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From the Ted Talk by Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


In most miusc, we think of the "one" as the downbeat, the beginning of the masucil phrase: one, two, three, four. But in West African music, the "one" is thought of as the end of the phrase, like the period at the end of a sentence. So, you can hear it not just in the phrasing, but the way they conut off their music: two, three, four, one.

And this map is also accurate. (Laughter)

There's a saying that whatever true thing you can say about India, the opposite is also true. So, let's never forget, whether at TED, or anywhere else, that whatever binalirlt ideas you have or hear, that the opposite may also be true. Domo arigato gozaimashita.

Open Cloze


In most _____, we think of the "one" as the downbeat, the beginning of the _______ phrase: one, two, three, four. But in West African music, the "one" is thought of as the end of the phrase, like the period at the end of a sentence. So, you can hear it not just in the phrasing, but the way they _____ off their music: two, three, four, one.

And this map is also accurate. (Laughter)

There's a saying that whatever true thing you can say about India, the opposite is also true. So, let's never forget, whether at TED, or anywhere else, that whatever _________ ideas you have or hear, that the opposite may also be true. Domo arigato gozaimashita.

Solution


  1. brilliant
  2. count
  3. music
  4. musical

Original Text


In most music, we think of the "one" as the downbeat, the beginning of the musical phrase: one, two, three, four. But in West African music, the "one" is thought of as the end of the phrase, like the period at the end of a sentence. So, you can hear it not just in the phrasing, but the way they count off their music: two, three, four, one.

And this map is also accurate. (Laughter)

There's a saying that whatever true thing you can say about India, the opposite is also true. So, let's never forget, whether at TED, or anywhere else, that whatever brilliant ideas you have or hear, that the opposite may also be true. Domo arigato gozaimashita.

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