __________ — their surprise — as they hear the elevator music for the first time. You experience the shift of adults standing silently, strangers in an elevator, to __________ to suppress their mirth, to, "Is this a party or an ________," filled with full-on laughter.

Solution


  1. passengers
  2. elevators
  3. pocket
  4. hammond
  5. quiet
  6. cross
  7. elevator
  8. attempting
  9. close
  10. surprise
  11. begging

Original Text


One of my favorite games to play in the hospital is elevator music. I love elevators, because they're a place where paths cross, different worlds meet. It's intimate, uncomfortably quiet and just begging for a little playful disruption. The doors close and "The Girl from Ipanema" starts playing on Hammond organ, because I keep a portable speaker hidden in my pocket. So for those used to using the silent, sterile elevator, it's a moment of surprise. Folks have permission to acknowledge or not this disruption.

The game grows with every stop, because as soon as the elevator stops, the music stops. New passengers get on, and the current passengers get to witness the new passengers — their surprise — as they hear the elevator music for the first time. You experience the shift of adults standing silently, strangers in an elevator, to attempting to suppress their mirth, to, "Is this a party or an elevator," filled with full-on laughter.

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