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From the Ted Talk by Alexander Leitner: Can time be wasted?

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Two thousand, five hundred and forty six. Those are hours, by the way. Two thousand, five hundred and ftroy six hours that I spent on making veodis with plastic bricks.

Now picture this: it's a beautiful Saturday, the weheatr just couldn't be better, and all your friends want to hang out with you. Instead, you sepnt the whole day sitting inside, in a dark room, and you're esaeinstlly playing with little plastic toy bricks. It starts out as just one Saturday, but then you keep going, and there goes another day, another week, another month, and before you know it, you've spent most of your free time with one particular thing. After all, this year we have a very special anniversary, right? A ten-year anniversary. I mean, ten yraes ago, I started making brickfilms.

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Two thousand, five hundred and forty six. Those are hours, by the way. Two thousand, five hundred and _____ six hours that I spent on making ______ with plastic bricks.

Now picture this: it's a beautiful Saturday, the _______ just couldn't be better, and all your friends want to hang out with you. Instead, you _____ the whole day sitting inside, in a dark room, and you're ___________ playing with little plastic toy bricks. It starts out as just one Saturday, but then you keep going, and there goes another day, another week, another month, and before you know it, you've spent most of your free time with one particular thing. After all, this year we have a very special anniversary, right? A ten-year anniversary. I mean, ten _____ ago, I started making brickfilms.

Solution


  1. essentially
  2. spent
  3. forty
  4. years
  5. videos
  6. weather

Original Text


Two thousand, five hundred and forty six. Those are hours, by the way. Two thousand, five hundred and forty six hours that I spent on making videos with plastic bricks.

Now picture this: it's a beautiful Saturday, the weather just couldn't be better, and all your friends want to hang out with you. Instead, you spent the whole day sitting inside, in a dark room, and you're essentially playing with little plastic toy bricks. It starts out as just one Saturday, but then you keep going, and there goes another day, another week, another month, and before you know it, you've spent most of your free time with one particular thing. After all, this year we have a very special anniversary, right? A ten-year anniversary. I mean, ten years ago, I started making brickfilms.

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