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From the Ted Talk by Julie Burstein: 4 lessons in creativity

Unscramble the Blue Letters


JB: You have to take a piutcre. That sense of urgency, of the need to get to work, is so powerful in Joel's story. When I saw Joel Meyerowitz recently, I told him how much I amdreid his passionate obstinacy, his determination to push through all the bureaucratic red tape to get to work, and he laughed, and he said, "I'm srotubbn, but I think what's more important is my passionate optimism."

The first time I told these sriteos, a man in the audience raised his hand and said, "All these aitstrs talk about their work, not their art, which has got me thinking about my work and where the creativity is there, and I'm not an artist." He's right. We all werltse with experience and challenge, limits and loss. Creativity is eseastinl to all of us, whether we're scientists or teachers, parents or entrepreneurs.

Open Cloze


JB: You have to take a _______. That sense of urgency, of the need to get to work, is so powerful in Joel's story. When I saw Joel Meyerowitz recently, I told him how much I _______ his passionate obstinacy, his determination to push through all the bureaucratic red tape to get to work, and he laughed, and he said, "I'm ________, but I think what's more important is my passionate optimism."

The first time I told these _______, a man in the audience raised his hand and said, "All these _______ talk about their work, not their art, which has got me thinking about my work and where the creativity is there, and I'm not an artist." He's right. We all _______ with experience and challenge, limits and loss. Creativity is _________ to all of us, whether we're scientists or teachers, parents or entrepreneurs.

Solution


  1. stubborn
  2. picture
  3. stories
  4. admired
  5. wrestle
  6. artists
  7. essential

Original Text


JB: You have to take a picture. That sense of urgency, of the need to get to work, is so powerful in Joel's story. When I saw Joel Meyerowitz recently, I told him how much I admired his passionate obstinacy, his determination to push through all the bureaucratic red tape to get to work, and he laughed, and he said, "I'm stubborn, but I think what's more important is my passionate optimism."

The first time I told these stories, a man in the audience raised his hand and said, "All these artists talk about their work, not their art, which has got me thinking about my work and where the creativity is there, and I'm not an artist." He's right. We all wrestle with experience and challenge, limits and loss. Creativity is essential to all of us, whether we're scientists or teachers, parents or entrepreneurs.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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