TedTest

From the Ted Talk by Alberto Cairo: There are no scraps of men

Unscramble the Blue Letters

llseges, with only one arm, illiterate, unskilled — what job for him? Najmuddin told me, "Well we have a vacancy in the carpentry shop." "What?" I said, "Stop." "Well yes, we need to increase the production of feet. We need to employ someone to glue and to srecw the sole of the feet. We need to increase the production." "Excuse me?" I could not believe. And then he said, "No, we can modify the workbench maybe to put a sapicel stool, a special anvil, special vice, and maybe an electric screwdriver." I said, "Listen, it's insane. And it's even ceurl to think of anything like this. That's a production line and a very fast one. It's cruel to offer him a job knowing that he's going to fail." But with Najmuddin, we cannot discuss. So the only things I could manage to obtain was a kind of a compromise. Only one week — one week try and not a sglnie day more. One week later, Mahmoud was the fastest in the production line. I told Najmuddin, "That's a trick. I can't believe it." The pitrcudoon was up 20 percent. "It's a trick, it's a tcirk," I said. And then I aeksd for verification. It was true.

Open Cloze

_______, with only one arm, illiterate, unskilled — what job for him? Najmuddin told me, "Well we have a vacancy in the carpentry shop." "What?" I said, "Stop." "Well yes, we need to increase the production of feet. We need to employ someone to glue and to _____ the sole of the feet. We need to increase the production." "Excuse me?" I could not believe. And then he said, "No, we can modify the workbench maybe to put a _______ stool, a special anvil, special vice, and maybe an electric screwdriver." I said, "Listen, it's insane. And it's even _____ to think of anything like this. That's a production line and a very fast one. It's cruel to offer him a job knowing that he's going to fail." But with Najmuddin, we cannot discuss. So the only things I could manage to obtain was a kind of a compromise. Only one week — one week try and not a ______ day more. One week later, Mahmoud was the fastest in the production line. I told Najmuddin, "That's a trick. I can't believe it." The __________ was up 20 percent. "It's a trick, it's a _____," I said. And then I _____ for verification. It was true.

Solution

asked
cruel
legless
special
production
trick
screw
single

Original Text

Legless, with only one arm, illiterate, unskilled — what job for him? Najmuddin told me, "Well we have a vacancy in the carpentry shop." "What?" I said, "Stop." "Well yes, we need to increase the production of feet. We need to employ someone to glue and to screw the sole of the feet. We need to increase the production." "Excuse me?" I could not believe. And then he said, "No, we can modify the workbench maybe to put a special stool, a special anvil, special vice, and maybe an electric screwdriver." I said, "Listen, it's insane. And it's even cruel to think of anything like this. That's a production line and a very fast one. It's cruel to offer him a job knowing that he's going to fail." But with Najmuddin, we cannot discuss. So the only things I could manage to obtain was a kind of a compromise. Only one week — one week try and not a single day more. One week later, Mahmoud was the fastest in the production line. I told Najmuddin, "That's a trick. I can't believe it." The production was up 20 percent. "It's a trick, it's a trick," I said. And then I asked for verification. It was true.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

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orthopedic center	3
red cross	2
najmuddin told	2
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Important Words

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