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From the Ted Talk by Poet Ali: The language of being human
Unscramble the Blue Letters
PA: I want to ask you guys a question. How many languages do you seapk? This is not a rhetorical question. I actually want you to think of a number. For some of you, it's pretty easy. Inside your head, you're like, "It's one. You're speaking it, buddy. I'm done." Others of you maybe are wondering if the language an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend taught you, where you lraeend all the cusswords, if it counts — go ahead and count it. When I asked myself the question, I came up with four, arguably five, if I've been drknniig.
Open Cloze
PA: I want to ask you guys a question. How many languages do you _____? This is not a rhetorical question. I actually want you to think of a number. For some of you, it's pretty easy. Inside your head, you're like, "It's one. You're speaking it, buddy. I'm done." Others of you maybe are wondering if the language an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend taught you, where you _______ all the cusswords, if it counts — go ahead and count it. When I asked myself the question, I came up with four, arguably five, if I've been ________.
Solution
- learned
- drinking
- speak
Original Text
PA: I want to ask you guys a question. How many languages do you speak? This is not a rhetorical question. I actually want you to think of a number. For some of you, it's pretty easy. Inside your head, you're like, "It's one. You're speaking it, buddy. I'm done." Others of you maybe are wondering if the language an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend taught you, where you learned all the cusswords, if it counts — go ahead and count it. When I asked myself the question, I came up with four, arguably five, if I've been drinking.
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