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From the Ted Talk by Rei: "my mama" / "BLACK BANANA"

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Listen to the song

My mama told me long ago

Ain't nobody's ever gnnoa tell me to doubt my good old days

Happy days, walking on the srhoe

Happy days, walking on the shore

hpapy days, walking on the shore

Ain't nobody's ever gonna tell me to abandon my good memories at all

adnabon my good memories at all

Abandon my good memories at all

(Music ends)

(Applause)

Thank you.

(Applause)

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to pforerm tonight at TED New York. I've been a dcdtiaeed TED fan and viewer, and also, I actually used to live in Manhattan when I was younger, so New York is like a second home to me, and it's great to be back. The song I just performed was called "my mama," and the next song I'm going to perform is another original song of mine called "BLACK BANANA." This song I wtroe about the importance of being patient with your darmes. Because I think ctemmimnot will always be rredwead. Just like fruit ripens when the time is right. So it's my interpretation of biidlung the future.

Open Cloze


Listen to the song

My mama told me long ago

Ain't nobody's ever _____ tell me to doubt my good old days

Happy days, walking on the _____

Happy days, walking on the shore

_____ days, walking on the shore

Ain't nobody's ever gonna tell me to abandon my good memories at all

_______ my good memories at all

Abandon my good memories at all

(Music ends)

(Applause)

Thank you.

(Applause)

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to _______ tonight at TED New York. I've been a _________ TED fan and viewer, and also, I actually used to live in Manhattan when I was younger, so New York is like a second home to me, and it's great to be back. The song I just performed was called "my mama," and the next song I'm going to perform is another original song of mine called "BLACK BANANA." This song I _____ about the importance of being patient with your ______. Because I think __________ will always be ________. Just like fruit ripens when the time is right. So it's my interpretation of ________ the future.

Solution


  1. abandon
  2. building
  3. dreams
  4. gonna
  5. perform
  6. commitment
  7. shore
  8. rewarded
  9. happy
  10. dedicated
  11. wrote

Original Text


Listen to the song

My mama told me long ago

Ain't nobody's ever gonna tell me to doubt my good old days

Happy days, walking on the shore

Happy days, walking on the shore

Happy days, walking on the shore

Ain't nobody's ever gonna tell me to abandon my good memories at all

Abandon my good memories at all

Abandon my good memories at all

(Music ends)

(Applause)

Thank you.

(Applause)

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to perform tonight at TED New York. I've been a dedicated TED fan and viewer, and also, I actually used to live in Manhattan when I was younger, so New York is like a second home to me, and it's great to be back. The song I just performed was called "my mama," and the next song I'm going to perform is another original song of mine called "BLACK BANANA." This song I wrote about the importance of being patient with your dreams. Because I think commitment will always be rewarded. Just like fruit ripens when the time is right. So it's my interpretation of building the future.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
black banana 8
shore happy 4
good memories 4
banana black 4
mama told 3
move alright 3
uptight bananananana 2
yuki makase 2
makase bananananana 2
bananananana mō 2
mō ato 2
ato chotto 2
chotto dake 2
dake jukusu 2
banana banananananana 2
bananananana isoganaide 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
yuki makase bananananana 2
makase bananananana mō 2
bananananana mō ato 2
mō ato chotto 2
ato chotto dake 2
chotto dake jukusu 2
black banana banananananana 2

Important Words


  1. abandon
  2. applause
  3. banana
  4. building
  5. called
  6. commitment
  7. days
  8. dedicated
  9. doubt
  10. dreams
  11. ends
  12. fan
  13. fruit
  14. future
  15. giving
  16. gonna
  17. good
  18. great
  19. happy
  20. home
  21. importance
  22. interpretation
  23. listen
  24. live
  25. long
  26. mama
  27. manhattan
  28. memories
  29. music
  30. opportunity
  31. original
  32. patient
  33. perform
  34. performed
  35. rewarded
  36. ripens
  37. shore
  38. song
  39. ted
  40. time
  41. told
  42. tonight
  43. viewer
  44. walking
  45. wrote
  46. york
  47. younger