full transcript

From the Ted Talk by Michael Sheen: The magic of a creative career

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And coming from a community, a working-class conmimtuy, like Port Talbot, a steel town, it's not somewhere that you would epcxet to be that supportive of people going into the poncy arts, you know. But Richard Burton had done it, Anthony Hopkins had done it, and there was a kind of nobility to it. There was certainly a rctlebaieipsty to it and a respect for what they had done. And so that made a big difference.

But in some ways, I think the most ionprmtat part was that I was able to do performances in school, drama in school, and then I auditioned for a youth theater, local youth theater. It was the cntuoy yutoh theater. And again, at the time I took it all for granted. But now I look back and I can see that there was an incredibly ... powerful youth arts infrastructure that had grown up in the area. Not by chcane. It hadn't haepenpd randomly.

Open Cloze


And coming from a community, a working-class _________, like Port Talbot, a steel town, it's not somewhere that you would ______ to be that supportive of people going into the poncy arts, you know. But Richard Burton had done it, Anthony Hopkins had done it, and there was a kind of nobility to it. There was certainly a ______________ to it and a respect for what they had done. And so that made a big difference.

But in some ways, I think the most _________ part was that I was able to do performances in school, drama in school, and then I auditioned for a youth theater, local youth theater. It was the ______ _____ theater. And again, at the time I took it all for granted. But now I look back and I can see that there was an incredibly ... powerful youth arts infrastructure that had grown up in the area. Not by ______. It hadn't ________ randomly.

Solution


  1. community
  2. respectability
  3. youth
  4. important
  5. chance
  6. county
  7. happened
  8. expect

Original Text


And coming from a community, a working-class community, like Port Talbot, a steel town, it's not somewhere that you would expect to be that supportive of people going into the poncy arts, you know. But Richard Burton had done it, Anthony Hopkins had done it, and there was a kind of nobility to it. There was certainly a respectability to it and a respect for what they had done. And so that made a big difference.

But in some ways, I think the most important part was that I was able to do performances in school, drama in school, and then I auditioned for a youth theater, local youth theater. It was the county youth theater. And again, at the time I took it all for granted. But now I look back and I can see that there was an incredibly ... powerful youth arts infrastructure that had grown up in the area. Not by chance. It hadn't happened randomly.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
youth theater 7
richard burton 6
port talbot 4
anthony hopkins 4
young lad 3
incredibly important 3
great richard 2
lad grew 2
supportive family 2
comprehensive school 2
newspaper columnists 2
independent schools 2
people coming 2
final days 2
absolutely revelatory 2


Important Words


  1. anthony
  2. area
  3. arts
  4. auditioned
  5. big
  6. burton
  7. chance
  8. coming
  9. community
  10. county
  11. difference
  12. drama
  13. expect
  14. granted
  15. grown
  16. happened
  17. hopkins
  18. important
  19. incredibly
  20. infrastructure
  21. kind
  22. local
  23. nobility
  24. part
  25. people
  26. performances
  27. poncy
  28. port
  29. powerful
  30. randomly
  31. respect
  32. respectability
  33. richard
  34. school
  35. steel
  36. supportive
  37. talbot
  38. theater
  39. time
  40. town
  41. ways
  42. youth