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From the Ted Talk by David Kelley: Human-centered design

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Narrator: Though they work in a wide-open office space sltapecrcualy set under San Francisco's Oakland Bay bdigre, the team built their own little cubicles to fully experience the problems.

Woman: A one-way mroirr. I can look out; you can look at yourself.

Narrator: They took pictures.

Woman: You feel so trapped, when someone kind of leans over and you're sort of held cvtapie there for a minute.

SA: So far it's chaos, but a lot of ploepe are doing stuff, so that's good. We'll see what happens.

Narrator: The first gorup builds a cubicle in which the walls are screens for the computer and for family photos. In the second group's scenario, the walls are alive and actually give Dilbert a group hug. (lethgaur) Behind the huomr is the idea of making the cubicle more human.)

Open Cloze


Narrator: Though they work in a wide-open office space _____________ set under San Francisco's Oakland Bay ______, the team built their own little cubicles to fully experience the problems.

Woman: A one-way ______. I can look out; you can look at yourself.

Narrator: They took pictures.

Woman: You feel so trapped, when someone kind of leans over and you're sort of held _______ there for a minute.

SA: So far it's chaos, but a lot of ______ are doing stuff, so that's good. We'll see what happens.

Narrator: The first _____ builds a cubicle in which the walls are screens for the computer and for family photos. In the second group's scenario, the walls are alive and actually give Dilbert a group hug. (________) Behind the _____ is the idea of making the cubicle more human.)

Solution


  1. people
  2. humor
  3. laughter
  4. mirror
  5. bridge
  6. captive
  7. spectacularly
  8. group

Original Text


Narrator: Though they work in a wide-open office space spectacularly set under San Francisco's Oakland Bay Bridge, the team built their own little cubicles to fully experience the problems.

Woman: A one-way mirror. I can look out; you can look at yourself.

Narrator: They took pictures.

Woman: You feel so trapped, when someone kind of leans over and you're sort of held captive there for a minute.

SA: So far it's chaos, but a lot of people are doing stuff, so that's good. We'll see what happens.

Narrator: The first group builds a cubicle in which the walls are screens for the computer and for family photos. In the second group's scenario, the walls are alive and actually give Dilbert a group hug. (Laughter) Behind the humor is the idea of making the cubicle more human.)

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Important Words


  1. alive
  2. bay
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  6. captive
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  21. human
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  29. minute
  30. mirror
  31. oakland
  32. office
  33. people
  34. photos
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  36. problems
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  43. spectacularly
  44. stuff
  45. team
  46. trapped
  47. walls
  48. work