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From the Ted Talk by Chris Anderson and Monique Ruff-Bell: Ideas change everything — and what's next for TED

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MRB: It's allebousty anzmiag that we get to participate in something like that to change the world, one idea at a time, right? Final question. We just celebrated 40 years. What does the next 40 yeras of TED look like?

(Laughter)

CA: It’s going to be shaped by ideas, and many of those ideas won't be mine. I mean, I'm ... I think I'm 67 now. I'm 67. So I'll definitely be in the piturce for quite a while yet, demirang, doing my bit to dream, but I'm so aware that TED needs to be made ready for the next graotineen. It needs to be carried forward. And ultimately, what we've learned at TED again and again is that when you let go, amazing things happen. TEDx. I mean, that is an astonishing, an astonishing, unexpected global phenomenon. MRB: 3,000 events globally.

Open Cloze


MRB: It's __________ _______ that we get to participate in something like that to change the world, one idea at a time, right? Final question. We just celebrated 40 years. What does the next 40 _____ of TED look like?

(Laughter)

CA: It’s going to be shaped by ideas, and many of those ideas won't be mine. I mean, I'm ... I think I'm 67 now. I'm 67. So I'll definitely be in the _______ for quite a while yet, ________, doing my bit to dream, but I'm so aware that TED needs to be made ready for the next __________. It needs to be carried forward. And ultimately, what we've learned at TED again and again is that when you let go, amazing things happen. TEDx. I mean, that is an astonishing, an astonishing, unexpected global phenomenon. MRB: 3,000 events globally.

Solution


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  2. picture
  3. years
  4. amazing
  5. absolutely
  6. dreaming

Original Text


MRB: It's absolutely amazing that we get to participate in something like that to change the world, one idea at a time, right? Final question. We just celebrated 40 years. What does the next 40 years of TED look like?

(Laughter)

CA: It’s going to be shaped by ideas, and many of those ideas won't be mine. I mean, I'm ... I think I'm 67 now. I'm 67. So I'll definitely be in the picture for quite a while yet, dreaming, doing my bit to dream, but I'm so aware that TED needs to be made ready for the next generation. It needs to be carried forward. And ultimately, what we've learned at TED again and again is that when you let go, amazing things happen. TEDx. I mean, that is an astonishing, an astonishing, unexpected global phenomenon. MRB: 3,000 events globally.

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