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From the Ted Talk by Jorge Mañes Rubio: What should humans take to space (and leave behind)?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


seeltherd in its inroeitr, we can find traces from an intriguing new material crlutue, a series of objects made with moon dust and rare aerospace mtalearis, soilibmnyzg humanity's ancestral wodism and all its complexity. These masks, vessels and other ritual artifacts, they're powerful objects that imply deep personal transformations, sometimes even becoming a bridge to distant worlds. They represent the vast diversity embedded in the human experience. These objects carry within them thousands of stories yet to be written. Some provide protection, while others relate to the harsh conditions that people will endure outside our pealnt. But even if these ojbcets come from a place far away from here, we can still recognise a familiar human quality within them.

Open Cloze


_________ in its ________, we can find traces from an intriguing new material _______, a series of objects made with moon dust and rare aerospace _________, ___________ humanity's ancestral ______ and all its complexity. These masks, vessels and other ritual artifacts, they're powerful objects that imply deep personal transformations, sometimes even becoming a bridge to distant worlds. They represent the vast diversity embedded in the human experience. These objects carry within them thousands of stories yet to be written. Some provide protection, while others relate to the harsh conditions that people will endure outside our ______. But even if these _______ come from a place far away from here, we can still recognise a familiar human quality within them.

Solution


  1. symbolizing
  2. planet
  3. objects
  4. interior
  5. wisdom
  6. materials
  7. sheltered
  8. culture

Original Text


Sheltered in its interior, we can find traces from an intriguing new material culture, a series of objects made with moon dust and rare aerospace materials, symbolizing humanity's ancestral wisdom and all its complexity. These masks, vessels and other ritual artifacts, they're powerful objects that imply deep personal transformations, sometimes even becoming a bridge to distant worlds. They represent the vast diversity embedded in the human experience. These objects carry within them thousands of stories yet to be written. Some provide protection, while others relate to the harsh conditions that people will endure outside our planet. But even if these objects come from a place far away from here, we can still recognise a familiar human quality within them.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
european space 2
moon temple 2


Important Words


  1. aerospace
  2. ancestral
  3. artifacts
  4. bridge
  5. carry
  6. complexity
  7. conditions
  8. culture
  9. deep
  10. distant
  11. diversity
  12. dust
  13. embedded
  14. endure
  15. experience
  16. familiar
  17. find
  18. harsh
  19. human
  20. imply
  21. interior
  22. intriguing
  23. masks
  24. material
  25. materials
  26. moon
  27. objects
  28. people
  29. personal
  30. place
  31. planet
  32. powerful
  33. protection
  34. provide
  35. quality
  36. rare
  37. recognise
  38. relate
  39. represent
  40. ritual
  41. series
  42. sheltered
  43. stories
  44. symbolizing
  45. thousands
  46. traces
  47. transformations
  48. vast
  49. vessels
  50. wisdom
  51. worlds
  52. written