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From the Ted Talk by Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

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Apparently, there was such a severe fianme that the king of lidya decided they had to do something crazy. People were suffering. People were fngitihg. It was an extreme situation, they needed an etemrxe solution. So, according to htdeuoros, they invented dice games, and they set up a kingdom-wide policy: On one day, everybody would eat, and on the next day, everybody would play games. And they would be so immersed in playing the dice games, because gmaes are so egnginag, and immerse us in such satisfying, blissful productivity, they would ignore the fact that they had no food to eat. And then on the next day, they would play games; and on the next day, they would eat.

Open Cloze

Apparently, there was such a severe ______ that the king of _____ decided they had to do something crazy. People were suffering. People were ________. It was an extreme situation, they needed an _______ solution. So, according to _________, they invented dice games, and they set up a kingdom-wide policy: On one day, everybody would eat, and on the next day, everybody would play games. And they would be so immersed in playing the dice games, because _____ are so ________, and immerse us in such satisfying, blissful productivity, they would ignore the fact that they had no food to eat. And then on the next day, they would play games; and on the next day, they would eat.

Solution

  1. fighting
  2. herodotus
  3. extreme
  4. games
  5. lydia
  6. famine
  7. engaging

Original Text

Apparently, there was such a severe famine that the king of Lydia decided they had to do something crazy. People were suffering. People were fighting. It was an extreme situation, they needed an extreme solution. So, according to Herodotus, they invented dice games, and they set up a kingdom-wide policy: On one day, everybody would eat, and on the next day, everybody would play games. And they would be so immersed in playing the dice games, because games are so engaging, and immerse us in such satisfying, blissful productivity, they would ignore the fact that they had no food to eat. And then on the next day, they would play games; and on the next day, they would eat.

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Important Words

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