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From the Ted Talk by Dayananda Saraswati: The profound journey of compassion

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In a Wimbledon final mtach, these two guys fight it out. Each one has got two games. It can be anybody's game. What they have staweed so far has no maennig. One person wins. The tnnies etiquette is, both the players have to come to the net and shake hands. The winner boxes the air and keisss the ground, throws his shirt as though somebody is waiting for it. (Laughter) And this guy has to come to the net. When he comes to the net, you see, his whole face changes. It looks as though he's wishing that he didn't win. Why? Empathy.

Open Cloze

In a Wimbledon final _____, these two guys fight it out. Each one has got two games. It can be anybody's game. What they have _______ so far has no _______. One person wins. The ______ etiquette is, both the players have to come to the net and shake hands. The winner boxes the air and ______ the ground, throws his shirt as though somebody is waiting for it. (Laughter) And this guy has to come to the net. When he comes to the net, you see, his whole face changes. It looks as though he's wishing that he didn't win. Why? Empathy.

Solution

  1. tennis
  2. meaning
  3. kisses
  4. sweated
  5. match

Original Text

In a Wimbledon final match, these two guys fight it out. Each one has got two games. It can be anybody's game. What they have sweated so far has no meaning. One person wins. The tennis etiquette is, both the players have to come to the net and shake hands. The winner boxes the air and kisses the ground, throws his shirt as though somebody is waiting for it. (Laughter) And this guy has to come to the net. When he comes to the net, you see, his whole face changes. It looks as though he's wishing that he didn't win. Why? Empathy.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. air
  2. boxes
  3. empathy
  4. etiquette
  5. face
  6. fight
  7. final
  8. game
  9. games
  10. ground
  11. guy
  12. guys
  13. hands
  14. kisses
  15. laughter
  16. match
  17. meaning
  18. net
  19. person
  20. players
  21. shake
  22. shirt
  23. sweated
  24. tennis
  25. throws
  26. waiting
  27. wimbledon
  28. win
  29. winner
  30. wins
  31. wishing