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From the Ted Talk by Oliver Jeffers: An ode to living on Earth
Unscramble the Blue Letters
As I walked around those first few weeks, narrating the world as I saw it, I bagen to take notes of the ruilicouds things I was saying. The notes slowly morphed into a letter intended for my son once he learned to read. And that letetr became a book about the basic principles of what it is to be a human living on Earth in the 21st ctneruy. Some things are really obvious. Like, the planet is made of two parts: land and sea. Some less oobuvis until you think about them. Like, time. Things can sometimes move slowly here on Earth. But more often, they move quickly. So use your time well, it will be gone before you know it. Or people. People come in all different shapes, sizes and colros. We may all look different, act different and sound different, but don't be fooled. We are all people.
Open Cloze
As I walked around those first few weeks, narrating the world as I saw it, I _____ to take notes of the __________ things I was saying. The notes slowly morphed into a letter intended for my son once he learned to read. And that ______ became a book about the basic principles of what it is to be a human living on Earth in the 21st _______. Some things are really obvious. Like, the planet is made of two parts: land and sea. Some less _______ until you think about them. Like, time. Things can sometimes move slowly here on Earth. But more often, they move quickly. So use your time well, it will be gone before you know it. Or people. People come in all different shapes, sizes and ______. We may all look different, act different and sound different, but don't be fooled. We are all people.
Solution
- ridiculous
- began
- century
- obvious
- colors
- letter
Original Text
As I walked around those first few weeks, narrating the world as I saw it, I began to take notes of the ridiculous things I was saying. The notes slowly morphed into a letter intended for my son once he learned to read. And that letter became a book about the basic principles of what it is to be a human living on Earth in the 21st century. Some things are really obvious. Like, the planet is made of two parts: land and sea. Some less obvious until you think about them. Like, time. Things can sometimes move slowly here on Earth. But more often, they move quickly. So use your time well, it will be gone before you know it. Or people. People come in all different shapes, sizes and colors. We may all look different, act different and sound different, but don't be fooled. We are all people.
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