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From the Ted Talk by Vishaan Chakrabarti: How we can design timeless cities for our collective future

Unscramble the Blue Letters


This is already happening with food, for instance. You just look at the way in which craft beer has taken on cortarope beer. Or, how many of you still eat Wonder baerd? I'd bet most of you don't. And I bet you don't because you don't want processed food in your life. So if you don't want processed food, why would you want processed cities? Why would you want these mass-produced, bleached places where all of us have to live and work every day?

(Applause)

So, technology was a big part of the problem in the 20th century. When we invented the automobile, what happened is, the wrold all bent towards the invention. And we recreated our landscape around it. In the 21st century, tocnholegy can be part of the solution — if it bdnes to the needs of the world.

Open Cloze


This is already happening with food, for instance. You just look at the way in which craft beer has taken on _________ beer. Or, how many of you still eat Wonder _____? I'd bet most of you don't. And I bet you don't because you don't want processed food in your life. So if you don't want processed food, why would you want processed cities? Why would you want these mass-produced, bleached places where all of us have to live and work every day?

(Applause)

So, technology was a big part of the problem in the 20th century. When we invented the automobile, what happened is, the _____ all bent towards the invention. And we recreated our landscape around it. In the 21st century, __________ can be part of the solution — if it _____ to the needs of the world.

Solution


  1. bread
  2. world
  3. bends
  4. corporate
  5. technology

Original Text


This is already happening with food, for instance. You just look at the way in which craft beer has taken on corporate beer. Or, how many of you still eat Wonder Bread? I'd bet most of you don't. And I bet you don't because you don't want processed food in your life. So if you don't want processed food, why would you want processed cities? Why would you want these mass-produced, bleached places where all of us have to live and work every day?

(Applause)

So, technology was a big part of the problem in the 20th century. When we invented the automobile, what happened is, the world all bent towards the invention. And we recreated our landscape around it. In the 21st century, technology can be part of the solution — if it bends to the needs of the world.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. applause
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  3. beer
  4. bends
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