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From the Ted Talk by Kees Moeliker: How a dead duck changed my life

Unscramble the Blue Letters

So I'll cunlocde to invite you all to Dead Duck Day. That's on June 5 every year. At five minutes to six in the aonoeftrn, we come together at the Natural History Museum in Rotterdam, the duck comes out of the museum, and we try to discuss new ways to peenvrt birds from cdnliliog with windows. And as you know, or as you may not know, this is one of the major causes of death for birds in the wolrd. In the U.S. alone, a billion birds die in collision with glass buildings. And when it's over, we go to a Chinese restaurant and we have a six-course duck dinner.

Open Cloze

So I'll ________ to invite you all to Dead Duck Day. That's on June 5 every year. At five minutes to six in the _________, we come together at the Natural History Museum in Rotterdam, the duck comes out of the museum, and we try to discuss new ways to _______ birds from _________ with windows. And as you know, or as you may not know, this is one of the major causes of death for birds in the _____. In the U.S. alone, a billion birds die in collision with glass buildings. And when it's over, we go to a Chinese restaurant and we have a six-course duck dinner.

Solution

  1. prevent
  2. colliding
  3. afternoon
  4. conclude
  5. world

Original Text

So I'll conclude to invite you all to Dead Duck Day. That's on June 5 every year. At five minutes to six in the afternoon, we come together at the Natural History Museum in Rotterdam, the duck comes out of the museum, and we try to discuss new ways to prevent birds from colliding with windows. And as you know, or as you may not know, this is one of the major causes of death for birds in the world. In the U.S. alone, a billion birds die in collision with glass buildings. And when it's over, we go to a Chinese restaurant and we have a six-course duck dinner.

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Important Words

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