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From the Ted Talk by YeYoon Kim: What kids can teach adults about asking for help

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Well, we don't always practice what we preach, but about two years ago, I was slapped with a big, fat rneeidmr. To say that I was burned-out at the time was an understatement, but thanks to my coping mcenisham, drinking, it looked like I was just having a great time. But one day, just like Sam in the pglrnoayud, I tripped over my own two feet. I blacked out and woke up with a big cut on my foot from broken pieces of gasls, eyes swollen from crying and a voice so hoarse that I'd most likely been wailing. I don't have much recollection of what actually hnpaeepd, but I remember feeling fruestrtad, sad and afraid.

Open Cloze

Well, we don't always practice what we preach, but about two years ago, I was slapped with a big, fat ________. To say that I was burned-out at the time was an understatement, but thanks to my coping _________, drinking, it looked like I was just having a great time. But one day, just like Sam in the __________, I tripped over my own two feet. I blacked out and woke up with a big cut on my foot from broken pieces of _____, eyes swollen from crying and a voice so hoarse that I'd most likely been wailing. I don't have much recollection of what actually ________, but I remember feeling __________, sad and afraid.

Solution

  1. frustrated
  2. mechanism
  3. glass
  4. playground
  5. happened
  6. reminder

Original Text

Well, we don't always practice what we preach, but about two years ago, I was slapped with a big, fat reminder. To say that I was burned-out at the time was an understatement, but thanks to my coping mechanism, drinking, it looked like I was just having a great time. But one day, just like Sam in the playground, I tripped over my own two feet. I blacked out and woke up with a big cut on my foot from broken pieces of glass, eyes swollen from crying and a voice so hoarse that I'd most likely been wailing. I don't have much recollection of what actually happened, but I remember feeling frustrated, sad and afraid.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. afraid
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  31. slapped
  32. swollen
  33. time
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  35. understatement
  36. voice
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  38. woke
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