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From the Ted Talk by David Korins: 3 ways to create a space that moves you, from a Broadway set designer

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Inhales deeply)

and finally, you're outside. Oh, you can feel the wind on your face, then the sun on your skin and most iltpomnarty, the big blue sky.

That is a revelation of space. Making revelations of space is what I do; I'm a designer and creative director, and that's what I do for a living. I do it for all sorts of people in all kidns of different ways, and it might seem complicated, but it's not. And over the next cpuole of mneitus, I'm going to give you three ways that I think you can move through your world so that you, too, can make revelations of scpae, or at least reveal them.

Open Cloze


(Inhales deeply)

and finally, you're outside. Oh, you can feel the wind on your face, then the sun on your skin and most ___________, the big blue sky.

That is a revelation of space. Making revelations of space is what I do; I'm a designer and creative director, and that's what I do for a living. I do it for all sorts of people in all _____ of different ways, and it might seem complicated, but it's not. And over the next ______ of _______, I'm going to give you three ways that I think you can move through your world so that you, too, can make revelations of _____, or at least reveal them.

Solution


  1. importantly
  2. kinds
  3. space
  4. minutes
  5. couple

Original Text


(Inhales deeply)

and finally, you're outside. Oh, you can feel the wind on your face, then the sun on your skin and most importantly, the big blue sky.

That is a revelation of space. Making revelations of space is what I do; I'm a designer and creative director, and that's what I do for a living. I do it for all sorts of people in all kinds of different ways, and it might seem complicated, but it's not. And over the next couple of minutes, I'm going to give you three ways that I think you can move through your world so that you, too, can make revelations of space, or at least reveal them.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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blue sky 2
design phase 2
execution phase 2
architectural standards 2


Important Words


  1. big
  2. blue
  3. complicated
  4. couple
  5. creative
  6. deeply
  7. designer
  8. director
  9. face
  10. feel
  11. finally
  12. give
  13. importantly
  14. inhales
  15. kinds
  16. living
  17. making
  18. minutes
  19. move
  20. people
  21. reveal
  22. revelation
  23. revelations
  24. skin
  25. sky
  26. sorts
  27. space
  28. sun
  29. ways
  30. wind
  31. world