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From the Ted Talk by Amy Edmondson: How to turn a group of strangers into a team

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Take the quest for smart cities. Maybe you've seen some of the rhetoric: mixed-use designs, zero net energy buildings, smart moibtily, geern, livable, wfurdnoel cities. We have the vocabulary, we have the visions, not to mention the need. We have the technology. Two megatrends — urbanization, we're fast becoming a more urban planet, and climate change — have been increasingly pointing to cities as a crucial target for innovation. And now around the wrold in various locations, people have been teaming up to design and try to cetrae green, livable, smart cities. It's a mssavie innovation challenge.

Open Cloze


Take the quest for smart cities. Maybe you've seen some of the rhetoric: mixed-use designs, zero net energy buildings, smart ________, _____, livable, _________ cities. We have the vocabulary, we have the visions, not to mention the need. We have the technology. Two megatrends — urbanization, we're fast becoming a more urban planet, and climate change — have been increasingly pointing to cities as a crucial target for innovation. And now around the _____ in various locations, people have been teaming up to design and try to ______ green, livable, smart cities. It's a _______ innovation challenge.

Solution


  1. massive
  2. create
  3. world
  4. mobility
  5. wonderful
  6. green

Original Text


Take the quest for smart cities. Maybe you've seen some of the rhetoric: mixed-use designs, zero net energy buildings, smart mobility, green, livable, wonderful cities. We have the vocabulary, we have the visions, not to mention the need. We have the technology. Two megatrends — urbanization, we're fast becoming a more urban planet, and climate change — have been increasingly pointing to cities as a crucial target for innovation. And now around the world in various locations, people have been teaming up to design and try to create green, livable, smart cities. It's a massive innovation challenge.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
sports teams 3
animated film 2
smart cities 2
real estate 2
time frames 2
professional culture 2
psychological safety 2


Important Words


  1. buildings
  2. challenge
  3. change
  4. cities
  5. climate
  6. create
  7. crucial
  8. design
  9. designs
  10. energy
  11. fast
  12. green
  13. increasingly
  14. innovation
  15. livable
  16. locations
  17. massive
  18. megatrends
  19. mention
  20. mobility
  21. net
  22. people
  23. planet
  24. pointing
  25. quest
  26. smart
  27. target
  28. teaming
  29. technology
  30. urban
  31. urbanization
  32. visions
  33. vocabulary
  34. wonderful
  35. world