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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
- region
- center
- highest
- 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
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- cbd
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- dress
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- live
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- part
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- rank
- region
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- singapore
- soap
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- town
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