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From the Ted Talk by Benjamin Wallace: The price of happiness

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

This was another one I could not get a loaner of. Tom csriue sludposepy owns this bed. There's a little puqlae on the end that, you know, each buyer gets their name engraved on it.

(leaghtur)

To try this one, the maker of it let me and my wife spend the night in the Manhattan showorom. Lights glaring in off the sretet, and we had to hire a seructiy guard and all these things. But anyway, we had a great night's sleep. And you spend a third of your life in bed. I don't think it's that bad of a deal.

(Laughter)

This was a fun one. This is the fastest street-legal car in the world and the most epnisxeve production car. I got to drive this with a chaperone from the company, a professional race car driver, and we drove around the canyons outside of Los Angeles and down on the Pacific Coast hawhgiy. And, you know, when we pulled up to a shtlogpit the people in the adjacent cars kind of gave us respectful nods. And it was really amazing. It was such a stoomh ride. Most of the cars that I drive, if I get up to 80 they start to rattle. I switched lanes on the highway and the driver, this chaperone, said, "You know, you were just going 110 miles an hour." And I had no idea that I was one of those obnoxious people you occasionally see wienvag in and out of traffic, because it was just that smooth. And if I was a billionaire, I would get one.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

This was another one I could not get a loaner of. Tom ______ __________ owns this bed. There's a little ______ on the end that, you know, each buyer gets their name engraved on it.

(________)

To try this one, the maker of it let me and my wife spend the night in the Manhattan ________. Lights glaring in off the ______, and we had to hire a ________ guard and all these things. But anyway, we had a great night's sleep. And you spend a third of your life in bed. I don't think it's that bad of a deal.

(Laughter)

This was a fun one. This is the fastest street-legal car in the world and the most _________ production car. I got to drive this with a chaperone from the company, a professional race car driver, and we drove around the canyons outside of Los Angeles and down on the Pacific Coast _______. And, you know, when we pulled up to a _________ the people in the adjacent cars kind of gave us respectful nods. And it was really amazing. It was such a ______ ride. Most of the cars that I drive, if I get up to 80 they start to rattle. I switched lanes on the highway and the driver, this chaperone, said, "You know, you were just going 110 miles an hour." And I had no idea that I was one of those obnoxious people you occasionally see _______ in and out of traffic, because it was just that smooth. And if I was a billionaire, I would get one.

Solution


  1. weaving
  2. showroom
  3. smooth
  4. supposedly
  5. laughter
  6. expensive
  7. security
  8. cruise
  9. highway
  10. stoplight
  11. plaque
  12. street

Original Text


(Laughter)

This was another one I could not get a loaner of. Tom Cruise supposedly owns this bed. There's a little plaque on the end that, you know, each buyer gets their name engraved on it.

(Laughter)

To try this one, the maker of it let me and my wife spend the night in the Manhattan showroom. Lights glaring in off the street, and we had to hire a security guard and all these things. But anyway, we had a great night's sleep. And you spend a third of your life in bed. I don't think it's that bad of a deal.

(Laughter)

This was a fun one. This is the fastest street-legal car in the world and the most expensive production car. I got to drive this with a chaperone from the company, a professional race car driver, and we drove around the canyons outside of Los Angeles and down on the Pacific Coast Highway. And, you know, when we pulled up to a stoplight the people in the adjacent cars kind of gave us respectful nods. And it was really amazing. It was such a smooth ride. Most of the cars that I drive, if I get up to 80 they start to rattle. I switched lanes on the highway and the driver, this chaperone, said, "You know, you were just going 110 miles an hour." And I had no idea that I was one of those obnoxious people you occasionally see weaving in and out of traffic, because it was just that smooth. And if I was a billionaire, I would get one.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
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cheval blanc 3
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manhattan showroom 2
tom cruise 2
bipin desai 2


Important Words


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  25. great
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  33. laughter
  34. life
  35. lights
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  40. miles
  41. night
  42. nods
  43. obnoxious
  44. occasionally
  45. owns
  46. pacific
  47. people
  48. plaque
  49. production
  50. professional
  51. pulled
  52. race
  53. rattle
  54. respectful
  55. ride
  56. security
  57. showroom
  58. sleep
  59. smooth
  60. spend
  61. start
  62. stoplight
  63. street
  64. supposedly
  65. switched
  66. tom
  67. traffic
  68. weaving
  69. wife
  70. world