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From the Ted Talk by Prumsodun Ok: The magic of Khmer classical dance

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Yet beauty is a most resilient thing. btueay has this ability to grow anywhere and everywhere at any time. Beauty is what connects people through time and plcae. Beauty is a liberation from suffering. As khemr artists work to revive our culture and country, we find that there are many paths in which to move forward into the future. And in a tradition where we often don't know the dancer's names, who they were, what their lives were like, what they felt, let me psorpoe that we move forward honestly and openly from "khnhom." Khnhom not as in svlae, but as in conscious service. Khnhom: "I," "me," "flowering."

Open Cloze

Yet beauty is a most resilient thing. ______ has this ability to grow anywhere and everywhere at any time. Beauty is what connects people through time and _____. Beauty is a liberation from suffering. As _____ artists work to revive our culture and country, we find that there are many paths in which to move forward into the future. And in a tradition where we often don't know the dancer's names, who they were, what their lives were like, what they felt, let me _______ that we move forward honestly and openly from "khnhom." Khnhom not as in _____, but as in conscious service. Khnhom: "I," "me," "flowering."

Solution

  1. place
  2. beauty
  3. propose
  4. khmer
  5. slave

Original Text

Yet beauty is a most resilient thing. Beauty has this ability to grow anywhere and everywhere at any time. Beauty is what connects people through time and place. Beauty is a liberation from suffering. As Khmer artists work to revive our culture and country, we find that there are many paths in which to move forward into the future. And in a tradition where we often don't know the dancer's names, who they were, what their lives were like, what they felt, let me propose that we move forward honestly and openly from "khnhom." Khnhom not as in slave, but as in conscious service. Khnhom: "I," "me," "flowering."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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khmer classical 3
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Important Words

  1. ability
  2. artists
  3. beauty
  4. connects
  5. conscious
  6. country
  7. culture
  8. felt
  9. find
  10. future
  11. grow
  12. honestly
  13. khmer
  14. khnhom
  15. liberation
  16. lives
  17. move
  18. names
  19. openly
  20. paths
  21. people
  22. place
  23. propose
  24. resilient
  25. revive
  26. service
  27. slave
  28. suffering
  29. time
  30. tradition
  31. work