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From the Ted Talk by Ian Firth: Bridges should be beautiful

Unscramble the Blue Letters


The world needs bridges. Have you ever tuhhogt about what it would be like not to have any? It's hard to imagine a civilization without bridges because they're so essential for growth and development of human society, but they're not just about a safe way across a river or an obstacle. They shout about connectivity — community. They reveal something about creativity, our ingenuity — they even hint at our identity. And when bridges fail, or are destroyed in conflict, communities struggle, development stagnates, people suffer. Even today, there are over one billion people living in poor, rural communities around the wrold that do not have safe, year-round access to the things that you and I take for granted: eudcaiton, medical care, access to mekatrs ... which is why wrueodfnl organizations like Bridges to Prosperity build bidrges in this kind of pacle — this is in rnawda. And they make such a difference, not only to those lives immediately around the bridge, but the impact of these bridges is huge, and it spreads over the whole community, far, far away.

Open Cloze


The world needs bridges. Have you ever _______ about what it would be like not to have any? It's hard to imagine a civilization without bridges because they're so essential for growth and development of human society, but they're not just about a safe way across a river or an obstacle. They shout about connectivity — community. They reveal something about creativity, our ingenuity — they even hint at our identity. And when bridges fail, or are destroyed in conflict, communities struggle, development stagnates, people suffer. Even today, there are over one billion people living in poor, rural communities around the _____ that do not have safe, year-round access to the things that you and I take for granted: _________, medical care, access to _______ ... which is why _________ organizations like Bridges to Prosperity build _______ in this kind of _____ — this is in ______. And they make such a difference, not only to those lives immediately around the bridge, but the impact of these bridges is huge, and it spreads over the whole community, far, far away.

Solution


  1. place
  2. bridges
  3. world
  4. thought
  5. wonderful
  6. markets
  7. education
  8. rwanda

Original Text


The world needs bridges. Have you ever thought about what it would be like not to have any? It's hard to imagine a civilization without bridges because they're so essential for growth and development of human society, but they're not just about a safe way across a river or an obstacle. They shout about connectivity — community. They reveal something about creativity, our ingenuity — they even hint at our identity. And when bridges fail, or are destroyed in conflict, communities struggle, development stagnates, people suffer. Even today, there are over one billion people living in poor, rural communities around the world that do not have safe, year-round access to the things that you and I take for granted: education, medical care, access to markets ... which is why wonderful organizations like Bridges to Prosperity build bridges in this kind of place — this is in Rwanda. And they make such a difference, not only to those lives immediately around the bridge, but the impact of these bridges is huge, and it spreads over the whole community, far, far away.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
suspension bridge 5
long time 3
durable material 2
technological change 2
bridge collapse 2
twisting motion 2
step change 2
messina bridge 2
main cables 2
sea crossing 2
multispan suspension 2
deep water 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
multispan suspension bridge 2

Important Words


  1. access
  2. billion
  3. bridge
  4. bridges
  5. build
  6. care
  7. civilization
  8. communities
  9. community
  10. conflict
  11. connectivity
  12. creativity
  13. destroyed
  14. development
  15. difference
  16. education
  17. essential
  18. fail
  19. growth
  20. hard
  21. hint
  22. huge
  23. human
  24. identity
  25. imagine
  26. immediately
  27. impact
  28. ingenuity
  29. kind
  30. lives
  31. living
  32. markets
  33. medical
  34. obstacle
  35. organizations
  36. people
  37. place
  38. poor
  39. prosperity
  40. reveal
  41. river
  42. rural
  43. rwanda
  44. safe
  45. shout
  46. society
  47. spreads
  48. stagnates
  49. struggle
  50. suffer
  51. thought
  52. today
  53. wonderful
  54. world