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From the Ted Talk by Carl Safina: What are animals thinking and feeling?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
In the Bahamas, there's a woman named Denise Herzing, and she studies spotted dolphins and they know her. She knows them very well. She knows who they all are. They know her. They recognize the recresah boat. When she shows up, it's a big happy reunion. Except, one time seowhd up and they didn't want to come near the boat, and that was really strange. And they couldn't figure out what was going on until somebody came out on deck and announced that one of the pploee onboard had died during a nap in his bunk. How could dolphins know that one of the human harets had just stopped? Why would they care? And why would it sopok them? These mtoeyursis things just hint at all of the things that are going on in the minds that are with us on Earth that we almost never think about at all.
Open Cloze
In the Bahamas, there's a woman named Denise Herzing, and she studies spotted dolphins and they know her. She knows them very well. She knows who they all are. They know her. They recognize the ________ boat. When she shows up, it's a big happy reunion. Except, one time ______ up and they didn't want to come near the boat, and that was really strange. And they couldn't figure out what was going on until somebody came out on deck and announced that one of the ______ onboard had died during a nap in his bunk. How could dolphins know that one of the human ______ had just stopped? Why would they care? And why would it _____ them? These __________ things just hint at all of the things that are going on in the minds that are with us on Earth that we almost never think about at all.
Solution
- spook
- people
- showed
- mysterious
- hearts
- research
Original Text
In the Bahamas, there's a woman named Denise Herzing, and she studies spotted dolphins and they know her. She knows them very well. She knows who they all are. They know her. They recognize the research boat. When she shows up, it's a big happy reunion. Except, one time showed up and they didn't want to come near the boat, and that was really strange. And they couldn't figure out what was going on until somebody came out on deck and announced that one of the people onboard had died during a nap in his bunk. How could dolphins know that one of the human hearts had just stopped? Why would they care? And why would it spook them? These mysterious things just hint at all of the things that are going on in the minds that are with us on Earth that we almost never think about at all.
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