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From the Ted Talk by Mara Mintzer: How kids can help design cities

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Across the broad, children are inclusive in their city plannnig. They design for everyone, from their grandmother in a wheelchair to the homeless wmaon they see sleeping in the park. Children design for living creatures, not for cars, egos or corporations. The last and perhaps most cmploinelg discovery we made is that a city fridnley to children is a city friendly to all. Bogota, comlboia myoar Enrique Peñalosa observed that children are a kind of indicator species. If we can build a sucfuesscl city for children, we will have a successful city for all people. Think about it.

Kids can't just hop in a car and drive to the store. And most kids can't afford an expensive lunch at the nearby cafe. So if we build cities that take into the consideration their needs for alternative forms of transportation and for cheaper food venues, we meet the needs of many other populations, too. The more frequent and more affordable bus service, so derised by our ytouh, also supports the elderly who wish to live independently, after they can no longer dvrie cars. Teens' rmnectdeoimanos for smtooh, protected walking and skateboarding paths also support the person in a wheelchair who wishes to go smoothly down the path, or the pneart pushing a new stroller.

Open Cloze


Across the _____, children are inclusive in their city ________. They design for everyone, from their grandmother in a wheelchair to the homeless _____ they see sleeping in the park. Children design for living creatures, not for cars, egos or corporations. The last and perhaps most __________ discovery we made is that a city ________ to children is a city friendly to all. Bogota, ________ _____ Enrique Peñalosa observed that children are a kind of indicator species. If we can build a __________ city for children, we will have a successful city for all people. Think about it.

Kids can't just hop in a car and drive to the store. And most kids can't afford an expensive lunch at the nearby cafe. So if we build cities that take into the consideration their needs for alternative forms of transportation and for cheaper food venues, we meet the needs of many other populations, too. The more frequent and more affordable bus service, so _______ by our _____, also supports the elderly who wish to live independently, after they can no longer _____ cars. Teens' _______________ for ______, protected walking and skateboarding paths also support the person in a wheelchair who wishes to go smoothly down the path, or the ______ pushing a new stroller.

Solution


  1. woman
  2. smooth
  3. mayor
  4. successful
  5. friendly
  6. planning
  7. youth
  8. compelling
  9. desired
  10. drive
  11. board
  12. colombia
  13. recommendations
  14. parent

Original Text


Across the board, children are inclusive in their city planning. They design for everyone, from their grandmother in a wheelchair to the homeless woman they see sleeping in the park. Children design for living creatures, not for cars, egos or corporations. The last and perhaps most compelling discovery we made is that a city friendly to children is a city friendly to all. Bogota, Colombia mayor Enrique Peñalosa observed that children are a kind of indicator species. If we can build a successful city for children, we will have a successful city for all people. Think about it.

Kids can't just hop in a car and drive to the store. And most kids can't afford an expensive lunch at the nearby cafe. So if we build cities that take into the consideration their needs for alternative forms of transportation and for cheaper food venues, we meet the needs of many other populations, too. The more frequent and more affordable bus service, so desired by our youth, also supports the elderly who wish to live independently, after they can no longer drive cars. Teens' recommendations for smooth, protected walking and skateboarding paths also support the person in a wheelchair who wishes to go smoothly down the path, or the parent pushing a new stroller.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  26. enrique
  27. expensive
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  33. homeless
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  35. inclusive
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  37. indicator
  38. kids
  39. kind
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  42. longer
  43. lunch
  44. mayor
  45. meet
  46. nearby
  47. observed
  48. parent
  49. park
  50. path
  51. paths
  52. people
  53. person
  54. peñalosa
  55. planning
  56. populations
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  59. recommendations
  60. service
  61. skateboarding
  62. sleeping
  63. smooth
  64. smoothly
  65. species
  66. store
  67. stroller
  68. successful
  69. support
  70. supports
  71. transportation
  72. venues
  73. walking
  74. wheelchair
  75. wishes
  76. woman
  77. youth