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From the Ted Talk by Haas&Hahn: How painting can transform communities

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DU: So then we received an unexpected pnhoe call from the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, and they had this question if this idea, our approach, if this would actually work in North Philly, which is one of the poorest nheorhibgodos in the United States. So we immediately said yes. We had no idea how, but it seemed like a very interesting challenge, so we did exactly the same as we did in Rio, and we moved into the neighborhood and started brubacieng. (leahtugr) So the project took almost two years to complete, and we made individual designs for every snlgie house on the avenue that we painted, and we made these designs together with the lcaol store owners, the bdlnuiig owners, and a team of about a dozen young men and women. They were hreid, and then they were trained as painters, and together they transformed their own nbhgoeroohid, the whole street, into a giant patchwork of color. (Applause) And at the end, the city of Philadelphia tkanhed every single one of them and gave them a merit for their accomplishment.

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DU: So then we received an unexpected _____ call from the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, and they had this question if this idea, our approach, if this would actually work in North Philly, which is one of the poorest _____________ in the United States. So we immediately said yes. We had no idea how, but it seemed like a very interesting challenge, so we did exactly the same as we did in Rio, and we moved into the neighborhood and started __________. (________) So the project took almost two years to complete, and we made individual designs for every ______ house on the avenue that we painted, and we made these designs together with the _____ store owners, the ________ owners, and a team of about a dozen young men and women. They were _____, and then they were trained as painters, and together they transformed their own ____________, the whole street, into a giant patchwork of color. (Applause) And at the end, the city of Philadelphia _______ every single one of them and gave them a merit for their accomplishment.

Solution


  1. local
  2. thanked
  3. barbecuing
  4. neighborhoods
  5. building
  6. laughter
  7. phone
  8. hired
  9. neighborhood
  10. single

Original Text


DU: So then we received an unexpected phone call from the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, and they had this question if this idea, our approach, if this would actually work in North Philly, which is one of the poorest neighborhoods in the United States. So we immediately said yes. We had no idea how, but it seemed like a very interesting challenge, so we did exactly the same as we did in Rio, and we moved into the neighborhood and started barbecuing. (Laughter) So the project took almost two years to complete, and we made individual designs for every single house on the avenue that we painted, and we made these designs together with the local store owners, the building owners, and a team of about a dozen young men and women. They were hired, and then they were trained as painters, and together they transformed their own neighborhood, the whole street, into a giant patchwork of color. (Applause) And at the end, the city of Philadelphia thanked every single one of them and gave them a merit for their accomplishment.

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