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From the Ted Talk by JR: My wish Use art to turn the world inside out

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So that's Paris. I would change — depending on the pacels I would go — the title of the exhibition. That's on the Champs-Elysees. I was quite proud of that one. Because I was just 18 and I was just up there on the top of the Champs-Elysees. Then when the phtoo left, the frame was still there.

(Laughter)

November 2005: the streets are bnrinug. A large wave of ritos had broken into the first projects of Paris. Everyone was glued to the TV, watching drsunitibg, frightening images taken from the edge of the neighborhood. I mean, these kids, without control, throwing Molotov cocktails, atktcinag the cops and the firemen, looting everything they could in the shops. These were ciniarlms, thugs, dangerous, destroying their own environment.

Open Cloze


So that's Paris. I would change — depending on the ______ I would go — the title of the exhibition. That's on the Champs-Elysees. I was quite proud of that one. Because I was just 18 and I was just up there on the top of the Champs-Elysees. Then when the _____ left, the frame was still there.

(Laughter)

November 2005: the streets are _______. A large wave of _____ had broken into the first projects of Paris. Everyone was glued to the TV, watching __________, frightening images taken from the edge of the neighborhood. I mean, these kids, without control, throwing Molotov cocktails, _________ the cops and the firemen, looting everything they could in the shops. These were _________, thugs, dangerous, destroying their own environment.

Solution


  1. disturbing
  2. photo
  3. places
  4. criminals
  5. attacking
  6. riots
  7. burning

Original Text


So that's Paris. I would change — depending on the places I would go — the title of the exhibition. That's on the Champs-Elysees. I was quite proud of that one. Because I was just 18 and I was just up there on the top of the Champs-Elysees. Then when the photo left, the frame was still there.

(Laughter)

November 2005: the streets are burning. A large wave of riots had broken into the first projects of Paris. Everyone was glued to the TV, watching disturbing, frightening images taken from the edge of the neighborhood. I mean, these kids, without control, throwing Molotov cocktails, attacking the cops and the firemen, looting everything they could in the shops. These were criminals, thugs, dangerous, destroying their own environment.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
ted prize 2
art change 2
art project 2
world art 2


Important Words


  1. attacking
  2. broken
  3. burning
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  5. cocktails
  6. control
  7. cops
  8. criminals
  9. dangerous
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  11. destroying
  12. disturbing
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  14. environment
  15. exhibition
  16. firemen
  17. frame
  18. frightening
  19. glued
  20. images
  21. kids
  22. large
  23. laughter
  24. left
  25. looting
  26. molotov
  27. neighborhood
  28. november
  29. paris
  30. photo
  31. places
  32. projects
  33. proud
  34. riots
  35. shops
  36. streets
  37. throwing
  38. thugs
  39. title
  40. top
  41. tv
  42. watching
  43. wave