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From the Ted Talk by Rosanne Cash: The rhythm and rhyme of memory, solitude and community

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Now her work is done in the sunken lands

There’s five empty cans

(Music)

(Music ends)

(Applause)

In 1992, I was wniritg a song about my divorce, which hadn't hnaeeppd yet.

(Laughter)

But which I saw coming like a freight tarin.

(Laughter)

So I was stuck in this song like I was sutck in my life. And the same time across the cournty, my mhoter was going through a box of my school annisesmgts and childhood drawings, and she sent it to me. So I started going through this box, and I came across this yellowed paper, this school assignment I had done in the seventh grade in Catholic school on metaphors and similes. Now I vividly remember the pleasure I took in that assignment because it was literally the only thing the nuns had ever given me to do that I enjoyed.

Open Cloze


Now her work is done in the sunken lands

There’s five empty cans

(Music)

(Music ends)

(Applause)

In 1992, I was _______ a song about my divorce, which hadn't ________ yet.

(Laughter)

But which I saw coming like a freight _____.

(Laughter)

So I was stuck in this song like I was _____ in my life. And the same time across the _______, my ______ was going through a box of my school ___________ and childhood drawings, and she sent it to me. So I started going through this box, and I came across this yellowed paper, this school assignment I had done in the seventh grade in Catholic school on metaphors and similes. Now I vividly remember the pleasure I took in that assignment because it was literally the only thing the nuns had ever given me to do that I enjoyed.

Solution


  1. writing
  2. stuck
  3. mother
  4. train
  5. happened
  6. country
  7. assignments

Original Text


Now her work is done in the sunken lands

There’s five empty cans

(Music)

(Music ends)

(Applause)

In 1992, I was writing a song about my divorce, which hadn't happened yet.

(Laughter)

But which I saw coming like a freight train.

(Laughter)

So I was stuck in this song like I was stuck in my life. And the same time across the country, my mother was going through a box of my school assignments and childhood drawings, and she sent it to me. So I started going through this box, and I came across this yellowed paper, this school assignment I had done in the seventh grade in Catholic school on metaphors and similes. Now I vividly remember the pleasure I took in that assignment because it was literally the only thing the nuns had ever given me to do that I enjoyed.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
lonely road 4
sunken lands 2


Important Words


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