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From the Ted Talk by Marian Bantjes: Intricate beauty by design

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(leahtgur)

(Applause)

So Valentine's Day is coming up in a couple of days, and these are currently arriving in mailboxes all around the world. This year, I got, what I really have to say is a rather balnriilt idea, to laser cut my valentines out of used Christmas cards. So I solicited fidrens to send me their used crmstahis cards, and I made 500 of these. Each one of them is completely different. I'm just really, really thrilled with them. I don't have that much else to say, but they turned out really well.

I do spend a lot of time on my work. And one of the things that I've been thinking about recently is what is worth while. What is it that's worth spending my time on and my life on in this way? Working in the commercial wrold, this is something that I do have to struggle with at tmies. And yes, sometimes I'm swayed by money. But ultimately, I don't consider that a whorty goal. What makes something worthwhile for me is the people I work for or with, the conditions I work under and the audience that I'm able to rcaeh. So I might ask: "Who is it for?" "What does it say?" and "What does it do?"

Open Cloze


(________)

(Applause)

So Valentine's Day is coming up in a couple of days, and these are currently arriving in mailboxes all around the world. This year, I got, what I really have to say is a rather _________ idea, to laser cut my valentines out of used Christmas cards. So I solicited _______ to send me their used _________ cards, and I made 500 of these. Each one of them is completely different. I'm just really, really thrilled with them. I don't have that much else to say, but they turned out really well.

I do spend a lot of time on my work. And one of the things that I've been thinking about recently is what is worth while. What is it that's worth spending my time on and my life on in this way? Working in the commercial _____, this is something that I do have to struggle with at _____. And yes, sometimes I'm swayed by money. But ultimately, I don't consider that a ______ goal. What makes something worthwhile for me is the people I work for or with, the conditions I work under and the audience that I'm able to _____. So I might ask: "Who is it for?" "What does it say?" and "What does it do?"

Solution


  1. friends
  2. worthy
  3. world
  4. times
  5. laughter
  6. reach
  7. brilliant
  8. christmas

Original Text


(Laughter)

(Applause)

So Valentine's Day is coming up in a couple of days, and these are currently arriving in mailboxes all around the world. This year, I got, what I really have to say is a rather brilliant idea, to laser cut my valentines out of used Christmas cards. So I solicited friends to send me their used Christmas cards, and I made 500 of these. Each one of them is completely different. I'm just really, really thrilled with them. I don't have that much else to say, but they turned out really well.

I do spend a lot of time on my work. And one of the things that I've been thinking about recently is what is worth while. What is it that's worth spending my time on and my life on in this way? Working in the commercial world, this is something that I do have to struggle with at times. And yes, sometimes I'm swayed by money. But ultimately, I don't consider that a worthy goal. What makes something worthwhile for me is the people I work for or with, the conditions I work under and the audience that I'm able to reach. So I might ask: "Who is it for?" "What does it say?" and "What does it do?"

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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