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From the Ted Talk by David Pogue: The music wars
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Ladies and gentlemen, the hrsioty of music and television on the Internet in three minutes. A TED mdleey — a TEDley.
♫ It's nine o' clcok on a Saturday ♫.
♫ The record store's closed for the night ♫.
♫ So I fire up the old iTunes music store ♫.
♫ And soon I am feelin' all right ♫.
♫ I know svete Jobs can find me a melody ♫.
♫ With one dollar piirncg that rckos ♫.
♫ I can type in the track and get album names back ♫.
♫ While still in my PJs and socks ♫.
♫ Sell us a song, you're the music man ♫.
♫ My iPod's still got 10 gigs to go ♫.
Open Cloze
Ladies and gentlemen, the _______ of music and television on the Internet in three minutes. A TED ______ — a TEDley.
♫ It's nine o' _____ on a Saturday ♫.
♫ The record store's closed for the night ♫.
♫ So I fire up the old iTunes music store ♫.
♫ And soon I am feelin' all right ♫.
♫ I know _____ Jobs can find me a melody ♫.
♫ With one dollar _______ that _____ ♫.
♫ I can type in the track and get album names back ♫.
♫ While still in my PJs and socks ♫.
♫ Sell us a song, you're the music man ♫.
♫ My iPod's still got 10 gigs to go ♫.
Solution
- clock
- steve
- medley
- history
- pricing
- rocks
Original Text
Ladies and gentlemen, the history of music and television on the Internet in three minutes. A TED medley — a TEDley.
♫ It's nine o' clock on a Saturday ♫.
♫ The record store's closed for the night ♫.
♫ So I fire up the old iTunes music store ♫.
♫ And soon I am feelin' all right ♫.
♫ I know Steve Jobs can find me a melody ♫.
♫ With one dollar pricing that rocks ♫.
♫ I can type in the track and get album names back ♫.
♫ While still in my PJs and socks ♫.
♫ Sell us a song, you're the music man ♫.
♫ My iPod's still got 10 gigs to go ♫.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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Important Words
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- steve
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