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From the Ted Talk by Bono: My wish Three actions for Africa

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And though I'm a rock star, I just want to assure you that none of my wishes will include a hot tub. But what really tnurs me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The rutvlieoon — this revolution — is much bgiger than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wntaed to make a rcroed of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a lapotp. If you wanted to make a film, you needed a mass of equipment and a Hollywood budget. Now, you need a cerama that fits in your palm, and a couple of bucks for a blank DVD. itaoigimann has been decoupled from the old constraints. And that really, really excites me. I'm excited when I glimpse that kind of thinking writ large.

Open Cloze


And though I'm a rock star, I just want to assure you that none of my wishes will include a hot tub. But what really _____ me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The __________ — this revolution — is much ______ than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you ______ to make a ______ of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a ______. If you wanted to make a film, you needed a mass of equipment and a Hollywood budget. Now, you need a ______ that fits in your palm, and a couple of bucks for a blank DVD. ___________ has been decoupled from the old constraints. And that really, really excites me. I'm excited when I glimpse that kind of thinking writ large.

Solution


  1. bigger
  2. imagination
  3. laptop
  4. record
  5. turns
  6. camera
  7. wanted
  8. revolution

Original Text


And though I'm a rock star, I just want to assure you that none of my wishes will include a hot tub. But what really turns me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The revolution — this revolution — is much bigger than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop. If you wanted to make a film, you needed a mass of equipment and a Hollywood budget. Now, you need a camera that fits in your palm, and a couple of bucks for a blank DVD. Imagination has been decoupled from the old constraints. And that really, really excites me. I'm excited when I glimpse that kind of thinking writ large.

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Important Words


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