full transcript

From the Ted Talk by Bina Venkataraman: The power to think ahead in a reckless age

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Music)

(Music ends)

That's my fiernd Simran Singh playing the dilruba. When I play it, it sdouns like a cat's dying somewhere, so you're welcome.

(lhetuagr)

This instrument is in my home today, but it doesn't actually belong to me. It's my role to shepherd it in time, and that feels more meaningful to me than just owning it for today. This instrument positions me as both a descendant and an ancestor. It makes me feel part of a story bigger than my own.

And this, I believe, is the signle most powerful way we can reclaim foresight: by seeing ourselves as the good ancestors we long to be, acnroetss not just to our own children but to all hmainuty. Whatever your hireolom is, however big or small, protect it and know that its music can resonate for generations.

Open Cloze


(Music)

(Music ends)

That's my ______ Simran Singh playing the dilruba. When I play it, it ______ like a cat's dying somewhere, so you're welcome.

(________)

This instrument is in my home today, but it doesn't actually belong to me. It's my role to shepherd it in time, and that feels more meaningful to me than just owning it for today. This instrument positions me as both a descendant and an ancestor. It makes me feel part of a story bigger than my own.

And this, I believe, is the ______ most powerful way we can reclaim foresight: by seeing ourselves as the good ancestors we long to be, _________ not just to our own children but to all ________. Whatever your ________ is, however big or small, protect it and know that its music can resonate for generations.

Solution


  1. sounds
  2. humanity
  3. laughter
  4. heirloom
  5. friend
  6. ancestors
  7. single

Original Text


(Music)

(Music ends)

That's my friend Simran Singh playing the dilruba. When I play it, it sounds like a cat's dying somewhere, so you're welcome.

(Laughter)

This instrument is in my home today, but it doesn't actually belong to me. It's my role to shepherd it in time, and that feels more meaningful to me than just owning it for today. This instrument positions me as both a descendant and an ancestor. It makes me feel part of a story bigger than my own.

And this, I believe, is the single most powerful way we can reclaim foresight: by seeing ourselves as the good ancestors we long to be, ancestors not just to our own children but to all humanity. Whatever your heirloom is, however big or small, protect it and know that its music can resonate for generations.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
feed future 2
future generations 2
good ancestors 2
long run 2
fertile topsoil 2
cotton yields 2
nuclear power 2
power plant 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
feed future generations 2

Important Words


  1. ancestor
  2. ancestors
  3. belong
  4. big
  5. bigger
  6. children
  7. descendant
  8. dilruba
  9. dying
  10. ends
  11. feel
  12. feels
  13. friend
  14. generations
  15. good
  16. heirloom
  17. home
  18. humanity
  19. instrument
  20. laughter
  21. long
  22. meaningful
  23. music
  24. owning
  25. part
  26. play
  27. playing
  28. positions
  29. powerful
  30. protect
  31. reclaim
  32. resonate
  33. role
  34. shepherd
  35. simran
  36. singh
  37. single
  38. small
  39. sounds
  40. story
  41. time
  42. today