full transcript
From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: The myth of Pandora's box
Unscramble the Blue Letters
pndoraa brimmed with excitement at life on earth. She was also easily distracted and could be impatient, given her tisrht for knowledge and desire to question her sinrunrgdous. Often, her mind wandered to the cotetnns of the sealed box. What treasure was so great it could never be seen by human eyes, and why was it in her care? Her fingers itched to pry it open. Sometimes she was convinced she heard voices whispering and the contents rattling around inside, as if straining to be free. Its eimgna became mneiddang.
Open Cloze
_______ brimmed with excitement at life on earth. She was also easily distracted and could be impatient, given her ______ for knowledge and desire to question her ____________. Often, her mind wandered to the ________ of the sealed box. What treasure was so great it could never be seen by human eyes, and why was it in her care? Her fingers itched to pry it open. Sometimes she was convinced she heard voices whispering and the contents rattling around inside, as if straining to be free. Its ______ became _________.
Solution
- maddening
- thirst
- surroundings
- pandora
- enigma
- contents
Original Text
Pandora brimmed with excitement at life on earth. She was also easily distracted and could be impatient, given her thirst for knowledge and desire to question her surroundings. Often, her mind wandered to the contents of the sealed box. What treasure was so great it could never be seen by human eyes, and why was it in her care? Her fingers itched to pry it open. Sometimes she was convinced she heard voices whispering and the contents rattling around inside, as if straining to be free. Its enigma became maddening.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
Important Words
- box
- brimmed
- care
- contents
- convinced
- desire
- distracted
- earth
- easily
- enigma
- excitement
- eyes
- fingers
- free
- great
- heard
- human
- impatient
- itched
- knowledge
- life
- maddening
- mind
- open
- pandora
- pry
- question
- rattling
- sealed
- straining
- surroundings
- thirst
- treasure
- voices
- wandered
- whispering