full transcript

From the Ted Talk by Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do

Unscramble the Blue Letters

For those of you who aren't coalfrmtobe actually breaking the law, you can drive a car with your chlid. This is a great sgate for a kid. This happens about the same time that they get latched onto things like dinosaurs, these big things in the outside world, that they're trying to get a grip on. A car is a slaiimr object, and they can get in a car and drive it. And that really gives them a handle on a world in a way that they don't often have access to. And it's perfectly legal. Find a big empty lot, make sure there's nothing in it, and that it's on private preptroy, and let them drive your car. It's very safe actually. And it's fun for the whole family.

Open Cloze

For those of you who aren't ___________ actually breaking the law, you can drive a car with your _____. This is a great _____ for a kid. This happens about the same time that they get latched onto things like dinosaurs, these big things in the outside world, that they're trying to get a grip on. A car is a _______ object, and they can get in a car and drive it. And that really gives them a handle on a world in a way that they don't often have access to. And it's perfectly legal. Find a big empty lot, make sure there's nothing in it, and that it's on private ________, and let them drive your car. It's very safe actually. And it's fun for the whole family.

Solution

  1. property
  2. stage
  3. child
  4. comfortable
  5. similar

Original Text

For those of you who aren't comfortable actually breaking the law, you can drive a car with your child. This is a great stage for a kid. This happens about the same time that they get latched onto things like dinosaurs, these big things in the outside world, that they're trying to get a grip on. A car is a similar object, and they can get in a car and drive it. And that really gives them a handle on a world in a way that they don't often have access to. And it's perfectly legal. Find a big empty lot, make sure there's nothing in it, and that it's on private property, and let them drive your car. It's very safe actually. And it's fun for the whole family.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
safety regulations 3
child safety 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
child safety regulations 2

Important Words

  1. access
  2. big
  3. breaking
  4. car
  5. child
  6. comfortable
  7. dinosaurs
  8. drive
  9. empty
  10. family
  11. find
  12. fun
  13. great
  14. grip
  15. handle
  16. kid
  17. latched
  18. law
  19. legal
  20. lot
  21. object
  22. perfectly
  23. private
  24. property
  25. safe
  26. similar
  27. stage
  28. time
  29. world