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From the Ted Talk by Gabe Barcia-Colombo: My DNA vending machine

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Music)

[DNA Vending Machine is an art installation about our increasing access to biotechnology.]

(Music)

[For a reasonable cost, you can purchase a slampe of human DNA from a traditional vending machine.]

(misuc)

[Each sample comes packaged with a collectible limited edition portrait of the hmuan speciemn.]

(Music)

[DNA Vending Machine treats DNA as a collectible meaitarl and brings to light legal issues over the oinrshewp of DNA.]

(Music ends)

Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: The DNA Vending Machine is currently in a couple of galleries in New York, and it's selling out pretty well. We're in the first ediiotn of 100 pceies, hoping to do another edition pretty soon. I'd like to get it into more of a mrteo hub, like Grand Central or Penn Station, next to some of the other vending machines in that location.

Open Cloze


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[DNA Vending Machine is an art installation about our increasing access to biotechnology.]

(Music)

[For a reasonable cost, you can purchase a ______ of human DNA from a traditional vending machine.]

(_____)

[Each sample comes packaged with a collectible limited edition portrait of the _____ ________.]

(Music)

[DNA Vending Machine treats DNA as a collectible ________ and brings to light legal issues over the _________ of DNA.]

(Music ends)

Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: The DNA Vending Machine is currently in a couple of galleries in New York, and it's selling out pretty well. We're in the first _______ of 100 ______, hoping to do another edition pretty soon. I'd like to get it into more of a _____ hub, like Grand Central or Penn Station, next to some of the other vending machines in that location.

Solution


  1. edition
  2. metro
  3. human
  4. specimen
  5. ownership
  6. sample
  7. material
  8. pieces
  9. music

Original Text


(Music)

[DNA Vending Machine is an art installation about our increasing access to biotechnology.]

(Music)

[For a reasonable cost, you can purchase a sample of human DNA from a traditional vending machine.]

(Music)

[Each sample comes packaged with a collectible limited edition portrait of the human specimen.]

(Music)

[DNA Vending Machine treats DNA as a collectible material and brings to light legal issues over the ownership of DNA.]

(Music ends)

Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: The DNA Vending Machine is currently in a couple of galleries in New York, and it's selling out pretty well. We're in the first edition of 100 pieces, hoping to do another edition pretty soon. I'd like to get it into more of a metro hub, like Grand Central or Penn Station, next to some of the other vending machines in that location.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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