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From the Ted Talk by John Cary: How architecture can create dignity for all

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(Laughter)

but she asuersd me that the last thing that a birthing woman would ever want is to watch the seconds tick by.

(Laughter)

An architect by training, I've always been fascinated watching people experience design in the world around them. I believe design fotunincs like the satrnuocdk that we're not even fully aware is playing. It sends us subconscious messages about how to feel and what to ecpext. That room that we were in seemed completely misaligned with the moment that we were experiencing — welcoming a human being, our daughter, into this world.

At one point a nruse, without any pmprot, turned to us and said, "I always think to myself, 'I wish I had become an architect, because I could have designed rooms like this better.'"

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but she _______ me that the last thing that a birthing woman would ever want is to watch the seconds tick by.

(Laughter)

An architect by training, I've always been fascinated watching people experience design in the world around them. I believe design _________ like the __________ that we're not even fully aware is playing. It sends us subconscious messages about how to feel and what to ______. That room that we were in seemed completely misaligned with the moment that we were experiencing — welcoming a human being, our daughter, into this world.

At one point a _____, without any ______, turned to us and said, "I always think to myself, 'I wish I had become an architect, because I could have designed rooms like this better.'"

Solution


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  2. expect
  3. assured
  4. soundtrack
  5. prompt
  6. nurse

Original Text


(Laughter)

but she assured me that the last thing that a birthing woman would ever want is to watch the seconds tick by.

(Laughter)

An architect by training, I've always been fascinated watching people experience design in the world around them. I believe design functions like the soundtrack that we're not even fully aware is playing. It sends us subconscious messages about how to feel and what to expect. That room that we were in seemed completely misaligned with the moment that we were experiencing — welcoming a human being, our daughter, into this world.

At one point a nurse, without any prompt, turned to us and said, "I always think to myself, 'I wish I had become an architect, because I could have designed rooms like this better.'"

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