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From the Ted Talk by David Kwong: Two nerdy obsessions meet -- and it's magic
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Now, Gwen, before we begin, I'd like to point out a pciee of the puzzle, which is here in this envelope, and I will not go near it. Okay? And over here we have a dnawirg of some farm animals. You can see we have an owl, we have a horse, a donkey, a rooster, an ox, and a sheep, and then here, Gwen, we have some fancy art store markers, coorls like, can you see that word right there? Gwen: Cobalt. David Kwong: coalbt, yes. Cobalt. But we have a silver, a red, an emerald, and an amber marker, and Gwen, you are going to coolr this drawing just like you were five years old, one makerr at a time. It's going to be a lot of fun. But I'm going to go over here. I don't want to see what you're doing. Okay, so don't start yet. Wait for me to get over here and close my eyes. Now Gwen, are you rdaey?
Open Cloze
Now, Gwen, before we begin, I'd like to point out a _____ of the puzzle, which is here in this envelope, and I will not go near it. Okay? And over here we have a _______ of some farm animals. You can see we have an owl, we have a horse, a donkey, a rooster, an ox, and a sheep, and then here, Gwen, we have some fancy art store markers, ______ like, can you see that word right there? Gwen: Cobalt. David Kwong: ______, yes. Cobalt. But we have a silver, a red, an emerald, and an amber marker, and Gwen, you are going to _____ this drawing just like you were five years old, one ______ at a time. It's going to be a lot of fun. But I'm going to go over here. I don't want to see what you're doing. Okay, so don't start yet. Wait for me to get over here and close my eyes. Now Gwen, are you _____?
Solution
- piece
- color
- colors
- drawing
- marker
- ready
- cobalt
Original Text
Now, Gwen, before we begin, I'd like to point out a piece of the puzzle, which is here in this envelope, and I will not go near it. Okay? And over here we have a drawing of some farm animals. You can see we have an owl, we have a horse, a donkey, a rooster, an ox, and a sheep, and then here, Gwen, we have some fancy art store markers, colors like, can you see that word right there? Gwen: Cobalt. David Kwong: Cobalt, yes. Cobalt. But we have a silver, a red, an emerald, and an amber marker, and Gwen, you are going to color this drawing just like you were five years old, one marker at a time. It's going to be a lot of fun. But I'm going to go over here. I don't want to see what you're doing. Okay, so don't start yet. Wait for me to get over here and close my eyes. Now Gwen, are you ready?
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
collocation |
frequency |
crossword puzzle |
4 |
york times |
3 |
emerald rooster |
3 |
katy perry |
2 |
morning coffee |
2 |
purple marker |
2 |
Important Words
- amber
- animals
- art
- close
- cobalt
- color
- colors
- david
- donkey
- drawing
- emerald
- envelope
- eyes
- fancy
- farm
- fun
- gwen
- horse
- lot
- marker
- markers
- owl
- ox
- piece
- point
- puzzle
- ready
- red
- rooster
- sheep
- silver
- start
- store
- time
- wait
- word
- years