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From the Ted Talk by Tom Thum and Matthew Broadhurst: What happens in your throat when you beatbox?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Audience gasps)

So what you can see there, that's the base of the tgnoue. The side wlals of the screen, that's the pharynx. All muscle walls, and in the deep, dark decks is the larynx.

TT: Oh, should we have the lihgts back on? I think it's a good idea. It's getting a bit creepy with them off.

MB: Turn the lights on, thanks. Good. Now having exnimaed over 15,000 larynxes and throats in my time, I can tell you that Tom's is as anatomically normal as anyone else's. It's just his unique use of all the msulecs and soft tissues which lets him do all these amazing sounds that you're going to hear. So we will dissect some of these sounds for you now.

Open Cloze


(Audience gasps)

So what you can see there, that's the base of the ______. The side _____ of the screen, that's the pharynx. All muscle walls, and in the deep, dark decks is the larynx.

TT: Oh, should we have the ______ back on? I think it's a good idea. It's getting a bit creepy with them off.

MB: Turn the lights on, thanks. Good. Now having ________ over 15,000 larynxes and throats in my time, I can tell you that Tom's is as anatomically normal as anyone else's. It's just his unique use of all the _______ and soft tissues which lets him do all these amazing sounds that you're going to hear. So we will dissect some of these sounds for you now.

Solution


  1. walls
  2. examined
  3. muscles
  4. lights
  5. tongue

Original Text


(Audience gasps)

So what you can see there, that's the base of the tongue. The side walls of the screen, that's the pharynx. All muscle walls, and in the deep, dark decks is the larynx.

TT: Oh, should we have the lights back on? I think it's a good idea. It's getting a bit creepy with them off.

MB: Turn the lights on, thanks. Good. Now having examined over 15,000 larynxes and throats in my time, I can tell you that Tom's is as anatomically normal as anyone else's. It's just his unique use of all the muscles and soft tissues which lets him do all these amazing sounds that you're going to hear. So we will dissect some of these sounds for you now.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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vocal cords 2
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air column 2
vibrating vocal 2
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vibrating air column 2

Important Words


  1. amazing
  2. anatomically
  3. audience
  4. base
  5. bit
  6. creepy
  7. dark
  8. decks
  9. deep
  10. dissect
  11. examined
  12. gasps
  13. good
  14. hear
  15. idea
  16. larynx
  17. larynxes
  18. lets
  19. lights
  20. muscle
  21. muscles
  22. normal
  23. pharynx
  24. screen
  25. side
  26. soft
  27. sounds
  28. throats
  29. time
  30. tissues
  31. tongue
  32. turn
  33. unique
  34. walls