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From the Ted Talk by Jamie Heywood: The big idea my brother inspired

Unscramble the Blue Letters

We hierd them, set them up, assisnitg at lab. I I.M. him things. That's the way I communicate with him, is like a little guy in a box. I I.M.ed Tim. I said, "Tim can you tell me whether my brother's stem cell transplant werokd or not?" And he sent me this two days ago. It was that little outliers there. You see that guy that levid a long time? We have to go talk to him. Because I'd like to know what happened. Because something went different. But my brother didn't. My brother went straight down the line. It only works about 12 months.

Open Cloze

We _____ them, set them up, _________ at lab. I I.M. him things. That's the way I communicate with him, is like a little guy in a box. I I.M.ed Tim. I said, "Tim can you tell me whether my brother's stem cell transplant ______ or not?" And he sent me this two days ago. It was that little outliers there. You see that guy that _____ a long time? We have to go talk to him. Because I'd like to know what happened. Because something went different. But my brother didn't. My brother went straight down the line. It only works about 12 months.

Solution

  1. lived
  2. hired
  3. assisting
  4. worked

Original Text

We hired them, set them up, assisting at lab. I I.M. him things. That's the way I communicate with him, is like a little guy in a box. I I.M.ed Tim. I said, "Tim can you tell me whether my brother's stem cell transplant worked or not?" And he sent me this two days ago. It was that little outliers there. You see that guy that lived a long time? We have to go talk to him. Because I'd like to know what happened. Because something went different. But my brother didn't. My brother went straight down the line. It only works about 12 months.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. assisting
  2. box
  3. brother
  4. cell
  5. communicate
  6. days
  7. ed
  8. guy
  9. happened
  10. hired
  11. lab
  12. line
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  16. outliers
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  20. talk
  21. tim
  22. time
  23. transplant
  24. worked
  25. works