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From the Ted Talk by Hetain Patel: Who am I? Think again

Unscramble the Blue Letters


YR: This year, I am 32 years old, the same age Bruce Lee was when he died. I have been wondering recently, if he were alive today, what avidce he would give me about making this TED Talk.

HP: Don't imitate my voice. It offends me.

(Laughter)

YR: Good advice, but I still think that we learn who we are by copying others. Who here hasn't imtitaed their clhiohdod hero in the playground, or mum or father? I have.

HP: A few years ago, in order to make this viedo for my artwork, I shaved off all my hair so that I could grow it back as my father had it when he first etamegird from India to the U.K. in the 1960s. He had a side parting and a neat muhcatse.

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YR: This year, I am 32 years old, the same age Bruce Lee was when he died. I have been wondering recently, if he were alive today, what ______ he would give me about making this TED Talk.

HP: Don't imitate my voice. It offends me.

(Laughter)

YR: Good advice, but I still think that we learn who we are by copying others. Who here hasn't ________ their _________ hero in the playground, or mum or father? I have.

HP: A few years ago, in order to make this _____ for my artwork, I shaved off all my hair so that I could grow it back as my father had it when he first _________ from India to the U.K. in the 1960s. He had a side parting and a neat ________.

Solution


  1. advice
  2. emigrated
  3. childhood
  4. imitated
  5. mustache
  6. video

Original Text


YR: This year, I am 32 years old, the same age Bruce Lee was when he died. I have been wondering recently, if he were alive today, what advice he would give me about making this TED Talk.

HP: Don't imitate my voice. It offends me.

(Laughter)

YR: Good advice, but I still think that we learn who we are by copying others. Who here hasn't imitated their childhood hero in the playground, or mum or father? I have.

HP: A few years ago, in order to make this video for my artwork, I shaved off all my hair so that I could grow it back as my father had it when he first emigrated from India to the U.K. in the 1960s. He had a side parting and a neat mustache.

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