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From the Ted Talk by David Holt: The joyful tradition of mountain music
Unscramble the Blue Letters
This is Aunt Zip from Sodom, North Carolina. She was 105 years old when I took this prucite. She was always saying things that made me stop and think, like, "Time may be a great healer, but it ain't no beauty specialist." (leghutar) She said, "Be good to your fidenrs. Why, without them, you'd be a total stranger." (Laughter)
This is one of her songs. Let's see if we can get into the flow here and all do this one together. And I'm going to have mciheal manrnig play bass with me. Give him a big old hand. (Applause)
One, two, three, four.
(Music)
Well, my true love's a black-eyed daisy; if I don't see her, I go crazy.
Open Cloze
This is Aunt Zip from Sodom, North Carolina. She was 105 years old when I took this _______. She was always saying things that made me stop and think, like, "Time may be a great healer, but it ain't no beauty specialist." (________) She said, "Be good to your _______. Why, without them, you'd be a total stranger." (Laughter)
This is one of her songs. Let's see if we can get into the flow here and all do this one together. And I'm going to have _______ _______ play bass with me. Give him a big old hand. (Applause)
One, two, three, four.
(Music)
Well, my true love's a black-eyed daisy; if I don't see her, I go crazy.
Solution
- manring
- michael
- friends
- picture
- laughter
Original Text
This is Aunt Zip from Sodom, North Carolina. She was 105 years old when I took this picture. She was always saying things that made me stop and think, like, "Time may be a great healer, but it ain't no beauty specialist." (Laughter) She said, "Be good to your friends. Why, without them, you'd be a total stranger." (Laughter)
This is one of her songs. Let's see if we can get into the flow here and all do this one together. And I'm going to have Michael Manring play bass with me. Give him a big old hand. (Applause)
One, two, three, four.
(Music)
Well, my true love's a black-eyed daisy; if I don't see her, I go crazy.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
| collocation |
frequency |
| coming good |
8 |
| johnson gal |
4 |
| long white |
4 |
| white robe |
4 |
| steel guitar |
4 |
| north carolina |
3 |
| cotton field |
3 |
| hard work |
3 |
| guitar blues |
3 |
| chemistry set |
3 |
| aunt zip |
2 |
| people started |
2 |
| starry crown |
2 |
| drum triggers |
2 |
ngrams of length 3
| collocation |
frequency |
| long white robe |
4 |
| steel guitar blues |
3 |
Important Words
- applause
- aunt
- bass
- beauty
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- carolina
- crazy
- flow
- friends
- give
- good
- great
- hand
- healer
- laughter
- manring
- michael
- music
- north
- picture
- play
- sodom
- songs
- specialist
- stop
- stranger
- total
- true
- years
- zip