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From the Ted Talk by Lakshmi Pratury: The lost art of letter-writing

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So I thought, "I will talk about death." Seemed to be the possain today. Actually, it's not about death. It's inevitable, terrible, but really what I want to talk about is, I'm just fascinated by the lecgay people laeve when they die. That's what I want to talk about.

So Art Buchwald left his legacy of humor with a video that appeared soon after he died, saying, "Hi! I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died." And Mike, who I met at Galapagos, a trip which I won at TED, is leaving notes on ceaycbprse where he is chronicling his journey through cancer. And my father left me a legacy of his handwriting through letters and a ntoebook. In the last two years of his life, when he was sick, he feilld a notebook with his thoughts about me. He wrote about my strengths, weankeesss, and gentle suggestions for improvement, qitnuog specific incidents, and held a mrrior to my life.

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So I thought, "I will talk about death." Seemed to be the _______ today. Actually, it's not about death. It's inevitable, terrible, but really what I want to talk about is, I'm just fascinated by the ______ people _____ when they die. That's what I want to talk about.

So Art Buchwald left his legacy of humor with a video that appeared soon after he died, saying, "Hi! I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died." And Mike, who I met at Galapagos, a trip which I won at TED, is leaving notes on __________ where he is chronicling his journey through cancer. And my father left me a legacy of his handwriting through letters and a ________. In the last two years of his life, when he was sick, he ______ a notebook with his thoughts about me. He wrote about my strengths, __________, and gentle suggestions for improvement, _______ specific incidents, and held a ______ to my life.

Solution


  1. legacy
  2. weaknesses
  3. filled
  4. mirror
  5. passion
  6. leave
  7. quoting
  8. notebook
  9. cyberspace

Original Text


So I thought, "I will talk about death." Seemed to be the passion today. Actually, it's not about death. It's inevitable, terrible, but really what I want to talk about is, I'm just fascinated by the legacy people leave when they die. That's what I want to talk about.

So Art Buchwald left his legacy of humor with a video that appeared soon after he died, saying, "Hi! I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died." And Mike, who I met at Galapagos, a trip which I won at TED, is leaving notes on cyberspace where he is chronicling his journey through cancer. And my father left me a legacy of his handwriting through letters and a notebook. In the last two years of his life, when he was sick, he filled a notebook with his thoughts about me. He wrote about my strengths, weaknesses, and gentle suggestions for improvement, quoting specific incidents, and held a mirror to my life.

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