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From the Ted Talk by They Might Be Giants: Wake up! It's They Might Be Giants!

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We're soliciting phone calls from dead people as a special TED paontetrsien. We're taking clals live on stage here at TED in mnotreey. And I think we have a caller coming in here. Hello there. You're live. Hello. Who's there, please? Am I on the air? Hi there. You're on with They Might Be Giants. This is Eleanor Roosevelt. Hello, Eleanor, please ... I want to talk to ... Please turn off your raido, Eleanor. I wanna talk to Randi. I've got a question for Randi. What's your question, please? I want to talk to the Amazing rnadi. Do you have a liaentmad badge, Eleanor? I want my million dollars. Eleanor, I'm sorry, do you have a laminated bagde? No, I don't have a badge. Well, I think we're going to stop that part of the show.

Open Cloze


We're soliciting phone calls from dead people as a special TED ____________. We're taking _____ live on stage here at TED in ________. And I think we have a caller coming in here. Hello there. You're live. Hello. Who's there, please? Am I on the air? Hi there. You're on with They Might Be Giants. This is Eleanor Roosevelt. Hello, Eleanor, please ... I want to talk to ... Please turn off your _____, Eleanor. I wanna talk to Randi. I've got a question for Randi. What's your question, please? I want to talk to the Amazing _____. Do you have a _________ badge, Eleanor? I want my million dollars. Eleanor, I'm sorry, do you have a laminated _____? No, I don't have a badge. Well, I think we're going to stop that part of the show.

Solution


  1. randi
  2. calls
  3. monterey
  4. laminated
  5. presentation
  6. radio
  7. badge

Original Text


We're soliciting phone calls from dead people as a special TED presentation. We're taking calls live on stage here at TED in Monterey. And I think we have a caller coming in here. Hello there. You're live. Hello. Who's there, please? Am I on the air? Hi there. You're on with They Might Be Giants. This is Eleanor Roosevelt. Hello, Eleanor, please ... I want to talk to ... Please turn off your radio, Eleanor. I wanna talk to Randi. I've got a question for Randi. What's your question, please? I want to talk to the Amazing Randi. Do you have a laminated badge, Eleanor? I want my million dollars. Eleanor, I'm sorry, do you have a laminated badge? No, I don't have a badge. Well, I think we're going to stop that part of the show.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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