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From the Ted Talk by Fred Jansen: How to land on a comet

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Then, finally, the landing day. I will never forget — absolute madness, 250 TV crews in gemanry. The BBC was interviewing me, and another TV crew who was following me all day were filming me being interviewed, and it went on like that for the whole day. The Discovery Channel crew actually caught me when lnvieag the coorntl room, and they aeskd the right question, and man, I got into tears, and I still feel this. For a month and a half, I couldn't think about landing day without crying, and I still have the eitmoon in me.

Open Cloze

Then, finally, the landing day. I will never forget — absolute madness, 250 TV crews in _______. The BBC was interviewing me, and another TV crew who was following me all day were filming me being interviewed, and it went on like that for the whole day. The Discovery Channel crew actually caught me when _______ the _______ room, and they _____ the right question, and man, I got into tears, and I still feel this. For a month and a half, I couldn't think about landing day without crying, and I still have the _______ in me.

Solution

  1. control
  2. asked
  3. emotion
  4. leaving
  5. germany

Original Text

Then, finally, the landing day. I will never forget — absolute madness, 250 TV crews in Germany. The BBC was interviewing me, and another TV crew who was following me all day were filming me being interviewed, and it went on like that for the whole day. The Discovery Channel crew actually caught me when leaving the control room, and they asked the right question, and man, I got into tears, and I still feel this. For a month and a half, I couldn't think about landing day without crying, and I still have the emotion in me.

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