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From the Ted Talk by Rodney Mullen: Pop an ollie and innovate!

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(luahgetr)

(Applause)

So let me give you another example of how context shaeps cntnoet. This is a place not that far from here, It's a rotten neighborhood. Your first consideration is, am I going to get beat up? You go out and — See this wall? It's fairly mleolw, and it's beckoning to do bank ticrks, right? But there's this other aspect of it for wheelies, so check this out. There's a few tricks, again, how environment changes the nature of your tricks. Freestyle oriented, manual down — wheelie down. Watch, this one? Oh, I love this, it's like surfing, this one, the way you catch it. This one, a little sketchy going backwards, and watch the back foot. Oops —

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(________)

(Applause)

So let me give you another example of how context ______ _______. This is a place not that far from here, It's a rotten neighborhood. Your first consideration is, am I going to get beat up? You go out and — See this wall? It's fairly ______, and it's beckoning to do bank ______, right? But there's this other aspect of it for wheelies, so check this out. There's a few tricks, again, how environment changes the nature of your tricks. Freestyle oriented, manual down — wheelie down. Watch, this one? Oh, I love this, it's like surfing, this one, the way you catch it. This one, a little sketchy going backwards, and watch the back foot. Oops —

Solution


  1. laughter
  2. tricks
  3. mellow
  4. content
  5. shapes

Original Text


(Laughter)

(Applause)

So let me give you another example of how context shapes content. This is a place not that far from here, It's a rotten neighborhood. Your first consideration is, am I going to get beat up? You go out and — See this wall? It's fairly mellow, and it's beckoning to do bank tricks, right? But there's this other aspect of it for wheelies, so check this out. There's a few tricks, again, how environment changes the nature of your tricks. Freestyle oriented, manual down — wheelie down. Watch, this one? Oh, I love this, it's like surfing, this one, the way you catch it. This one, a little sketchy going backwards, and watch the back foot. Oops —

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Important Words


  1. applause
  2. aspect
  3. bank
  4. beat
  5. beckoning
  6. catch
  7. check
  8. consideration
  9. content
  10. context
  11. environment
  12. foot
  13. freestyle
  14. give
  15. laughter
  16. love
  17. manual
  18. mellow
  19. nature
  20. neighborhood
  21. oops
  22. oriented
  23. place
  24. rotten
  25. shapes
  26. sketchy
  27. surfing
  28. tricks
  29. wall
  30. watch
  31. wheelie
  32. wheelies