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From the Ted Talk by Vik Muniz: Art with wire, sugar, chocolate and string

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Departing from the lines, I decided to tackle the idea of points, like which is more smialir to the type of representation that we find in photographs themselves. I had met a group of children in the caaerbibn ilsnad of Saint Kitts, and I did work and play with them. I got some ptorhhaogps from them. Upon my arrival in New York, I decided — they were children of sugar plantation workers. And by mialpnaniutg sugar over a black paper, I made ptrarotis of them. These are — (Applause) — Thank you. This is "Valentina, the Fastest." It was just the name of the child, with the little thing you get to know of somebody that you meet very briefly. "Valicia." "Jacynthe."

Open Cloze


Departing from the lines, I decided to tackle the idea of points, like which is more _______ to the type of representation that we find in photographs themselves. I had met a group of children in the _________ ______ of Saint Kitts, and I did work and play with them. I got some ___________ from them. Upon my arrival in New York, I decided — they were children of sugar plantation workers. And by ____________ sugar over a black paper, I made _________ of them. These are — (Applause) — Thank you. This is "Valentina, the Fastest." It was just the name of the child, with the little thing you get to know of somebody that you meet very briefly. "Valicia." "Jacynthe."

Solution


  1. island
  2. similar
  3. caribbean
  4. manipulating
  5. photographs
  6. portraits

Original Text


Departing from the lines, I decided to tackle the idea of points, like which is more similar to the type of representation that we find in photographs themselves. I had met a group of children in the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts, and I did work and play with them. I got some photographs from them. Upon my arrival in New York, I decided — they were children of sugar plantation workers. And by manipulating sugar over a black paper, I made portraits of them. These are — (Applause) — Thank you. This is "Valentina, the Fastest." It was just the name of the child, with the little thing you get to know of somebody that you meet very briefly. "Valicia." "Jacynthe."

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Important Words


  1. applause
  2. arrival
  3. black
  4. briefly
  5. caribbean
  6. child
  7. children
  8. decided
  9. departing
  10. fastest
  11. find
  12. group
  13. idea
  14. island
  15. kitts
  16. lines
  17. manipulating
  18. meet
  19. met
  20. paper
  21. photographs
  22. plantation
  23. play
  24. points
  25. portraits
  26. representation
  27. saint
  28. similar
  29. sugar
  30. tackle
  31. type
  32. work
  33. workers
  34. york