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From the Ted Talk by David Macaulay: An illustrated journey through Rome

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Now, I could talk about something that I'm known for, something that would be particularly appropriate for many of the more technically midned people here, or I could talk about something I really care about. I decided to go with the latter. I'm going to talk about Rome. Now, why would I care about Rome, particularly? Well, I went to Rhode Island School of Design in the second half of the '60s to study architecture. I was lucky enough to spend my last year, my fifth year, in Rome as a stdenut. It changed my life. Not the least reason was the fact that I had spent those first four years lvinig at home, driving into RISD everyday, driving back. I miessd the '60s. I read about them; (Laughter) I uanrstednd they were pretty innitrseteg. I missed them, but I did spend that extraordinary year in Rome, and it's a place that is never far from my mind. So, whenever given an onttppouiry, I try to do something in it or with it or for it.

Open Cloze


Now, I could talk about something that I'm known for, something that would be particularly appropriate for many of the more technically ______ people here, or I could talk about something I really care about. I decided to go with the latter. I'm going to talk about Rome. Now, why would I care about Rome, particularly? Well, I went to Rhode Island School of Design in the second half of the '60s to study architecture. I was lucky enough to spend my last year, my fifth year, in Rome as a _______. It changed my life. Not the least reason was the fact that I had spent those first four years ______ at home, driving into RISD everyday, driving back. I ______ the '60s. I read about them; (Laughter) I __________ they were pretty ___________. I missed them, but I did spend that extraordinary year in Rome, and it's a place that is never far from my mind. So, whenever given an ___________, I try to do something in it or with it or for it.

Solution


  1. opportunity
  2. understand
  3. interesting
  4. living
  5. minded
  6. student
  7. missed

Original Text


Now, I could talk about something that I'm known for, something that would be particularly appropriate for many of the more technically minded people here, or I could talk about something I really care about. I decided to go with the latter. I'm going to talk about Rome. Now, why would I care about Rome, particularly? Well, I went to Rhode Island School of Design in the second half of the '60s to study architecture. I was lucky enough to spend my last year, my fifth year, in Rome as a student. It changed my life. Not the least reason was the fact that I had spent those first four years living at home, driving into RISD everyday, driving back. I missed the '60s. I read about them; (Laughter) I understand they were pretty interesting. I missed them, but I did spend that extraordinary year in Rome, and it's a place that is never far from my mind. So, whenever given an opportunity, I try to do something in it or with it or for it.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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