full transcript
From the Ted Talk by Alison Killing: What happens when a city runs out of room for its dead
Unscramble the Blue Letters
But, traditionally, cemeteries haven't been taken care of by the local authority. In fact, the spsrrnuiig thing is that there's no legal obligation on anyone in the UK to provide burial space. Traditionally, it's been done by private and riuigleos organizations, like churches and mosques and sanuoygegs. But there's also occasionally been a for-profit group who has waentd to get in on the act. And, you know, they look at the small size of a burial plot and that high cost, and it looks like there's serious meony to be made.
Open Cloze
But, traditionally, cemeteries haven't been taken care of by the local authority. In fact, the __________ thing is that there's no legal obligation on anyone in the UK to provide burial space. Traditionally, it's been done by private and _________ organizations, like churches and mosques and __________. But there's also occasionally been a for-profit group who has ______ to get in on the act. And, you know, they look at the small size of a burial plot and that high cost, and it looks like there's serious _____ to be made.
Solution
- surprising
- wanted
- religious
- synagogues
- money
Original Text
But, traditionally, cemeteries haven't been taken care of by the local authority. In fact, the surprising thing is that there's no legal obligation on anyone in the UK to provide burial space. Traditionally, it's been done by private and religious organizations, like churches and mosques and synagogues. But there's also occasionally been a for-profit group who has wanted to get in on the act. And, you know, they look at the small size of a burial plot and that high cost, and it looks like there's serious money to be made.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
collocation |
frequency |
burial plots |
3 |
real estate |
2 |
burial plot |
2 |
Important Words
- act
- authority
- burial
- care
- cemeteries
- churches
- cost
- fact
- group
- high
- legal
- local
- money
- mosques
- obligation
- occasionally
- organizations
- plot
- private
- provide
- religious
- size
- small
- space
- surprising
- synagogues
- traditionally
- uk
- wanted