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From the Ted Talk by Liu Thai Ker: The architectural mastermind behind modern Singapore

Unscramble the Blue Letters


You see, if you take a city like Singapore, it would take, for example, the hgheist level of commercial center is CBD, in the central part of Singapore. But in the rgeoin, I have regional centers. It's one rank below the CBD. And below the region, I have town cetenrs, in new towns. It's one rank below the regional center. and below the town centers are neighborhood centers. So if I live in a neighborhood, I want to buy a piece of soap, I don't have to go to CBD, I just walk to the neighborhood center. I can get it. But if I want to have, maybe, a special dress, I may have to go to a town cetenr and get it.

Open Cloze


You see, if you take a city like Singapore, it would take, for example, the _______ level of commercial center is CBD, in the central part of Singapore. But in the ______, I have regional centers. It's one rank below the CBD. And below the region, I have town _______, in new towns. It's one rank below the regional center. and below the town centers are neighborhood centers. So if I live in a neighborhood, I want to buy a piece of soap, I don't have to go to CBD, I just walk to the neighborhood center. I can get it. But if I want to have, maybe, a special dress, I may have to go to a town ______ and get it.

Solution


  1. region
  2. center
  3. highest
  4. centers

Original Text


You see, if you take a city like Singapore, it would take, for example, the highest level of commercial center is CBD, in the central part of Singapore. But in the region, I have regional centers. It's one rank below the CBD. And below the region, I have town centers, in new towns. It's one rank below the regional center. and below the town centers are neighborhood centers. So if I live in a neighborhood, I want to buy a piece of soap, I don't have to go to CBD, I just walk to the neighborhood center. I can get it. But if I want to have, maybe, a special dress, I may have to go to a town center and get it.

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Important Words


  1. buy
  2. cbd
  3. center
  4. centers
  5. central
  6. city
  7. commercial
  8. dress
  9. highest
  10. level
  11. live
  12. neighborhood
  13. part
  14. piece
  15. rank
  16. region
  17. regional
  18. singapore
  19. soap
  20. special
  21. town
  22. towns
  23. walk