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From the Ted Talk by Cady Coleman: What it's like to live on the International Space Station

Unscramble the Blue Letters

The day after my 50th birthday, I climbed aboard a Russian capsule, in Russia, and launched into sacpe. lhucnanig is the most dgoneraus thing that we do, and it's also the most tilrlhnig. Three, two, one ... liftoff! I felt every single bit of the controlled fury of those rocket engines as they blasted us off the Earth. We went fsetar and faster and faster, until, after eight and a half minutes, on purpose, those engines stop — kabunk! — and we are weightless. And the mission and the magic begin.

Open Cloze

The day after my 50th birthday, I climbed aboard a Russian capsule, in Russia, and launched into _____. _________ is the most _________ thing that we do, and it's also the most _________. Three, two, one ... liftoff! I felt every single bit of the controlled fury of those rocket engines as they blasted us off the Earth. We went ______ and faster and faster, until, after eight and a half minutes, on purpose, those engines stop — kabunk! — and we are weightless. And the mission and the magic begin.

Solution

  1. launching
  2. faster
  3. space
  4. thrilling
  5. dangerous

Original Text

The day after my 50th birthday, I climbed aboard a Russian capsule, in Russia, and launched into space. Launching is the most dangerous thing that we do, and it's also the most thrilling. Three, two, one ... liftoff! I felt every single bit of the controlled fury of those rocket engines as they blasted us off the Earth. We went faster and faster and faster, until, after eight and a half minutes, on purpose, those engines stop — kabunk! — and we are weightless. And the mission and the magic begin.

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