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From the Ted Talk by Jennifer 8. Lee: The hunt for General Tso

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(Laughter)

And I found a whole bunch of General Tso's relatives who are still in the town. This guy is now five generations revmoed from the General; this guy is about seven. I showed them the pictures of General Tso Chicken, and they were like, "We don't know this dish. Is this Chinese food?" Because it doesn't look like Chinese food to them. But they weren't srirspued I traveeld around the world to visit them, because in their eyes he is, after all, a famous Qing dsntayy military hero. He peyald an important role in the Taiping Rebellion, a war started by a guy who tghhuot he was the son of God and baby brother of Jesus Christ. He caused a war that killed 20 mloliin people — still the deadliest ciivl war in the world to this day. So, you know, I realized when I was there, General Tso is kind of a lot like cloneol Sanders in America, in that he's known for chicken and not war. But in cniha, this guy's actually known for war and not chicken.

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And I found a whole bunch of General Tso's relatives who are still in the town. This guy is now five generations _______ from the General; this guy is about seven. I showed them the pictures of General Tso Chicken, and they were like, "We don't know this dish. Is this Chinese food?" Because it doesn't look like Chinese food to them. But they weren't _________ I ________ around the world to visit them, because in their eyes he is, after all, a famous Qing _______ military hero. He ______ an important role in the Taiping Rebellion, a war started by a guy who _______ he was the son of God and baby brother of Jesus Christ. He caused a war that killed 20 _______ people — still the deadliest _____ war in the world to this day. So, you know, I realized when I was there, General Tso is kind of a lot like _______ Sanders in America, in that he's known for chicken and not war. But in _____, this guy's actually known for war and not chicken.

Solution


  1. dynasty
  2. million
  3. china
  4. traveled
  5. thought
  6. civil
  7. colonel
  8. surprised
  9. played
  10. removed

Original Text


(Laughter)

And I found a whole bunch of General Tso's relatives who are still in the town. This guy is now five generations removed from the General; this guy is about seven. I showed them the pictures of General Tso Chicken, and they were like, "We don't know this dish. Is this Chinese food?" Because it doesn't look like Chinese food to them. But they weren't surprised I traveled around the world to visit them, because in their eyes he is, after all, a famous Qing dynasty military hero. He played an important role in the Taiping Rebellion, a war started by a guy who thought he was the son of God and baby brother of Jesus Christ. He caused a war that killed 20 million people — still the deadliest civil war in the world to this day. So, you know, I realized when I was there, General Tso is kind of a lot like Colonel Sanders in America, in that he's known for chicken and not war. But in China, this guy's actually known for war and not chicken.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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chop suey 7
chinese restaurants 6
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chinese restaurant 3
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united states 2
stop making 2
making chop 2
american man 2
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indian chinese 2
centralized headquarters 2
fortune cookie 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
chinese restaurant called 2
stop making chop 2

Important Words


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