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From the Ted Talk by Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative consumption


Unscramble the Blue Letters


Now, the third system is product-service systems. This is where you pay for the benefit of the product — what it does for you — without needing to own the product ohigtrut. This idea is particularly powerful for things that have high-idling cpaticay. And that can be anything from baby goods to fashions to — how many of you have a power drill, own a power drill? Right. That power drill will be used around 12 to 13 minutes in its entire lifetime. (luahetgr) It's kind of ridiculous, right? Because what you need is the hole, not the drill. (Laughter) (Applause) So why don't you rent the dilrl, or, even better, rent out your own drill to other ppleoe and make some money from it? These three systems are coming together, allowing people to share resources without sacrificing their lifestyles, or their cherished personal freedoms. I'm not asking people to sarhe nicely in the sandpit.

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Now, the third system is product-service systems. This is where you pay for the benefit of the product — what it does for you — without needing to own the product ________. This idea is particularly powerful for things that have high-idling ________. And that can be anything from baby goods to fashions to — how many of you have a power drill, own a power drill? Right. That power drill will be used around 12 to 13 minutes in its entire lifetime. (________) It's kind of ridiculous, right? Because what you need is the hole, not the drill. (Laughter) (Applause) So why don't you rent the _____, or, even better, rent out your own drill to other ______ and make some money from it? These three systems are coming together, allowing people to share resources without sacrificing their lifestyles, or their cherished personal freedoms. I'm not asking people to _____ nicely in the sandpit.

Solution


  1. people
  2. capacity
  3. laughter
  4. drill
  5. share
  6. outright

Original Text


Now, the third system is product-service systems. This is where you pay for the benefit of the product — what it does for you — without needing to own the product outright. This idea is particularly powerful for things that have high-idling capacity. And that can be anything from baby goods to fashions to — how many of you have a power drill, own a power drill? Right. That power drill will be used around 12 to 13 minutes in its entire lifetime. (Laughter) It's kind of ridiculous, right? Because what you need is the hole, not the drill. (Laughter) (Applause) So why don't you rent the drill, or, even better, rent out your own drill to other people and make some money from it? These three systems are coming together, allowing people to share resources without sacrificing their lifestyles, or their cherished personal freedoms. I'm not asking people to share nicely in the sandpit.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
collaborative consumption 5
social networks 2
find fascinating 2
york times 2
collaborative lifestyles 2
sits idle 2
car addicts 2
reputation capital 2



Important Words


  1. allowing
  2. applause
  3. baby
  4. benefit
  5. capacity
  6. cherished
  7. coming
  8. drill
  9. entire
  10. fashions
  11. freedoms
  12. goods
  13. hole
  14. idea
  15. kind
  16. laughter
  17. lifestyles
  18. lifetime
  19. minutes
  20. money
  21. needing
  22. nicely
  23. outright
  24. pay
  25. people
  26. personal
  27. power
  28. powerful
  29. product
  30. rent
  31. resources
  32. ridiculous
  33. sacrificing
  34. sandpit
  35. share
  36. system
  37. systems