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From the Ted Talk by Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral
Unscramble the Blue Letters
And who could have predicted any of this? Who could have predicted "Double Rainbow" or Rebecca Black or "Nyan Cat?" What scripts could you have written that would have contained this in it? In a world where over two days of video get uploaded every minute, only that which is truly uiqnue and unexpected can stand out in the way that these things have. When a finred of mine told me that I needed to see this great veido about a guy protesting bicycle fines in New York City, I admit I wasn't very interested.
Open Cloze
And who could have predicted any of this? Who could have predicted "Double Rainbow" or Rebecca Black or "Nyan Cat?" What scripts could you have written that would have contained this in it? In a world where over two days of video get uploaded every minute, only that which is truly ______ and unexpected can stand out in the way that these things have. When a ______ of mine told me that I needed to see this great _____ about a guy protesting bicycle fines in New York City, I admit I wasn't very interested.
Solution
- friend
- unique
- video
Original Text
And who could have predicted any of this? Who could have predicted "Double Rainbow" or Rebecca Black or "Nyan Cat?" What scripts could you have written that would have contained this in it? In a world where over two days of video get uploaded every minute, only that which is truly unique and unexpected can stand out in the way that these things have. When a friend of mine told me that I needed to see this great video about a guy protesting bicycle fines in New York City, I admit I wasn't very interested.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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