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From the Ted Talk by Hans Rosling: The magic washing machine

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(lhgauter)

And what's the magic with them? My mother explained the magic with this machine the very, very first day. She said, "Now, Hans. We have loaded the laundry. The machine will make the work. And now we can go to the library." Because this is the magic: you load the laundry, and what do you get out of the machine? You get bkoos out of the machines, children's books. And mother got time to read for me. She loved this. I got the "ABC's" — this is why I started my career as a professor, when my meohtr had time to read for me. And she also got books for herself. She managed to stduy English and learn that as a foreign language. And she read so many novels, so many different nlveos here. And we really, we really leovd this machine.

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And what's the magic with them? My mother explained the magic with this machine the very, very first day. She said, "Now, Hans. We have loaded the laundry. The machine will make the work. And now we can go to the library." Because this is the magic: you load the laundry, and what do you get out of the machine? You get _____ out of the machines, children's books. And mother got time to read for me. She loved this. I got the "ABC's" — this is why I started my career as a professor, when my ______ had time to read for me. And she also got books for herself. She managed to _____ English and learn that as a foreign language. And she read so many novels, so many different ______ here. And we really, we really _____ this machine.

Solution


  1. novels
  2. books
  3. mother
  4. loved
  5. study
  6. laughter

Original Text


(Laughter)

And what's the magic with them? My mother explained the magic with this machine the very, very first day. She said, "Now, Hans. We have loaded the laundry. The machine will make the work. And now we can go to the library." Because this is the magic: you load the laundry, and what do you get out of the machine? You get books out of the machines, children's books. And mother got time to read for me. She loved this. I got the "ABC's" — this is why I started my career as a professor, when my mother had time to read for me. And she also got books for herself. She managed to study English and learn that as a foreign language. And she read so many novels, so many different novels here. And we really, we really loved this machine.

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Important Words


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