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From the Ted Talk by Anthony D. Romero: This is what democracy looks like

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Silicon Valley is osesbesd with disruption, but these days, the biggest disruptor didn't come out of Silicon Valley. It came out of steel towns in Ohio, rural communities in Pennsylvania, the Panhandle in Florida. And this last US presidential election was the mother of all disruptions. Once again, politics is personal. mniiolls of Americans became activists overnight, pniurog into the streets in record numbers in record time.

(Laughter)

The eceoltin has done to family hdloaiy dinners what Uber has done to New York City's taxi system. Couples have broken up and maeiagrrs disrupted. And the election is doing to my private life what Amazon is doing to shopping malls. These days, the ACLU is on the front lnies 24/7, and even if I manage to sneak away for a couple of miles on the treadmill, any cardio beifent I get is inaltnsty obliterated when I read another presidential tweet on the headline scroll. Even my serect pleasure of studying the Italian paitrnes have been infected by politics.

Open Cloze


Silicon Valley is ________ with disruption, but these days, the biggest disruptor didn't come out of Silicon Valley. It came out of steel towns in Ohio, rural communities in Pennsylvania, the Panhandle in Florida. And this last US presidential election was the mother of all disruptions. Once again, politics is personal. ________ of Americans became activists overnight, _______ into the streets in record numbers in record time.

(Laughter)

The ________ has done to family _______ dinners what Uber has done to New York City's taxi system. Couples have broken up and _________ disrupted. And the election is doing to my private life what Amazon is doing to shopping malls. These days, the ACLU is on the front _____ 24/7, and even if I manage to sneak away for a couple of miles on the treadmill, any cardio _______ I get is _________ obliterated when I read another presidential tweet on the headline scroll. Even my ______ pleasure of studying the Italian ________ have been infected by politics.

Solution


  1. holiday
  2. lines
  3. secret
  4. pouring
  5. instantly
  6. election
  7. benefit
  8. painters
  9. millions
  10. obsessed
  11. marriages

Original Text


Silicon Valley is obsessed with disruption, but these days, the biggest disruptor didn't come out of Silicon Valley. It came out of steel towns in Ohio, rural communities in Pennsylvania, the Panhandle in Florida. And this last US presidential election was the mother of all disruptions. Once again, politics is personal. Millions of Americans became activists overnight, pouring into the streets in record numbers in record time.

(Laughter)

The election has done to family holiday dinners what Uber has done to New York City's taxi system. Couples have broken up and marriages disrupted. And the election is doing to my private life what Amazon is doing to shopping malls. These days, the ACLU is on the front lines 24/7, and even if I manage to sneak away for a couple of miles on the treadmill, any cardio benefit I get is instantly obliterated when I read another presidential tweet on the headline scroll. Even my secret pleasure of studying the Italian painters have been infected by politics.

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