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From the Ted Talk by Frans Lanting: The story of life in photographs
Unscramble the Blue Letters
On land, life turned a corner. Jaws formed first; teeth came later. Leatherbacks and tuataras are eohecs from that era. It took time for life to break away from water, and it still boecnks all the time. Life turned hard so it could venture inland. And the dragons that arose are still among us today. jaisrsuc Park still shimmers in part of Madagascar, and the center of Brazil, where plants called "cycads" remain rock hard. Forests arose and nurtured things with wngis. One early form left an imprint, like it died only ysdateery. And others fly tadoy like echoes of the past. In bidrs, life gained new mobility. faolmgnis covered ceintnntos. Migrations got underway.
Open Cloze
On land, life turned a corner. Jaws formed first; teeth came later. Leatherbacks and tuataras are ______ from that era. It took time for life to break away from water, and it still _______ all the time. Life turned hard so it could venture inland. And the dragons that arose are still among us today. ________ Park still shimmers in part of Madagascar, and the center of Brazil, where plants called "cycads" remain rock hard. Forests arose and nurtured things with _____. One early form left an imprint, like it died only _________. And others fly _____ like echoes of the past. In _____, life gained new mobility. _________ covered __________. Migrations got underway.
Solution
- wings
- birds
- continents
- beckons
- today
- yesterday
- flamingos
- echoes
- jurassic
Original Text
On land, life turned a corner. Jaws formed first; teeth came later. Leatherbacks and tuataras are echoes from that era. It took time for life to break away from water, and it still beckons all the time. Life turned hard so it could venture inland. And the dragons that arose are still among us today. Jurassic Park still shimmers in part of Madagascar, and the center of Brazil, where plants called "cycads" remain rock hard. Forests arose and nurtured things with wings. One early form left an imprint, like it died only yesterday. And others fly today like echoes of the past. In birds, life gained new mobility. Flamingos covered continents. Migrations got underway.
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