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From the Ted Talk by John Maeda: Designing for simplicity

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Last year at TED, these were all my titles. I had a lot of titles. I have a default tilte as a father of a bucnh of daughters. This year at TED, I'm happy to report that I have new titles, in addition to my previous teilts. Another "Associate Director of Research." And this also happened, so I have five daughters now. (Laughter) That's my baby Reina. (aupsalpe) Thank you. And so, my life is much more complex because of the baby, actually, but that's okay. We will still stay mireard, I think.

But looking way back, when I was a child — you see, I grew up in a tofu factory in saltete. Many of you may not like tofu because you haven't had good tofu, but tofu's a good food. It's a very simple kind of food. It's very hard work to make tofu. As a clihd, we used to wake up at 1 a.m. and work till 6 p.m., six days a week. My father was kind of like Andy Grove, paranoid of the competition. So often, seven days a week. Family business euqlas child labor.

Open Cloze


Last year at TED, these were all my titles. I had a lot of titles. I have a default _____ as a father of a _____ of daughters. This year at TED, I'm happy to report that I have new titles, in addition to my previous ______. Another "Associate Director of Research." And this also happened, so I have five daughters now. (Laughter) That's my baby Reina. (________) Thank you. And so, my life is much more complex because of the baby, actually, but that's okay. We will still stay _______, I think.

But looking way back, when I was a child — you see, I grew up in a tofu factory in _______. Many of you may not like tofu because you haven't had good tofu, but tofu's a good food. It's a very simple kind of food. It's very hard work to make tofu. As a _____, we used to wake up at 1 a.m. and work till 6 p.m., six days a week. My father was kind of like Andy Grove, paranoid of the competition. So often, seven days a week. Family business ______ child labor.

Solution


  1. seattle
  2. equals
  3. title
  4. titles
  5. married
  6. bunch
  7. child
  8. applause

Original Text


Last year at TED, these were all my titles. I had a lot of titles. I have a default title as a father of a bunch of daughters. This year at TED, I'm happy to report that I have new titles, in addition to my previous titles. Another "Associate Director of Research." And this also happened, so I have five daughters now. (Laughter) That's my baby Reina. (Applause) Thank you. And so, my life is much more complex because of the baby, actually, but that's okay. We will still stay married, I think.

But looking way back, when I was a child — you see, I grew up in a tofu factory in Seattle. Many of you may not like tofu because you haven't had good tofu, but tofu's a good food. It's a very simple kind of food. It's very hard work to make tofu. As a child, we used to wake up at 1 a.m. and work till 6 p.m., six days a week. My father was kind of like Andy Grove, paranoid of the competition. So often, seven days a week. Family business equals child labor.

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