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From the Ted Talk by Jimmy Lin: A simple new blood test that can catch cancer early

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Cancer. Many of us have lost family, friends or loved ones to this horrible disease. I know there are some of you in the acinudee who are cancer suovrvris, or who are fighting cancer at this menomt. My heart goes out to you. While this word often conjures up emotions of sadness and anger and fear, I bring you good news from the frnot lines of cancer research. The fact is, we are starting to win the war on canecr. In fact, we lie at the intersection of the three of the most exciting dtvpoelmnees within cancer research.

Open Cloze

Cancer. Many of us have lost family, friends or loved ones to this horrible disease. I know there are some of you in the ________ who are cancer _________, or who are fighting cancer at this ______. My heart goes out to you. While this word often conjures up emotions of sadness and anger and fear, I bring you good news from the _____ lines of cancer research. The fact is, we are starting to win the war on ______. In fact, we lie at the intersection of the three of the most exciting ____________ within cancer research.

Solution

  1. developments
  2. audience
  3. moment
  4. front
  5. survivors
  6. cancer

Original Text

Cancer. Many of us have lost family, friends or loved ones to this horrible disease. I know there are some of you in the audience who are cancer survivors, or who are fighting cancer at this moment. My heart goes out to you. While this word often conjures up emotions of sadness and anger and fear, I bring you good news from the front lines of cancer research. The fact is, we are starting to win the war on cancer. In fact, we lie at the intersection of the three of the most exciting developments within cancer research.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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simple blood 3
blood test 3
cancer cells 3
days earlier 3
cancer research 2
cancer genomics 2
immune system 2
fight cancer 2
sad fact 2
detect cancers 2
lung cancer 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
simple blood test 3

Important Words

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  4. cancer
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  6. developments
  7. disease
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  27. sadness
  28. starting
  29. survivors
  30. war
  31. win
  32. word