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From the Ted Talk by Ben Saunders: Why did I ski to the North Pole?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Why? I'm not an explorer in the traditional sense. I'm not siinkg along drawing maps; everyone knows where the North Pole is. At the South Pole there's a big scientific base. There's an airstrip. There's a cafe and there's a toriust shop. For me, this is about exopinlrg human limits, about exploring the limits of physiology, of psychology and of technology. They're the things that excite me. And it's also about potential, on a pansoerl level. This, for me, is a chance to explore the limits — really push the limits of my own potential, see how far they stretch. And on a wider scale, it amazes me how ppleoe go through life just stcinhracg the surface of their potential, just doing three or four or five percent of what they're truly capable of. So, on a wider scale, I hope that this journey was a chance to inprsie other people to think about what they want to do with their paeitontl, and what they want to do with the tiny amount of time we each have on this planet. That's as clsoe as I can come to summing that up.
Open Cloze
Why? I'm not an explorer in the traditional sense. I'm not ______ along drawing maps; everyone knows where the North Pole is. At the South Pole there's a big scientific base. There's an airstrip. There's a cafe and there's a _______ shop. For me, this is about _________ human limits, about exploring the limits of physiology, of psychology and of technology. They're the things that excite me. And it's also about potential, on a ________ level. This, for me, is a chance to explore the limits — really push the limits of my own potential, see how far they stretch. And on a wider scale, it amazes me how ______ go through life just __________ the surface of their potential, just doing three or four or five percent of what they're truly capable of. So, on a wider scale, I hope that this journey was a chance to _______ other people to think about what they want to do with their _________, and what they want to do with the tiny amount of time we each have on this planet. That's as _____ as I can come to summing that up.
Solution
- potential
- tourist
- people
- skiing
- exploring
- inspire
- scratching
- close
- personal
Original Text
Why? I'm not an explorer in the traditional sense. I'm not skiing along drawing maps; everyone knows where the North Pole is. At the South Pole there's a big scientific base. There's an airstrip. There's a cafe and there's a tourist shop. For me, this is about exploring human limits, about exploring the limits of physiology, of psychology and of technology. They're the things that excite me. And it's also about potential, on a personal level. This, for me, is a chance to explore the limits — really push the limits of my own potential, see how far they stretch. And on a wider scale, it amazes me how people go through life just scratching the surface of their potential, just doing three or four or five percent of what they're truly capable of. So, on a wider scale, I hope that this journey was a chance to inspire other people to think about what they want to do with their potential, and what they want to do with the tiny amount of time we each have on this planet. That's as close as I can come to summing that up.
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