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From the Ted Talk by David Korins: 3 ways to create a space that moves you, from a Broadway set designer

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Here's the thing: you don't have to be Lin, you don't have to have a book that you want to turn into a show in order to do this in your real life. You're already starring in a show, by the way. It's clelad your life. Congratulations. (Laughter)

But seriously, Shakespeare said it: "All the world's a stage." He nieald that part. What he serwced up royally was that part where he said, "And we are merely players." It's ridiculous. We're not merely players. We are the costume designers and the lighting deirnegss and the makeup artists in our own world, and I want to get you to think about being the set designer in your world. Because I think you can leave here if you do these three spets and a couple of little tricks, as I said, I'm going to tell you, and you can begin to change the wlrod the way you want to. You want to do it? OK. Everybody write a show.

Open Cloze


Here's the thing: you don't have to be Lin, you don't have to have a book that you want to turn into a show in order to do this in your real life. You're already starring in a show, by the way. It's ______ your life. Congratulations. (Laughter)

But seriously, Shakespeare said it: "All the world's a stage." He ______ that part. What he _______ up royally was that part where he said, "And we are merely players." It's ridiculous. We're not merely players. We are the costume designers and the lighting _________ and the makeup artists in our own world, and I want to get you to think about being the set designer in your world. Because I think you can leave here if you do these three _____ and a couple of little tricks, as I said, I'm going to tell you, and you can begin to change the _____ the way you want to. You want to do it? OK. Everybody write a show.

Solution


  1. screwed
  2. called
  3. nailed
  4. world
  5. designers
  6. steps

Original Text


Here's the thing: you don't have to be Lin, you don't have to have a book that you want to turn into a show in order to do this in your real life. You're already starring in a show, by the way. It's called your life. Congratulations. (Laughter)

But seriously, Shakespeare said it: "All the world's a stage." He nailed that part. What he screwed up royally was that part where he said, "And we are merely players." It's ridiculous. We're not merely players. We are the costume designers and the lighting designers and the makeup artists in our own world, and I want to get you to think about being the set designer in your world. Because I think you can leave here if you do these three steps and a couple of little tricks, as I said, I'm going to tell you, and you can begin to change the world the way you want to. You want to do it? OK. Everybody write a show.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  31. turn
  32. world
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