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From the Ted Talk by Meklit Hadero: The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds
Unscramble the Blue Letters
(Laughter)
It is the everyday soundscape that arises from the audience themselves: their coughs, their sighs, their rustles, their whispers, their sneeezs, the room, the wood of the floors and the walls expanding and contracting, creaking and groaning with the heat and the cold, the pipes canknilg and contributing. And ceoatrinrvsol though it was, and even controversial though it remains, Cage's point is that there is no such thing as true snlceie. Even in the most silent environments, we still hear and feel the sound of our own heartbeats. The world is alive with musical eoserpsxin. We are already immersed.
Open Cloze
(Laughter)
It is the everyday soundscape that arises from the audience themselves: their coughs, their sighs, their rustles, their whispers, their _______, the room, the wood of the floors and the walls expanding and contracting, creaking and groaning with the heat and the cold, the pipes ________ and contributing. And _____________ though it was, and even controversial though it remains, Cage's point is that there is no such thing as true _______. Even in the most silent environments, we still hear and feel the sound of our own heartbeats. The world is alive with musical __________. We are already immersed.
Solution
- sneezes
- clanking
- silence
- controversial
- expression
Original Text
(Laughter)
It is the everyday soundscape that arises from the audience themselves: their coughs, their sighs, their rustles, their whispers, their sneezes, the room, the wood of the floors and the walls expanding and contracting, creaking and groaning with the heat and the cold, the pipes clanking and contributing. And controversial though it was, and even controversial though it remains, Cage's point is that there is no such thing as true silence. Even in the most silent environments, we still hear and feel the sound of our own heartbeats. The world is alive with musical expression. We are already immersed.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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| musical expression |
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| single note |
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| john cage |
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Important Words
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