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From the Ted Talk by Alex Rosenthal: The World Machine | Think Like A Coder, Ep 10
Unscramble the Blue Letters
As Ethic falls, she remembers. She remembers the wolrd before they unearthed the cyrastl. She remembers the glee she felt when she built her first rboot. But mostly she remembers the friends she’s made these last few days: courageous Adila and her resistance mevomnet. Octavia’s sacrifice to keep the guards distracted. Lemma and her idealistic drive to cure everyone. And Hedge. Her creation, her responsibility, her failure… her beyterar. Hedge, who convinced her to collect the three nodes that she never actually needed. For Ethic remembers how to operate the World Machine. If only she could get a second cnahce at it.
Open Cloze
As Ethic falls, she remembers. She remembers the _____ before they unearthed the _______. She remembers the glee she felt when she built her first _____. But mostly she remembers the friends she’s made these last few days: courageous Adila and her resistance ________. Octavia’s sacrifice to keep the guards distracted. Lemma and her idealistic drive to cure everyone. And Hedge. Her creation, her responsibility, her failure… her ________. Hedge, who convinced her to collect the three nodes that she never actually needed. For Ethic remembers how to operate the World Machine. If only she could get a second ______ at it.
Solution
- crystal
- betrayer
- robot
- chance
- movement
- world
Original Text
As Ethic falls, she remembers. She remembers the world before they unearthed the crystal. She remembers the glee she felt when she built her first robot. But mostly she remembers the friends she’s made these last few days: courageous Adila and her resistance movement. Octavia’s sacrifice to keep the guards distracted. Lemma and her idealistic drive to cure everyone. And Hedge. Her creation, her responsibility, her failure… her betrayer. Hedge, who convinced her to collect the three nodes that she never actually needed. For Ethic remembers how to operate the World Machine. If only she could get a second chance at it.
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Important Words
- adila
- betrayer
- built
- chance
- collect
- convinced
- courageous
- creation
- crystal
- cure
- distracted
- drive
- ethic
- falls
- felt
- friends
- glee
- guards
- hedge
- idealistic
- lemma
- machine
- movement
- needed
- nodes
- operate
- remembers
- resistance
- responsibility
- robot
- sacrifice
- unearthed
- world