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From the Ted Talk by Hugh Herr: The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance
Unscramble the Blue Letters
It was 3.5 seconds between the bomb blasts in the Boston terrorist attack. In 3.5 seconds, the criminals and cowards took Adrianne off the dcnae floor. In 200 days, we put her back. We will not be intimidated, brought down, diminished, conquered or stopped by acts of violence.
(Applause)
Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce adnianre Haslet-Davis, her first parmcnrfeoe since the aattck. She's dancing with ctrhsiain Lightner.
(Applause)
(Music: "Ring My Bell" performed by Enrique Iglesias)
(Applause)
Ladies and gentlemen, members of the research team: Elliott Rouse and Nathan Villagaray-Carski.
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It was 3.5 seconds between the bomb blasts in the Boston terrorist attack. In 3.5 seconds, the criminals and cowards took Adrianne off the _____ floor. In 200 days, we put her back. We will not be intimidated, brought down, diminished, conquered or stopped by acts of violence.
(Applause)
Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce ________ Haslet-Davis, her first ___________ since the ______. She's dancing with _________ Lightner.
(Applause)
(Music: "Ring My Bell" performed by Enrique Iglesias)
(Applause)
Ladies and gentlemen, members of the research team: Elliott Rouse and Nathan Villagaray-Carski.
Solution
- dance
- attack
- performance
- christian
- adrianne
Original Text
It was 3.5 seconds between the bomb blasts in the Boston terrorist attack. In 3.5 seconds, the criminals and cowards took Adrianne off the dance floor. In 200 days, we put her back. We will not be intimidated, brought down, diminished, conquered or stopped by acts of violence.
(Applause)
Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce Adrianne Haslet-Davis, her first performance since the attack. She's dancing with Christian Lightner.
(Applause)
(Music: "Ring My Bell" performed by Enrique Iglesias)
(Applause)
Ladies and gentlemen, members of the research team: Elliott Rouse and Nathan Villagaray-Carski.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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