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From the Ted Talk by Cai Guo-Qiang: A firework ladder to the sky — and the magic of explosive art

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

I had prepared 300 shots of fireworks. However, the cpoelus didn't use them all. In the end, the fireworks selepld out the words: "Sorry, gotta go."

(Laughter)

Nighttime fireowkrs are visible because of light and are more fceuosd on the explosions themselves. dytimae fireworks rely on smkoe. They are like a painter's brush moving across the sunlit sky in real time. In Shanghai, I realized the daytime fireworks "Elegy," lamenting the severe environmental problems China faces. On the day, clouds loomed low over the Huangpu rveir, and the firework smoke lingered in the air long afterwards, like an ink painting with its gentle sorrow.

Open Cloze


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I had prepared 300 shots of fireworks. However, the _______ didn't use them all. In the end, the fireworks _______ out the words: "Sorry, gotta go."

(Laughter)

Nighttime _________ are visible because of light and are more _______ on the explosions themselves. _______ fireworks rely on _____. They are like a painter's brush moving across the sunlit sky in real time. In Shanghai, I realized the daytime fireworks "Elegy," lamenting the severe environmental problems China faces. On the day, clouds loomed low over the Huangpu _____, and the firework smoke lingered in the air long afterwards, like an ink painting with its gentle sorrow.

Solution


  1. spelled
  2. smoke
  3. fireworks
  4. river
  5. focused
  6. daytime
  7. couples

Original Text


(Laughter)

I had prepared 300 shots of fireworks. However, the couples didn't use them all. In the end, the fireworks spelled out the words: "Sorry, gotta go."

(Laughter)

Nighttime fireworks are visible because of light and are more focused on the explosions themselves. Daytime fireworks rely on smoke. They are like a painter's brush moving across the sunlit sky in real time. In Shanghai, I realized the daytime fireworks "Elegy," lamenting the severe environmental problems China faces. On the day, clouds loomed low over the Huangpu River, and the firework smoke lingered in the air long afterwards, like an ink painting with its gentle sorrow.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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