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From the Ted Talk by Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government
Unscramble the Blue Letters
This is mrthaa Payne. Martha's a 9-year-old Scot who lives in the Council of Argyll and Bute. A couple months ago, pnyae started a food blog called NeverSeconds, and she would take her camera with her every day to school to document her school lunches. Can you spot the vegetable? (Laughter) And, as sometimes happens, this blog acquired first dozens of readers, and then hundreds of readers, and then thousands of readers, as people tneud in to watch her rate her scoohl lhuencs, icnnildug on my favorite category, "Pieces of hair found in food." (Laughter) This was a zero day. That's good.
Open Cloze
This is ______ Payne. Martha's a 9-year-old Scot who lives in the Council of Argyll and Bute. A couple months ago, _____ started a food blog called NeverSeconds, and she would take her camera with her every day to school to document her school lunches. Can you spot the vegetable? (Laughter) And, as sometimes happens, this blog acquired first dozens of readers, and then hundreds of readers, and then thousands of readers, as people _____ in to watch her rate her ______ _______, _________ on my favorite category, "Pieces of hair found in food." (Laughter) This was a zero day. That's good.
Solution
- payne
- school
- tuned
- lunches
- martha
- including
Original Text
This is Martha Payne. Martha's a 9-year-old Scot who lives in the Council of Argyll and Bute. A couple months ago, Payne started a food blog called NeverSeconds, and she would take her camera with her every day to school to document her school lunches. Can you spot the vegetable? (Laughter) And, as sometimes happens, this blog acquired first dozens of readers, and then hundreds of readers, and then thousands of readers, as people tuned in to watch her rate her school lunches, including on my favorite category, "Pieces of hair found in food." (Laughter) This was a zero day. That's good.
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