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From the Ted Talk by Javed Akhtar: The gift of words
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Everything is now moving fast so communication has to be fast as well. But the tragedy is that we have attained this speed at the cost of detph of wrods. We want to speak fteasr, so everything is faster, so the language is also faster, hence communication is faster. But this speed has affected depth. Which means that foregt about other people, just look at yourself. You are not being able to articulate your own feelings, thoughts or emotions in a detailed mennar or clearly. And these words, as long as words exist, they aren’t there just for a meaning. They are also a conveyer belt of language, words. They reflect your crtluue, your traditions, your inheritance, your cultural wealth accumulated over gneiotreans, all of that is carried forward with words. If you cut a man off from some words, you cut him off from a culture, a history. This is exactly what is hnnpeiapg with us today.
Open Cloze
Everything is now moving fast so communication has to be fast as well. But the tragedy is that we have attained this speed at the cost of _____ of _____. We want to speak ______, so everything is faster, so the language is also faster, hence communication is faster. But this speed has affected depth. Which means that ______ about other people, just look at yourself. You are not being able to articulate your own feelings, thoughts or emotions in a detailed ______ or clearly. And these words, as long as words exist, they aren’t there just for a meaning. They are also a conveyer belt of language, words. They reflect your _______, your traditions, your inheritance, your cultural wealth accumulated over ___________, all of that is carried forward with words. If you cut a man off from some words, you cut him off from a culture, a history. This is exactly what is _________ with us today.
Solution
- manner
- forget
- generations
- faster
- happening
- culture
- depth
- words
Original Text
Everything is now moving fast so communication has to be fast as well. But the tragedy is that we have attained this speed at the cost of depth of words. We want to speak faster, so everything is faster, so the language is also faster, hence communication is faster. But this speed has affected depth. Which means that forget about other people, just look at yourself. You are not being able to articulate your own feelings, thoughts or emotions in a detailed manner or clearly. And these words, as long as words exist, they aren’t there just for a meaning. They are also a conveyer belt of language, words. They reflect your culture, your traditions, your inheritance, your cultural wealth accumulated over generations, all of that is carried forward with words. If you cut a man off from some words, you cut him off from a culture, a history. This is exactly what is happening with us today.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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javed sahab |
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javed akhtar |
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akhtar sahab |
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shah rukh |
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average mind |
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kuch hota |
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javed akhtar sahab |
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