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From the Ted Talk by Rob Forbes: Ways of seeing

Unscramble the Blue Letters


There are cmoomn elements of this that you'll see throughout Chicago, and then there are your big-D design statements: the Pritzker pvlaioin done by Frank Gehry. My measure of this as being an important bit of design is not so much the way that it looks, but the fact that it performs a very important saoicl function. There are a lot of free ctnrecos, for example, that go on in this area; it has a phenomenal acoustic system. But the commitment that the city has made to the pluibc area is significant, and almost an international model. I work on the mayor's council in San fnascirco, on the International Design Council for Mayors, and cacigho is looked at as the pinnacle, and I really would like to salute Mayor Daley and the folks there. I thought that I should include at least one shot of technology for you guys. This is also in mlulnnieim Park in Chicago, where the Spanish artist-designer Plensa has ceetard, kind of, a digital readout in this park that reflects back the chrtcreaas and personalities of the people in this area. And it's a welcoming area, I think, inclusive of diversity, reflective of diversity, and I think this marriage of both tohoclgney and art in the public sector is an area where the U.S. can really take a leadership role, and Chicago is one example.

Open Cloze


There are ______ elements of this that you'll see throughout Chicago, and then there are your big-D design statements: the Pritzker ________ done by Frank Gehry. My measure of this as being an important bit of design is not so much the way that it looks, but the fact that it performs a very important ______ function. There are a lot of free ________, for example, that go on in this area; it has a phenomenal acoustic system. But the commitment that the city has made to the ______ area is significant, and almost an international model. I work on the mayor's council in San _________, on the International Design Council for Mayors, and _______ is looked at as the pinnacle, and I really would like to salute Mayor Daley and the folks there. I thought that I should include at least one shot of technology for you guys. This is also in __________ Park in Chicago, where the Spanish artist-designer Plensa has _______, kind of, a digital readout in this park that reflects back the __________ and personalities of the people in this area. And it's a welcoming area, I think, inclusive of diversity, reflective of diversity, and I think this marriage of both __________ and art in the public sector is an area where the U.S. can really take a leadership role, and Chicago is one example.

Solution


  1. millennium
  2. common
  3. pavilion
  4. characters
  5. chicago
  6. public
  7. concerts
  8. created
  9. technology
  10. francisco
  11. social

Original Text


There are common elements of this that you'll see throughout Chicago, and then there are your big-D design statements: the Pritzker Pavilion done by Frank Gehry. My measure of this as being an important bit of design is not so much the way that it looks, but the fact that it performs a very important social function. There are a lot of free concerts, for example, that go on in this area; it has a phenomenal acoustic system. But the commitment that the city has made to the public area is significant, and almost an international model. I work on the mayor's council in San Francisco, on the International Design Council for Mayors, and Chicago is looked at as the pinnacle, and I really would like to salute Mayor Daley and the folks there. I thought that I should include at least one shot of technology for you guys. This is also in Millennium Park in Chicago, where the Spanish artist-designer Plensa has created, kind of, a digital readout in this park that reflects back the characters and personalities of the people in this area. And it's a welcoming area, I think, inclusive of diversity, reflective of diversity, and I think this marriage of both technology and art in the public sector is an area where the U.S. can really take a leadership role, and Chicago is one example.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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urban areas 3
san francisco 3
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great amount 2
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private industry 2
mayor daley 2
flower boxes 2


Important Words


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  7. city
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  25. guys
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  29. international
  30. kind
  31. leadership
  32. looked
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  34. marriage
  35. mayor
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  38. millennium
  39. model
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  42. people
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  44. personalities
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  46. pinnacle
  47. plensa
  48. pritzker
  49. public
  50. readout
  51. reflective
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  60. spanish
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