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From the Ted Talk by Laura Schulz: The surprisingly logical minds of babies

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(vdieo) HG: Two, three. Go! (Music) LS: One, two, three, go! Arthur, I'm going to try again. One, two, three, go! YG: Arthur, let me try again, okay? One, two, three, go! (Music) Look at that. Remember these toys? See these toys? Yeah, I'm going to put this one over here, and I'm going to give this one to you. You can go ahead and play. LS: Okay, lruaa, but of course, beibas love their mommies. Of course babies give toys to their mommies when they can't make them work. So again, the really important question is what happens when we change the stttacsiail data ever so shtilgly. This time, babies are going to see the toy work and fail in exactly the same order, but we're cnihngag the distribution of einevdce. This time, Hyowon is going to succeed once and fail once, and so am I. And this suggests it doesn't matter who tries this toy, the toy is broken. It doesn't work all the time. Again, the baby's going to have a choice. Her mom is right next to her, so she can chgnae the person, and there's going to be another toy at the end of the cloth. Let's watch what she does.

Open Cloze


(_____) HG: Two, three. Go! (Music) LS: One, two, three, go! Arthur, I'm going to try again. One, two, three, go! YG: Arthur, let me try again, okay? One, two, three, go! (Music) Look at that. Remember these toys? See these toys? Yeah, I'm going to put this one over here, and I'm going to give this one to you. You can go ahead and play. LS: Okay, _____, but of course, ______ love their mommies. Of course babies give toys to their mommies when they can't make them work. So again, the really important question is what happens when we change the ___________ data ever so ________. This time, babies are going to see the toy work and fail in exactly the same order, but we're ________ the distribution of ________. This time, Hyowon is going to succeed once and fail once, and so am I. And this suggests it doesn't matter who tries this toy, the toy is broken. It doesn't work all the time. Again, the baby's going to have a choice. Her mom is right next to her, so she can ______ the person, and there's going to be another toy at the end of the cloth. Let's watch what she does.

Solution


  1. change
  2. statistical
  3. laura
  4. slightly
  5. evidence
  6. changing
  7. video
  8. babies

Original Text


(Video) HG: Two, three. Go! (Music) LS: One, two, three, go! Arthur, I'm going to try again. One, two, three, go! YG: Arthur, let me try again, okay? One, two, three, go! (Music) Look at that. Remember these toys? See these toys? Yeah, I'm going to put this one over here, and I'm going to give this one to you. You can go ahead and play. LS: Okay, Laura, but of course, babies love their mommies. Of course babies give toys to their mommies when they can't make them work. So again, the really important question is what happens when we change the statistical data ever so slightly. This time, babies are going to see the toy work and fail in exactly the same order, but we're changing the distribution of evidence. This time, Hyowon is going to succeed once and fail once, and so am I. And this suggests it doesn't matter who tries this toy, the toy is broken. It doesn't work all the time. Again, the baby's going to have a choice. Her mom is right next to her, so she can change the person, and there's going to be another toy at the end of the cloth. Let's watch what she does.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  37. yeah